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- In ‘Barefoot Artist,’ Lily Yeh confronts painful past in her journey to heal communities through art
“The Barefoot Artist” is a documentary portrait of Lily Yeh, an artist who has worked with communities all over the world, what she calls “broken places.” The film follows her life as an artist and an intimate, family history that set her on her dedicated path. Continue reading
Friday’s jobs report showed a surprisingly high 321,000 jobs were added in November. Inspiring even more good cheer, however, average hourly earnings for private nonfarm payrolls actually rose 9 cents last month. Continue reading
Today if you walk down S. Grand Boulevard, one of the main thoroughfares in St. Louis, you are likely to find boarded-up windows in the aftermath of protests and ensuing riots from the Michael Brown grand jury ruling. What would normally be a bleak sight has become canvas for a new painted protest. Residents of the city and neighbor Ferguson have used their brushes to voice their hope and love for a community still reeling from the events of the past few months. Continue reading
Adam Mansbach, author of “Go the F*ck to Sleep,” explains why Samuel L. Jackson was his first choice for the audio book in this online exclusive. Continue reading
Thursday on the NewsHour, we look at the reactions to the grand jury verdict on the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island and across the nation. Also: Reports of sexual assaults in the military on the rise, how the Kremlin uses reality TV in Russia to promote politics, startups replace surf shops in Venice Beach and poet Claudia Rankine offers urgent verse on race and power. Continue reading
In our news wrap Thursday, House Republicans pushed through a bill to declare President Obama’s executive actions on immigration “null and void.” The House also passed a defense spending bill authorizing $585 billion in funding and expanding military operations in Iraq and Syria. Also, a grand jury in South Carolina indicted a white police officer in the murder of an unarmed black man. Continue reading