PBS ‘The Open Mind’ Host Alexander Heffner on Show’s 70th Anniversary

PBS ‘The Open Mind’ Host Alexander Heffner on Show’s 70th Anniversary

When The Open Mind premiered on PBS in 1956, host Richard D. Heffner wanted to do something that had never been done on television before: each Sunday for an hour,…

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Judge Says Trump’s Order Removing Funding From PBS and NPR ‘Unlawful’

A federal judge has ruled that President Trump’s efforts to defund PBS and NPR were unlawful, finding that a May 2025 executive order infringed on the news organizations’ First Amendment…

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