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Artist Illustrates And Claims The Oppressive Past Of Her Ancestors

An art installation aimed at disrupting racism with history and self-reflection is coming to the Runyan Gallery in Newport this Friday. ‘I Am My White…

Sharon Van Etten Presents A Richer, Fuller Sound On 'Remind Me Tomorrow'

Critic Ken Tucker says you don't have to know anything about Van Etten to find her new album striking and impressive: It's the sound of a woman redefining herself, on terms that are totally her own.

Stephanie Land says that cleaning houses gave her an intimate knowledge of the homeowners: "I knew them by the imprints they left in their bed. I knew them by the ring of coffee from their coffee mug that was always in the same place."

In 'Maid,' A Single Mother Finds 'No Way' To Make It On Minimum Wage

While raising her young daughter, Stephanie Land cleaned houses to scrape by. It was back-aching work and the pay — $8.55 an hour to start, $9.25 an hour two years in — just wasn't enough.

Police officers in Lahore, Pakistan, arrest a man protesting the Supreme Court's decision Tuesday regarding Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was acquitted of blasphemy charges.

Pakistan's Supreme Court Upholds Christian Woman's Blasphemy Acquittal

Asia Bibi, a mother and illiterate farmhand of Christian faith, spent eight years on death row, until a higher court acquitted her in October. The reversal sparked huge protests by Islamic extremists.

On 'Blankets,' Craig Finn Chronicles A Lost Lover's Search

The Hold Steady frontman says his new album, I Need A New War, completes a thematic trilogy. Its opening track unfolds like a short story full of grace and instability.

Oregon Ranchers Whose Case Sparked Malheur Occupation Can Graze On Public Lands Again

s one of his last acts in office, ousted Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed off on returning grazing rights to the eastern Oregon ranchers whose prison sentences led to a 2016 standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

A steel barrier runs along the U.S.-Mexico border near Calexico, Calif. Bipartisan negotiators on Capitol Hill are discussing what kind of physical barriers are needed and how much Congress should spend to address national security issues at the Southwest border.

Border Security Talks Begin On Capitol Hill With Signs of Narrow Bipartisan Deal

House and Senate lawmakers formally kicked off negotiations over funding the Department of Homeland Security, facing a Feb. 15 deadline for a spending bill Trump will sign to avoid another shutdown.

<a href="https://corrinahewat.com/">Corrina Hewat</a>, Scottish singer, harpist and composer, is one of the artists featured in this week's episode of <em>The Thistle & Shamrock</em>.

The Thistle & Shamrock: Songs Of The Bard

Listen to the contemporary appeal of verses written by Robert Burns over 200 years ago.

The ship Hammersmith Bridge, foreground, which has just arrived from Shanghai in China, unloads Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, on September 29, 2018.

U.S. Opens Trade Talks With China

President Trump has threatened to increase and expand on about $250 billion in tariffs, but he agreed to hold off until early March, while negotiators try to hammer out a deal.

"There's a certain notion that e-cigarettes are harmless," says Dr. Paul Ndunda, an assistant professor at the School of Medicine at the University of Kansas in Wichita. "But ... while they're less harmful than normal cigarettes, their use still comes with risks."

Survey Finds Higher Risk Of Stroke Among E-Cigarette Users

New findings about the health effects of e-cigarettes add to a small but growing body of research that undercuts the widely presumed safety of the alternative to conventional cigarettes.

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