May 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Your Village’ Elana Bell is the author of "Eyes, Stone" (2012, LSU Press), winner of the Walt Whitman Award for 2011. Her poems have appeared in Harvard Review, Massachusetts Review, CALYX, and elsewhere. Bell is the writer-in-residence at the Bronx Academy of… Continue reading
May 10 Key Psychiatric Doctor Rejects Name Change for PTSD PHILADELPHIA | A key leader in the psychiatric community has rejected the idea of altering the name of a traumatic condition affecting an estimated tens of thousands of U.S. combat veterans -- a move that effectively blocks growing efforts… Continue reading
May 10 ‘Oops Babies’ Sired by Twice-Vasectomized Chimp EmbedVideo(3319, 482, 304); Editor's note: On Thursday's NewsHour broadcast, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the debate over using chimpanzees for biomedical research. First, here's an inside look at one of the sanctuaries profiled in… Continue reading
May 09 Obama: ‘Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married’ By News Desk President Obama; file photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool-Getty Images Updated 4:14 p.m. | President Barack Obama declared Wednesday afternoon that he now supports gay marriage. "Same sex couples should be able to get married," he said in an interview with… Continue reading
May 09 Q&A: Lalla Essaydi Challenges Muslim, Gender Stereotypes at Museum of African Art Known for her large format photographs, Lalla Essaydi's work combines Islamic calligraphy and representations of the female body, focusing on the interconnection of faith, culture and gender and challenging notions within all three. Continue reading
May 08 ‘Weight of the Nation’: U.S. Obesity Crisis Tackled in HBO Special EmbedVideo(3341, 514, 320); They're the new minority in the United States: "healthy" waistlines. With a third of the nation's adults weighing in as overweight and another third registering as "obese," America's collective eating disorder has relegated those with… Continue reading
May 08 Norway’s Moms Have It Good Norway is the best country in the world to be a mother, according to a new report from the international nonprofit Save the Children. Niger replaces Afghanistan as the worst country for moms. Afghanistan had been at… Continue reading
May 07 Bugs for Dinner? An edible waterbug. Photo by Sevda Eris / KQED When I told my wife and family that I was going to be eating insects as part of a story I was preparing for the PBS NewsHour, the universal… Continue reading
May 07 Ndegeocello Credits Arts Education With Redefining Path to Success EmbedVideo(3330, 482, 304); With nine studio albums under her belt and a world tour under way, bass player Meshell Ndegeocello was in her hometown of Washington, D.C., last week recalling how arts classes were key to ensuring… Continue reading
May 03 Are You Smarter Than a 10th Grader on Climate Change? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Think you understand climate science better than the average American teen? On the PBS NewsHour this week we've been focusing on how climate change is taught in the classroom. But you can test your knowledge with this climate quiz:… Continue reading