Mar 14 Watch Waging a Battle Over Voter ID Laws Across the country, voting rights activists including Rock the Vote have campaigned against a surge of state voter identification laws, requiring individuals to provide a photo ID before they cast a ballot. Gwen Ifill and guests discuss the latest move… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Nature Photographer Captures Biodiversity on Film Hari interviews nature photographer Joel Sartore about his biodiversity project… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch How to Catch a Black Hole, Explained Hari interviews MIT's Shep Doeleman on plans to capture the first-ever black hole image. Continue watching
May 20 Furry Robots, Foldable Cars and More Innovations from MIT’s Media Lab By Elizabeth Shell We recently visited the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for our story on George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen's ebook, "The Great Stagnation." Cowen argues that our economy is slowing down because the… Continue reading
May 20 Furry Robots, Foldable Cars and More Innovations from MIT’s Media Lab By Elizabeth Shell By Diane Lincoln-Estes and Elizabeth Shell We recently visited the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for our story on George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen's ebook, "The Great Stagnation." Cowen argues that our economy is… Continue reading
Sep 21 Conversation: Kendall Messick’s Close-Up of ‘The Projectionist’ By Molly Finnegan Delaware movie projectionist Gordon Brinckle had an extraordinary secret: Over the course of nearly 50 years, he created a miniature movie palace in his basement that he called the Shalimar. Photographer Kendall Messick has published a new book of photographs… Continue reading
Jun 18 Friday’s Art Notes By Molly Finnegan, Carolyn O'Hara A roundup of arts notes. Continue reading
May 18 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Henri Cartier-Bresson By Molly Finnegan French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled the world for decades capturing people, places and history as a journalist, and in the process, helped define photography as an art form. His legacy is now on display in an exhibit called 'Henri Cartier-Bresson:… Continue reading
Mar 16 Charles Moore’s Photographs Helped Spur Fight Against Racial Injustice By Arts Desk Charles Moore, a photographer whose images helped to enlighten the nation to the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and '60s, died at the age of 79. According to his daughter, he died from natural causes in Palm Beach Gardens,… Continue reading