Feb 20 Watch Iris Chang and the Forgotten Holocaust David Gergen, editor-at-large of U.S. News & World Report, engages Iris Chang, author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II."… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Exiles in Paradise Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming considers the work of a California artist. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch Birthday Letters In 1963, American poet Sylvia Plath killed herself. Since then, her husband Ted Hughes has refused to respond to accusations that he was to blame for her death. Now, in Birthday Letters, his new book of poetry, the British poet… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch A Presidential Poem In honor of President's day, Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky reads excerpts from a poem written by President Lincoln. Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Spirit of a Nation By PBS News Hour In his PBS series American Visions and 620-page book of the same name, Robert Hughes, art critic for Time Magazine, explores the sweeping history of American art and the influences that make it unique. He takes time to talk with… Continue watching
Apr 10 Bill Clinton on Vetoing the Partial Birth Abortion Ban By Admin, PBS News Hour Remarks by President Clinton on House Resolution 1833… Continue reading
Feb 29 White House on TV Violence By PBS News Hour Meeting America's challenge to strengthen our families: giving parents the tools to control their children's television. Continue reading
Jan 29 "To Urania" by Joseph Brodsky By PBS News Hour Joseph Brodsky emigrated to the United States after being expelled from his native Russia in 1972. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Oliver Sacks By PBS News Hour In 1989, not long after Oliver Sacks wrote the bestseller, “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” and just before his 1973 memoir “Awakenings” made its movie debut starring Robin Williams, “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” interviewed the famed neurologist. Continue watching