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The Hills Are Alive for Suzan-Lori Parks

Writer Suzan-Lori Parks has won acclaim for depictions of African-American life. The author of Topdog/Underdog discusses two of her favorite dramatic scenes, from The Sound of Music and Taxi Driver.

Estevez, Christian Slater and Heather Graham in the new movie <em>Bobby.</em>

Emilio Estevez Helms Film on RFK Assassination

Actor Emilio Estevez talks about writing and directing Bobby, his new film centering around 22 people who were in the Ambassador Hotel the night Robert F. Kennedy was killed.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 9, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court leaves student loan settlement in place

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block a settlement in a long-running suit involving the adjudication of applications for the cancellation of student loan debts at 151 for-profit colleges.

Rodney Nightingale and his wife Towina Nightingale, of Highland, Ind., embrace after seeing a portrait of her son, Army Ranger Nathan Stahl, at the "Faces of the Fallen" exhibit at Arlington National Cemetery, March 22, 2005.

'Faces of the Fallen,' Art of War Dead

The opening of an art exhibit at Arlington National Cemetery showing more than 1,300 portraits of U.S. military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq brings together artists and families of the dead.

A Gruesome Stroll Through Medical History

The National Museum of Health and Medicine in D.C. is not for the squeamish. Founded in 1862, the museum displays everything from a large human hairball to skull fragments from Abraham Lincoln.

'Under the Banner of Heaven': 'Short Creek'

In his book Under the Banner of Heaven, author Jon Krakauer examined the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and of fundamentalist splinter groups, who are not Mormons and who broke off from the church after it abandoned the practice of plural marriages. The book excerpt below looks at the history of the polygamous community in Colorado City, Ariz.

In this photo provided by Florida Highway Patrol, cases of Coors Light beer are strewn across a highway after two semitrailers collided on a Florida highway on Wednesday near Brooksville, Fla.

A truck collision turns a Florida highway into a silver sea of beer cans

A highway north of Tampa, Fla., had to close temporarily Wednesday morning after a semitrailer carrying cases of Coors Light beer crashed. Minor injuries were reported.

When Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as the first female Speaker of the House she said, "We have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters and our granddaughters now the sky is the limit."

'Know Your Power' Charts Pelosi's Path To Congress

On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi made history as the first female speaker of the House. She talks with Deborah Amos about her new book, Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters. Pelosi comes from a devoutly Democratic family, and she charts her journey from stay-at-home mom to politician.

Albuquerque group plans Black History Month celebration

Sankofa works to support young people from the African-American, immigrant and refugee communities. Its founder told KUNM that Sankofa means "going back to our roots to get the knowledge to move forward".

Viola Davis just put the G in EGOT. She accepted the audio book, narration and storytelling recording award for <em>Finding Me</em> during the 65th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Sunday, in Los Angeles.

Viola Davis achieves EGOT status with Grammy win

"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys premiere ceremony on Sunday.

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