How Crossword Puzzles Unlocked An Artist's Memory
It's not often you see an image of a brain scan on the wall of an art exhibit. But among works by Monet and Sisley at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore hangs just that — a cross-section of a human...
View ArticleLost Malcolm X Speech Heard Again 50 Years Later
Last semester, Brown senior Malcolm Burnley took a narrative writing course. One of the assignments was to write a fictional story based on something true — and that true event had to be found inside...
View ArticleAfghanistan Hit By Deadly Attacks
Transcript GUY RAZ, HOST: And if you're just joining us, you're listening to WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.In Afghanistan today, the Taliban has launched a string of...
View ArticleDisqualifications Hit Egyptian Elections
Mass disqualifications have thrown Egypt's upcoming elections into turmoil. In a surprise move, Egypt's election commission barred 10 of the 23 registered presidential candidates from next month's...
View ArticleBlacks, Gays And The Church
Transcript GUY RAZ, HOST: Let's turn to another story we've been following in recent weeks: African-Americans and same-sex marriage. When President Obama came out in support of gay marriage, some...
View ArticleWhat's Killing 'King Coal' In West Virginia?
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This week, one of the biggest coal mining companies in Central Appalachia, Patriot Coal, filed for bankruptcy protection. Over the past three months, a wave of layoffs...
View ArticleMiners Weather The Slow Burn Of Coal's Demise
At some point today, you will probably flip on a light switch. That simple action connects you to the oldest and most plentiful source of American electricity: coal.Since the early 1880s — when Edison...
View ArticleWith Eye On Mideast, Obama Tours Asia
Transcript GUY RAZ, HOST: Let's turn to another story we're following today: President Obama's visit to Asia. He's in Thailand today, the first stop on a three-country tour of Southeast Asia that will...
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