Jun 25 A poem to remember Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate By Jennifer Hijazi Hall, a candid, unaffected writer who examined love, loss and rural American life, died Saturday at the age of 89. Continue reading
Jun 22 Opinion: What made Charles Krauthammer ‘a joy to watch’ By Gordon Peterson Although he was a gentleman in every sense of the word, cordial, congenial and unfailingly courteous to strangers, Charles did not suffer fools gladly. He would peel the skin off you if you said something deemed to be foolish or… Continue reading
Jun 21 Koko, gorilla who communicated with sign language and raised kittens, dies at 46 By Associated Press Koko's capacity for language and empathy opened the minds and hearts of millions of people, the Gorilla Foundation said. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 3:11 Remembering NewsHour special correspondent Elizabeth Brackett Elizabeth Brackett, an award-winning special correspondent for the NewsHour for more than 25 years, has died at the age of 76. Across her 40 years in journalism, her reports stood out in the way she captured the voices of those… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 10:08 Remembering Philip Roth, prolific American writer and ‘ruthlessly honest observer’ Philip Roth died Tuesday at age 85. His 1969 novel "Portnoy's Complaint" rocketed him to fame for its raunchy tour of a teenage boy's lustful urges and ensuing guilt. He later focused more deeply on Jewish life, mortality and American… Continue watching
May 15 Watch 8:14 Remembering Tom Wolfe, American writer with an ‘anthropologist’s delight’ New Journalism pioneer Tom Wolfe captured American culture in groundbreaking nonfiction like "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and novels like "The Bonfire of the Vanities." Journalist Susan Orlean joins Judy Woodruff to remember Wolfe, who died Tuesday at the age… Continue watching
Apr 20 Avicii, Swedish DJ and producer of electronic dance music, dies at 28 By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press Avicii, the Grammy-nominated electronic dance DJ who performed sold-out concerts for feverish fans around the world and also had massive success on U.S. pop radio, died Friday. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 22:42 Remembering Barbara Bush, political dynasty matriarch By Lorna Baldwin, Jaywon Choe We look back at the life of former first lady Barbara Bush. Son and former President George W. Bush describes his family saying goodbye in a conversation with Amy Holmes and Michael Gerson, then Judy Woodruff gets remembrances from Susan… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 1:51 Remembering NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser By PBS News Hour Betty Ann Bowser, a long-time correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, died Friday night at the age of 73. After working for CBS News during the Walter Cronkite era, she joined the NewsHour as a correspondent in 1986, covering natural disasters,… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 9:37 Probing the universe’s mysteries, Stephen Hawking proved the power of the human spirit By Miles O'Brien Stephen Hawking overcame the loss of his working limbs and voice to become the best-known theoretical physicist of his era, upending the scientific consensus that nothing escapes the intense gravity of black holes. Earning countless honors, he used his fame… Continue watching