Dec 07 Watch 2:59 Learning a foreign language revealed a world I never knew existed By PBS News Hour Growing up in a small town in North Carolina, Lauren Collins never needed to speak a foreign language outside of high school Spanish classes. It wasn’t until she met her French-speaking husband and moved to Switzerland that she felt the… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 2:53 Three reasons little kids shouldn’t play football By PBS News Hour Keith Strudler wants to see the end of football played by very young children -- and not just because of the danger of concussions. He argues that the sport teaches kids to act rough and selfish, as well as that… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 2:37 Carmen Maria Machado on marrying after your parents divorce By PBS News Hour Writer Carmen Maria Machado wasn't totally surprised when her parents informed her, 31 years into their marriage, that they were planning to divorce. But the news did produce a wave of anxiety over her own upcoming wedding. She shares how… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 3:37 Tim Gunn on why the fashion industry needs a makeover By PBS News Hour Fashion consultant and television personality Tim Gunn thinks it’s time clothing designers offered styles that work for everybody -- not only extremely thin models. After all, the average American woman is between sizes 16 and 18, or what the industry… Continue watching
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Sep 20 Watch 3:32 Why first-generation students need mentors who get them By PBS NewsHour When Jennine Capó Crucet was a college freshman, her parents stayed for her entire orientation. It wasn’t because they especially wanted to; they just didn’t know what they were meant to do. As a first-generation college student, Crucet was not… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch 3:44 For creating travel memories, Russell Banks prefers words to images By PBS News Hour Novelist and poet Russell Banks used to feel guilty about not taking pictures to document his trips. Now, he doesn't even bring a camera with him, believing that visually recording an experience would effectively remove him from it. In contrast,… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 3:33 Why we should be thinking of sexual intimacy in terms of pizza By PBS News Hour In her new book “Girls & Sex,” Peggy Orenstein suggests that we re-think sexual intimacy, in both education and our everyday lives. While she acknowledges the importance of the national debate on campus sexual assault, Orenstein also urges us to… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 4:22 On Fourth of July, celebrate heroes who fight for others By PBS News Hour Every Fourth of July, author Sebastian Junger says he thinks about what America means to military servicemen who came as emigrants to the U.S. What motivates them to fight and risk their lives in a country where they might be… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 3:12 There’s no shame in making summer reading fun By PBS News Hour Make sure you cover up this summer — with sunscreen. But your chick lit, schlocky novels, and frivolous fiction? No way, says writer Jennifer Weiner summer reading in her NewsHour essay. Embrace the F-word this Fourth of July, she says. Continue watching