GWEN IFILL:Another way of looking at the ongoing economic crisis in Greece. Jeffrey Brown was in Athens recently and talked to two poets about hard times now and in the nation's past. JEFFREY BROWN: All right, so, sometimes, you're out with the kids
RAY SUAREZ:New Year's Day marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the National Archives in Washington, D.C., honors the occasion with a rare public viewing. It's one of the defining documents of American democracy, issued on
JEFFREY BROWN:And now to the man who will be just the fifth inaugural poet in the nation's history. Richard Blanco was, as he said, made in Cubahe was conceived thereassembled in Spain his mother gave birth to him thereand quickly imported to the Uni
JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, this was Oscar nomination day. The civil war-era drama Lincoln led the pack with 12 nominations, followed by the fantasy Life of Pi with 11, and Les Miserables with eight. Another new film, Zero Dark Thirty, lookin
GWEN IFILL:Next, we turn to a scandal that's rocked one of the world's most popular sports. Hari Sreenivasan reports. HARI SREENIVASAN:Soccer has been tainted in the past by evidence of match fixing. But European law enforcement officials outlined a
JEFFREY BROWN:A giant of American culture has died. Van Cliburn rocked the classical and Cold War worlds in the late 1950s and beyond. He died today at his home in Fort Worth of bone cancer. I had the chance to spend time with Van Cliburn in 2008. He
GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight: the disturbing story of attacks on the chief of the Bolshoi Ballet. Moscow police said today they arrested a Russian ballet star for organizing an acid attack on artistic director Sergei Filin in January. Filin, who was on
GWEN IFILL:Next tonight: the debate over the role of the federal government. The issue was a central focus of last year's presidential campaign, and it is at the heart of a new book by Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general and a candidate for g
JUDY WOODRUFF:As the Supreme Court took up arguments last week in two high-profile cases looking at same-sex marriage, many users of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media took to changing their profile pictures. What was behind that viral
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, remembering the popular movie reviewer and television co-host Roger Ebert. He was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. He died today at age 70. Hari is back with our remembrance. 83.jpg HARI SREENIVASAN:
JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: a treasure trove of cubist art and a record gift for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Margaret Warner has more. MARGARET WARNER:Philanthropist Leonard Lauder, an heir to the Estee Lauder estate, is giving the Met his en
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight: remembering a giant of country music, George Jones. It was that distinctive voice and the ability to convey heartache and sorrow in song that made George Jones a country music legend. He turned out number one single
6.jpg RAY SUAREZ:Next: a story about love, life and the quest for success in a modern metropolis. Jeffrey Brown has our book conversation. JEFFREY BROWN:A poor boy from a rural village comes to a sprawling, wild, sometimes violent city and struggles,
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, bringing contemporary African-American poetry into the public eye. CHARLES HENRY ROWELL, Callaloo: I think we're going to have to omit Colson Whitehead. JEFFREY BROWN:Meeting to plan the summer issue of the literacy
RAY SUAREZ:Next: to our series about the digital world's cultural impact. NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni is here with the Daily Download team. CHRISTINA BELLANTONI:Ordinary citizens have more opportunities to talk directly to the pres
RAY SUAREZ: Next: a mandolin virtuoso who defies musical boundaries. Chris Thile has recorded bluegrass, country, folk, and jazz. Tomorrow, he releases a new album of Bach sonatas. Jeffrey Brown has our report. JEFFREY BROWN: The final movement of So
GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight, the tale of a top-secret town with a top-secret mission and the women who made history there. Ray Suarez has our book conversation. RAY SUAREZ:During the mid-1940s, thousands of young women got offers of good-paying jobs w
JUDY WOODRUFF:Finally tonight: Dolly Parton's longtime passion project, passing on the gift of reading. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the story. JOHN MERROW:Most of you are probably familiar with Dolly Parton, b
JEFFREY BROWN:And that allows you to look at various strains of American culture, right, in this case, the '60s. Post-Watts Riots is the setting. WALTER MOSLEY:And the beginning of the hippy movement, which is a whole other surprising event in Califo
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, we end where we began, with Afghanistan, but this time through a very different lens, one of language and culture. For many Americans, Afghanistan is a country shrouded in mystery, particularly its women, literally
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