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Jen Davis takes self-portraits as a way to understand her body in relationship to cultural standards of beauty. Her images are quiet, intimate portraits of a woman exploring ideas of body image, domesticity, and desire.

In Columbus, Ohio, nonprofit arts groups are doing what U.S. businesses have done for decades: outsourcing. Financially beleaguered arts groups are handing over the "back office" to CAPA, an organization that handles finances, marketing, ticketing and fundraising ... stuff that artists don't really like doing anyway.

More than 3,000 volunteers with the Center for Biological Diversity will be handing out 100,000 free condoms beginning on Valentines Day. The environmental group says the "endangered species condoms" are intended to raise awareness about the human impact on wildlife.

Teen Critics take opposites sides on Be Kind Rewind (New Line Cinema) By CANDACE KAVANAGH Michel Gondry has struck another warm, heart felt piece of film,…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced an opinion from the bench just 24 hours after the death of her husband because, she said, "Marty would have wanted it this way." Her marriage to Martin Ginsburg, who died June 27 at 78, was a 56-year marathon of love and support.

Egypt's way to democracy will be, at best, messy. But assuming its military can reach agreement with opposition leaders about the timing and shape of elections, Egypt's stage is set in some ways that its neighbors' have not been.

Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position.

Artist Kim MacConnel is getting a lot of deserved attention of late. A retrospective of his work is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and an exhibit of recent work opens at Quint Contemporary Art. We'll talk with the acclaimed artist about his career.

As the Obama administration prepares to start doling out $8 billion in funding for high-speed-train projects, proposals have flooded in from around the country. Forty states and the District of Columbia have already requested more than $100 billion for high-speed-rail projects. Though many projects are ambitious, the U.S. is still far away from a European- or Asian-style rail network, experts say.

Proposition 23 is asking voters if the state's greenhouse gas emission laws should be suspended until unemployment drops below 5.5 percent for a year. We speak to KPBS Environmental Reporter Ed Joyce about the arguments for and against Proposition 23.