ICE, Palestine, public media and Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ took center stage at Emmys
The Emmys ceremony was about more than just glamour and excellence in television. The current heated political climate and the attack on cultural institutions on…
What’s next for PBS and NPR after Republicans strip funding?
Ken Burns has made more than 30 documentaries and won multiple Emmys.But without funding from public television, his educational programming such as “The Civil War”…
What’s targeted in Trump’s request for $9.4 billion in budget cuts from Congress
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. That’s just a sliver of the $1.7 trillion that lawmakers…
PBS, NPR cater to all, despite what Marjorie Taylor Greene believes
Every so often across my 21 years as a TV critic at this paper, I have been moved to defend public broadcasting against regular right-wing…
Republicans grill PBS, NPR chiefs as Democrats mock proceedings
At the start of Wednesday’s congressional hearing on the funding of public media, a large photo of drag queen Lil Miss Hot Mess appearing on…