Arts

Who Are America's 'Homegrown Terrorists'?

1:27pm February 02, 2016

CNN's Peter Bergen describes how the Internet and social media have been used to radicalize and recruit Americans to jihad — and how some new jihadists then use those same tools to draw in others.

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'The Yid' Puts A Brash, Screwball Spin On Soviet Anti-Semitism

1:27pm February 02, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Paul Goldberg's debut novel is an ambitious historical fantasy about Stalin's 1953 plan to purge Jews from the Soviet Union. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Yid is a wildly inventive "what if" story.

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A Blizzard, Meth And A Missing Mom Make 'Sweetgirl' A Harrowing Read

11:15am February 02, 2016

by Michael Schaub

A story about violence, drug addiction and family dysfunction could have been too bleak, but Travis Mulhauser's Sweetgirl is nuanced, with sympathetic characters and carefully built suspense.

Shirley Jones and Robert Preston star in 1962's The Music Man, about a con man who poses as a band leader.

The Iowa Caucuses Explained ... By Broadway?

6:28pm February 01, 2016

by Bob Mondello

Critic Bob Mondello has never been to Iowa, but he learned a lot about the state from The Music Man. The classic American musical follows a travelling salesman who finds himself in River City, Iowa.

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Farm Subsidies Persist And Grow, Despite Talk Of Reform

5:47pm February 01, 2016

by Dan Charles

The Farm Bill promised to cut subsidies to farmers. Instead, farmers will continue getting about $20 billion a year thanks to new programs that compensate farmers when corn and soybean prices fall.

Cover detail from One Child, by Mei Fong.

How China's One-Child Policy Led To Forced Abortions, 30 Million Bachelors

5:16pm February 01, 2016

Journalist Mei Fong tells Fresh Air that China's one-child policy drastically reshaped the country's demographic make-up. "China has 30 million more men than women," she says. Her book is One Child.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. plays O.J. Simpson and Joseph Buttler is a polygraph examiner in the FX series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which premieres Feb. 2.

Arts

'The People V. O.J. Simpson' Bursts With Sharp Scenes, Powerful Performances

3:55pm February 01, 2016

by John Powers

FX resurrects the "trial of the century" in its new season of American Crime Story. Critic John Powers says every single episode "is an embarrassment of tawdry riches."

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Inspiring Artists: The Olio Glassblowing School And Creative Entrepreneurship Center

8:38am February 01, 2016

by David Ford

Pablo Picasso once said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up”.

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Portraits Of LA's Female Artists Send A Powerful Message: 'You Are Here'

5:45am February 01, 2016

by Susan Stamberg

Rebecca Campbell's portrait series documents the female artists who go unnoticed or underrepresented. "I made it so that they didn't disappear," she says.

Han Seohee (right) and fellow North Korean defectors Lee Gwang-sung (left) and Hwang Soyeon (center) are regulars on Moranbong Club, a South Korean talk show featuring North Korean defectors. "There's a lot of prejudice toward North Korean defectors in So

South Korea's Newest TV Stars Are North Korean Defectors

10:12pm January 31, 2016

by Elise Hu

North Korean defectors star on talk shows, dating shows and compete in campy challenges. They're giving South Koreans an unprecedented glimpse of the North's experience. But it's not the full picture.

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