Sep 19 Watch The new librarian of Congress on the value of ‘free information’ By PBS News Hour The Library of Congress has a new chief: Carla Hayden. Most of her predecessors in the role have come from scholarly institutions, but Hayden is a librarian through and through. She is also the first woman and the first African… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 5:05 Painting a vibrant picture of Brooklyn in the tumultuous 1970s By PBS News Hour “Another Brooklyn,” by Jacqueline Woodson, is not a typical coming-of-age novel. It takes place in Brooklyn in the 1970s, an environment in which drugs were ubiquitous, white flight was on the rise and young girls of color relied on each… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 7:00 100 years later, National Park Service lands still grant us ‘breathing space’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 9:34 Assessing whether corporal punishment helps students, or hurts them By PBS News Hour Corporal punishment is still used in 21 states' public schools. Proponents say the method can motivate children to behave, but research suggests otherwise. Trey Clayton, for instance, was paddled repeatedly in school as a teenager, ultimately suffering a broken jaw… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 8:02 U.S. swimming scandal casts shadow over Rio, but Bolt still shines By PBS News Hour The Olympics conclude this weekend, but the news coming out of Rio is still nonstop. Four U.S. swimmers who said they had been robbed now admit fabricating their story, while Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt could earn his ninth career gold. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 7:30 Legendary filmmaker explores how the internet reflects human nature By PBS News Hour In his newest film, Werner Herzog is again asking existential questions -- this time, about the internet. In “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World,” released in theaters on Friday, Herzog analyzes this ever-expanding fortress of information, and how… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 6:04 How one exhibit is rethinking privacy in a world that’s always watching By PBS News Hour At lower Manhattan’s International Center for Photography, the new exhibit “Public, Private, Secret” examines the changing role of privacy in light of contemporary surveillance and oversharing. The exhibition offers a historical perspective on voyeurism and surveillance and considers the definition… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 6:32 Above Manhattan’s bustle, a reshaped public space By PBS News Hour In the mid-20th century, it was a railroad; now it’s a public park. Built in the 1930s, 30 feet above the streets of Manhattan, the High Line was crucial for transporting cargo. But with the decline of rail transportation, it… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 6:50 When the victim becomes the criminal: a fresh look at the story of Patty Hearst By PBS News Hour In 1974, William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter Patty was abducted from her California home by members of the radical Symbionese Liberation Army. After subsequent events suggested the teenager had joined the group, she was captured and sentenced -- but later pardoned. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch 6:52 Imagining the Underground Railroad as an actual train system Colson Whitehead’s new novel considers a startling premise: what if slaves had fled southern plantations via an actual subterranean train? Jeffrey Brown sits down with the author at BookExpo America in Chicago to discuss the challenge of blending fantasy with… Continue watching