Apr 07 Watch New Orleans Schools See Progress Despite Troubles In his ongoing look at efforts to turn around ailing schools in New Orleans and Washington, D.C. John Merrow reports on the use of alternative school programs in Louisiana and progress on negotiations between a teachers union and public schools… Continue watching
Mar 15 Weekly Poem: ‘July in Washington’ By Tom LeGro "July in Washington" is from Robert Lowell "Collected Poems" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003). Lowell, who died in 1977, is best known for his volume "Life Studies," "but his true greatness as an American poet lies in the astonishing variety… Continue reading
Mar 02 Artists Shake Up Elvis Presley’s Image By Arts Desk "Echoes of Elvis" showcases works by artists created only after 1977, the year Presley died. But the show was organized with a very special anniversary in mind what would have been his 75th birthday. Therefore, the exhibit explores the many… Continue reading
Feb 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Hole’ By Tom LeGro "Hole" is from Naomi Ayala's "This Side of Early" (Curbstone Press, 2008). Her first collection, "Wild Animals on the Moon," was published in 1997, and a third is forthcoming. She lives in Washington, D.C., and works as an education consultant,… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch Officials Scramble as Snow Cripples Much of Northeast Government officials up and down much of the East Coast on Wednesday rushed to respond to a biting snowstorm that left thousands without power and strained already tight state and local budgets. Gwen Ifill speaks with state leaders and other… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch From Virginia to Connecticut, a New Blast of Winter Weather Government offices in Washington remained closed for a third straight day on Wednesday as the second major snowstorm in less than a week pounded the East Coast. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Feb 08 Weekly Poem: ‘Those Winter Sundays’ By Tom LeGro Robert Hayden was the first black poet to be chosen as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch News Wrap: Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania Dies at 77 In other news Monday, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., died at the age of 77, and the nation's capital and much of the Mid-Atlantic remained snowbound in the wake of a weekend blizzard. Continue watching