Larry David on “Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness”
Larry David brings his own comic perspective to America's storied history in the new HBO sketch comedy series, "Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness." He talks with Susie Essman about finally making use of his history major from college, and how...
Celebrating Fourth of July fireworks
Fireworks were invented in China, and perfected in Italy. But it was immigrants that brought their pyrotechnical secrets to America, creating a Fourth of July tradition: ever-grander fireworks displays. Correspondent Faith Salie visits the New Castle, ...
Songbook: Sara Bareilles sings “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”
Two-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, whose choices of essential American songs include Aretha Franklin's rendition of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," performs the Gerry Goffin-Carole King-Jerry Wexler classic, joined by ...
The Equal Rights Amendment: A promise unfulfilled
An Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – guaranteeing rights to all Americans regardless of sex – was first proposed to Congress in 1923. More than a century later, the ERA still has not become a formal part of our nation's bedrock of…
Extended interview: Feminism then and now
In this web exclusive, correspondent Martha Teichner talked with three generations of women – Ms. Magazine co-founder Letty Cottin Pogrebin and her daughter, New York Times journalist Robin Pogrebin, and granddaughter Maya Klaris – about the Equal…
The Equal Rights Amendment: A promise unfulfilled
An Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – guaranteeing rights to all Americans regardless of sex – was first proposed to Congress in 1923. More than a century later, it still has not become a formal part of our nation's bedrock of laws.…
How trains drove American history
The transcontinental railroad changed just about everything in America: transportation, communications, commerce, cities, politics, even our perception of time. Correspondent David Pogue visits Steamtown National Historic Site, in Scranton, Pa., home t...
Only in America: The rise of Viet-Cajun cuisine
Chef Trong Nguyen came from Vietnam as a teenager in the 1980s, and discovered that the clean bright flavors of Vietnamese food he grew up with paired perfectly with, of all things, the earthy, smoky spice of Cajun cuisine.
Only in America: The rise of Viet-Cajun cuisine
Chef Trong Nguyen came from Vietnam as a teenager in the 1980s, and discovered that the clean bright flavors of Vietnamese food he grew up with paired perfectly with, of all things, the earthy, smoky spice of Cajun cuisine. Since then, Nguyen's Houston...
Cassidy accuses RFK Jr. of building public health “upon a foundation of lies”
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., "If you build public health upon a foundation of lies, then you're going to have the absence of adequate public health."