Jun 28 Watch 6:25 Bringing diversity, identity and brown faces to children’s books By PBS News Hour Celebrated writer Sherman Alexie has just published his first children’s book, “Thunder Boy Jr.” He talks with Jeffrey Brown as part of our series on great summer reads and makes the case that books for kids need to show more… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 6:53 The summer must-read books to bring to the beach By PBS News Hour It’s one of the great pleasures of lazy, hazy days on the beach or in the backyard: finally opening that book you’ve been meaning to get to. The NewsHour kicks off a week’s worth of summer reading suggestions, starting with… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 6:27 New book, ‘Listen Liberal,’ looks at Democratic party schism By PBS News Hour The raucous primary season brought simmering tensions and disaffection within the GOP to a boiling point. But equally severe divisions also surfaced in the Democratic party, centered around Sen. Bernie Sanders’ upstart populist campaign. Historian Thomas Frank explores the causes… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 6:50 Writer, chef, restaurateur Eddie Huang’s cups runneth over By PBS News Hour Eddie Huang hates being pigeonholed. The chef/owner of New York’s Baohaus would rather be known as a man who cooks and happens to run a restaurant. He’s also a man who writes. The son of Taiwanese immigrants wrote about his… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 6:52 An Abu Ghraib ‘enhanced’ interrogator has a change of heart By PBS News Hour The military’s use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques against suspected terrorists has always been a contentious topic, and now many of its former proponents are having second thoughts. Eric Fair served as an interrogator with a private contractor in Iraq, and… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 7:26 The high art — and power — of political stagecraft in the age of optics By PBS News Hour In this age of internet media and 24 hour news coverage, visuals can make or break a given political campaign, press conference or White House event. The latter is of special significance to former White House aide Josh King, whose… Continue watching
May 24 Watch 6:19 The secret life of plants — and ‘Lab Girl’ author Hope Jahren By PBS News Hour When geobiologist Hope Jahren sat down to describe the results of her research, she found that she couldn’t relate her findings without discussing the people who made them possible, herself especially. That revelation led to her new book “Lab Girl,”… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 6:00 NPR’s “All Songs Considered” host Bob Boilen on the songs that change our lives By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 19 Watch 8:39 Our long and winding road to understanding ‘The Gene’ By PBS News Hour The field of genetics has seen exponential growth in recent years, and today may be on the verge of further breakthroughs that will radically change the way we function as a species. But to understand genetics now, one must first… Continue watching
May 18 Watch 7:13 Step aside Seinfeld — meet Mark Twain, the stand-up comic By PBS News Hour Continue watching