Netflix Netflix raised its prices and its subscriptions slowedpbs.org - Mae Anderson, Associated Press NEW YORK — How much is too much for streaming video? A dramatic slowdown in worldwide growth at Netflix — including the first quarterly drop in its …
Sally Field ‘Sesame Street’ and Sally Field to receive Kennedy Center awardpbs.org - Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Actress Sally Field and the long-running children’s TV show “Sesame Street” are in the latest class of Kennedy Center Honors …
Louvre Louvre Museum removes Sackler name after opioid protestspbs.org - Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Louvre Museum in Paris has become the first major institution to remove the Sackler family name after protests erupted against …
Racism Trump’s racist tweets and the ‘politics of distraction’pbs.org The president's criticisms this week singling out four members of Congress, all women of color, has set off a fierce debate about whether or not the …
Laughter can be a sanctuary, says author Luis Alberto Urreapbs.org - Elizabeth Flock Our July pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This is “The House of Broken Angels” by Luis Alberto Urrea. Become a member of …
Emoji Apple, Google introduce new emoji that are more inclusivepbs.org - Michelle Chapman, Associated Press Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emoji that include cute critters, of course, but also expand the number of images of human …
Baton Rouge, LA Man arrested in slaying of community activist Sadie Roberts-Josephpbs.org - Chevel Johnson, Associated Press The suspect in the slaying of a community leader who founded Baton Rouge’s African American history museum was a tenant who owed her back rent, …
Fantasy Author Colson Whitehead on ‘The Nickel Boys’ and fantasy vs. realismpbs.org Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead's newest book is out today. It's a work of fiction, but one based on a brutally real place in the Jim …
When They See Us ‘Game of Thrones’ earns a record-breaking 32 Emmy Award nodspbs.org - Lynn Elber, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — HBO’s “Game of Thrones” slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season, leading HBO …
Alan Turing Codebreaker Alan Turing to be the face of a new British banknotepbs.org - Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain’s new 50 pound note, the Bank of England announced …
Play buttonWoody Guthrie This genetic brain disorder turned Woody Guthrie’s life from songs to sufferingpbs.org - Dr. Howard Markel From the wreckage of the 1935 “Great Dust Storm” — which decimated the Oklahoma panhandle, parts of Texas, Arizona and other farmlands in the Great …
Play buttonNew York City ‘Manhattanhenge’ lights up New York City streetspbs.org - Hari Sreenivasan In New York City, a modern day version of Stonehenge is a delight for residents and visitors alike. It's aptly called Manhattanhenge and it lasts for …
Activism Folk legend Joan Baez reflects on a life in music and activismpbs.org - Jeffrey Brown Finally tonight: Joan Baez has been a major voice in American folk music and politics since the 1960s. Jeffrey Brown visited Baez at her Northern …
Play buttonToni Morrison 7 authors who follow in Toni Morrison’s footstepspbs.org - Joshua Barajas In her work and position as one of the leading literary voices in the world, Toni Morrison has helped smashed the cultural assumption that the reader …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPlay buttonToni Morrison Go beyond Toni Morrison with these 7 books that stare down the white gazepbs.org - Joshua Barajas In her work and position as one of the leading literary voices in the world, Toni Morrison has helped smash the cultural assumption that the reader …
Play buttonAndre Norton ‘Read, read, read to stoke the furnace,’ and more writing advice from Luis Alberto Urreapbs.org - Elizabeth Flock Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This” is Luis Alberto Urrea’s “The House of Broken Angels.” Become a member of …
R. Kelly R. Kelly arrested again on federal sex chargespbs.org - Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Singer R. Kelly, already facing sexual abuse charges brought by Illinois prosecutors, was arrested in Chicago Thursday on a federal …
Play buttonComic Strips How the writer behind the comic strip ‘Baldo’ blends humor with humanitypbs.org - John Yang A newspaper’s comics section often provides a lighthearted escape from serious frontpage headlines. But comic writer Hector Cantú feels a duty to …
Mexico City The end of an era for the VW Beetle has special meaning for this one Mexican citypbs.org - MICHAEL KRUMHOLTZ MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Beetle is dead. Long live the Beetle. The modern edition of the iconic Volkswagen model ceased production Wednesday, but people …
Architectural Design Architectural design for buildings that create more energy than they consumepbs.org - Cristina Quinn To heat and cool buildings takes up an astonishing 40 percent of energy used across the world. It's a figure that grows only more troubling as …
The Age Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88pbs.org - Associated Press LAKEVILLE, Conn. — Award-winning television, film and theater actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88, according to his publicist. Publicist Rick …
Acropolis How the view of an ancient world landmark has sparked a modern legal battlepbs.org - Malcolm Brabant Now: how a view of the past is stirring up a modern legal showdown. Conservationists around Europe are awaiting a verdict from Greece's Supreme Court, …
Bible Tariffs could cause a Bible shortage, publishers saypbs.org - Travis Loller, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Religious publishers say President Donald Trump’s most recent proposed tariffs on Chinese imports could result in a Bible …
Houses Discussion questions for ‘The House of Broken Angels’pbs.org - Elizabeth Flock Our July pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Luis Alberto Urrea’s “The House of Broken Angels.” Become a member of the Now Read …
Play buttonU.S. Politics Arthur Brooks on why we hate our political enemies — and how to stoppbs.org On our bookshelf tonight, a conversation with Arthur Brooks, who was, until this month, the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a …
Play buttonNorthern California How Brian Fies used art to process a devastating wildfirepbs.org - John Yang As the wildfire season gets under way in California, memories of the devastating losses of the last two years are still fresh. In a new book, a writer …
Play buttonNon-fiction A memoir of musical ‘reverence’ to A Tribe Called Questpbs.org - Amna Nawaz And now the continuing legacy of a pioneer hip-hop group that crossed genres and influenced artists in the field, as seen through a new memoir. Amna …
