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Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., cleans up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Opinion: A Blue Suit, Dusted By Insurrection, Goes To The Smithsonian

Rep. Andrew Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, has given his blue suit to the Smithsonian. Scott Simon explains its significance as an artifact from the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.

Sierra Leone's minister of education and chief innovation officer David Moinina Sengeh is a man of many talents. He's using mobile phone technology to improve daily life, he invented a way to make a prosthetic limb with a computer-assisted technique and he's a singer and rapper and a clothing designer, too.

This Education Minister Is A Renaissance Man (And He's Got A Music Video To Prove It)

Sierra Leone's education minister and MIT graduate David Moinina Sengeh is shooting for the moon when it comes to his country's future, from schools to health-care to ... space travel.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jeannie Santiago attend the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson will both star in his own one-man play, "Lackawanna Blues" and direct "Skeleton Crew" this year.

Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer

Seven new work by Black playwrights are scheduled to make their Broadway debut in 2021; Five of these writers are set to see their work performed on the Broadway stage for the very first time.

A view of a mosque destroyed by regime forces in Douma, Syria, on March 21, 2018. Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, was targeted by an air strike carried out by Syrian government forces.

Arab Spring Generation 'Not As Scared As Their Parents Are Of Change'

Hopes from the Arab Spring have mostly been dashed. But the era led to "a radical change in the way people think about the authorities, the state, and about their rights," says an Egyptian journalist.

Betsey Johnson Talks Fashion, Love And Motherhood In Self-Titled Memoir

The designer who has been pushing fashion boundaries for decades reveals more about the woman behind the brand — the whimsy and fun, but also difficult times, from relationships to health challenges.

Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice.

POV: We Are The Radical Monarchs

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Calligraphy, the title graphic for A TO Z: "The First Alphabet" on NOVA.

NOVA: A TO Z: The First Alphabet

Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Sept. 4 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with KPBS Passport! Writing shaped our world and the rise of human knowledge, from the trading of goods to tales of ancient goddesses and kings. Follow the evolution of the written word, from 4,000-year-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to modern-day alphabets.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW RECUT: Out Of This World - Part 1

Encore Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Blast off to a half-hour of ROADSHOW and discover stellar space-themed treasures including NASA Space Program autographed photos, a Star Trek treatment, script, and letters, and a celestial indicator made around 1872!

"[A] Portrait of People in Motion" exhibition at the New Americans Museum in Liberty Station, Nov. 6, 2019.

A New Exhibition Showcases Treasured Objects That Hold the Stories of Migration

Translucent images of a bell, a penknife and many other objects comprise the art of a new exhibition at The New Americans Museum in San Diego.

Among the documents produced by Remington Arms Co. were more than 18,000 files depicting emoji, cartoons and other images including one of a Despicable Me minion sliced like steak with the caption "filet minion," according to a court filing by lawyers representing 10 Sandy Hook families in a lawsuit against the company.

Asked For Documents In Sandy Hook Shooting, A Gun-Maker Sent Thousands Of Cartoons

Lawyers for victims' families suing Remington say the gun-maker is slowing the legal process by filing thousands of pictures, videos and emoji. Remington sources say that accusation is not fair.

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