Russell Simmons has been called the godfather of hip hop. He tells Steve Paulson he got his start selling street drugs as a teenager.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sophy Burnham tells one of the stories from her "Book of Angels." This one's about two "businessmen" who appear just in time to stop a runaway wheelchair.
Photographer Rachel Sussman has documented 30 of the oldest living things in the world.
Around the country Governors of both parties are balancing their state budgets by making public sector employees pay more. Why?
Anne Strainchamps talks with two teenagers who were finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three "violence interrupters" who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once doled out. They believe that violence spreads like an infectious diseases, so the treatment should be similar: stop the infection at its source.
The Wailin’ Jennys talk about the joys and mystery of harmony, and sing a few examples.
The contemporary art world was shocked in 2010 when the prestigious Turner prize went to a voice installation, the work of the Scottish artist Susan Philipsz.
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