The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, known as MASS MoCA, has become one of America’s largest exhibition spaces for modern creativity, as well as a case study in reviving old industrial towns. Jeffrey Brown reports on the museum’s decision to embrace the town’s industrial past, and whether replacing manufacturing with art and culture is sufficient…
Christopher Ategeka grew up with the devastating effects of not having health care access, having been orphaned by HIV/AIDS and losing his brother to malaria. But he got the chance to go to school and become an entrepreneur, and now he’s using his influence to recruit health professionals to work in underserved parts of Africa….
In chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty’s new book, ancestry — both his own and that of Southern food — is a central theme. With “The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South,” Twitty addresses the complicated story of race, culture and food and its legacy today. Jeffrey Brown talks…
Flint, Michigan’s superintendent is leading a comprehensive effort to mitigate the effects of lead on his students. Since alarmingly high levels of lead were found two years ago, the school district taken several measures to ensure the crisis wouldn’t stand in the way of their kids’ education. Special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of Education Week reports.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic representatives discuss the failure of the Republicans’ “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act in the Senate.
The U.S. military’s top commander said there won’t be any changes for transgender troops for now. That came a day after President Trump tweeted he’s reinstating the ban on transgender service members. Also, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham had sharp words for Mr. Trump over his public criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
U.S. immigration officials on Sunday are expected to begin four days of nationwide raids targeting teenagers suspected of belonging to gangs, under a plan outlined in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security document that has been viewed by Reuters. Reuters reporter Julia Edwards Ainsley, who broke the story, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss.
President Trump’s claim that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election is unsubstantiated, but his Commission on Election Integrity is still charged with investigating the matter. What do state officials who actually run elections think? William Brangham talks to Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap and Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan.
Spending on social welfare programs like SNAP, also known as food stamps, would be dramatically cut under the White House budget unveiled in May. In Arkansas, a state that mirrors the national picture, 14 percent of the population was on food stamps last year. How would a cut affect poor families, the state’s budget and…
Journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s mother – a union Democrat who worked at the phone company during the day and sold Tupperware at night – lied about her address so Lemmon could attend a better elementary school. Lemmon talks about her own experience with school choice and why she now sees it not as an “issue,”…