History

Lily Gladstone, left, plays Mollie Kyle in Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorsese, right.

'You talkin' to me?' How Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' gets in your head

5:00am October 30, 2023

by Aisha Harris

In his elder years, Martin Scorsese seems to be questioning his complicity as a filmmaker. He's not renouncing his prior artistic choices but he's cognizant of how the world around him has shifted.

'The Unmarked Graveyard' digs into the mysteries surrounding author Dawn Powell

5:18pm October 28, 2023

Dawn Powell moved to New York from Ohio in 1918 to become a writer. Settling in Greenwich Village, Powell published nine novels in her lifetime, exploring fame, relationships and money.

Fliers from a recent UAW strike in Chicago.

Why workers are resorting to more strikes this year to pressure companies

9:07am October 28, 2023

by Danielle Kaye

This has been a watershed year. So far in 2023, there have been 22 major strikes: 17 at companies, making it the largest number of strikes in the private sector since 2011.

Women began reporting and covering TV news when the first Spanish-language network went on the air in the 1960's in the United States.

National

Latina journalists shine in a Smithsonian exhibit

8:08am October 27, 2023

by Marisa Peñaloza

Historically, trust in Spanish-language television news is what keeps the Latinx communities in the United States tuned into the news.

The wins and flaws of 'Fellow Travelers,' a show about two gay men over 4 decades

5:27pm October 26, 2023

by Glen Weldon

A new show follows the lives of two gay men over the course of four decades – from the McCarthy era to the AIDS crisis.

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Music & Culture

Remembering pioneering female rock DJ Dusty Street

6:21pm October 25, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

One of the first female rock DJs Dusty Street passed away recently. She was outspoken about the corporatization of music radio which ultimately lead to her being laid off from KROQ.

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National

A beloved piece of playground equipment — the jungle gym — turns 100 years old

5:52pm October 24, 2023

by Matt Ozug

A beloved piece of playground equipment is turning 100 years old. The history of the jungle gym and monkey bars is full of weird and and delightful twists, spanning from Japan to suburban Chicago.

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Books
Arts

'Let Us Descend' follows a slave on a painful journey — finding some hope on the way

10:27am October 24, 2023

by Gabino Iglesias

Jesmyn Ward's narrative forces readers to look at our country's ugly past and face the lingering effects of history — but it also tells a story of perseverance and the power of the spiritual world.

NPR podcast 'Throughline' takes a closer look at the birth of a nation: Turkey

5:02am October 24, 2023

A century after the founding of the Republic of Turkey, NPR's history podcast Throughline examines the legacy of founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Will Foot (left) and Lewis Henderson, of Deptford Northern Soul Club.

Northern Soul is thriving across the UK thanks to Gen Z looking to dance

4:51pm October 23, 2023

by Rebecca Rosman

"Northern Soul is inherently up-tempo, Black American music that never really made it in America," says Lewis Henderson, one-half of the Deptford Northern Soul Club in the UK.