Almanac: The 1858 launch of Macy's
On October 28, 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened a small dry goods store in New York City that would become grow into a retail giant renowned for parades
On October 28, 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened a small dry goods store in New York City that would become grow into a retail giant renowned for parades
House Speaker Paul Ryan sat down with "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson in New York
"I don't see where President Trump is somehow to blame for this," Lankford said on "Face the Nation"
One of the 20th century's best-known images is of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the Olympic medal stand in Mexico City in 1968, their fists raised in protest, taking a stand for civil rights on a world stage. Smith would become a pariah to some, but a hero to many others. Today, some NFL players model his activism, using their platforms to call attention to racial injustice. Jim Axelrod talks with Smith; sociologist Harry Edwards, who taught Smith at San Jose State, and whose Olympic Project for... Читать дальше...
The latest iteration of the horror film "Halloween," a sequel to the 1978 John Carpenter classic, scared up a staggering $77.5 million when it opened last week. Lee Cowan talks with actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who returned to once again face off against the masked Michael Myers, and who admits she doesn't like scary movies! He also talks with Vulture film critic Jordan Crucchiola about the popularity of horror films; sociologist Margee Kerr, who studies what happens to our brains when we experience fear in the theatre; and with Jason Blum... Читать дальше...
"I think those of us in national office ... need to take responsibility for ways in which we lower the temperature," Coons said on "Face the Nation"
The Olympian talks about his raised-fist salute, one of the 20th century's iconic moments, and an inspiration for athletes today making their own protests against injustice
Henry Worsley's lifetime fascination with Antarctic explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott led him to retrace their expeditions in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. In 2015 Worsley set off yet again to emulate his hero, Shackleton, by embarking on the first solo crossing of the continent. Anthony Mason talks with David Gran, author of the new book "The White Darkness," and with Worsley's wife, Joanna, about her husband's fateful trip.
Two centuries ago, at a storm-tossed villa in Switzerland rented by Lord Byron, a young girl named Mary Shelley accepted a challenge to write a ghost story, and created what would become one of the most famous names in horror: Frankenstein. Roxana Saberi looks at the creation of Shelley's mythic tale, published in 1818, and what her story of a scientist who harnesses life itself has to teach audiences today.
"Mid90s" is about a tight-knit band of skateboarders growing up and raising hell in mid-'90s Los Angeles. For first-time director Jonah Hill, who earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations for "Moneyball" and "The Wolf of Wall Street," it's another chance for him to "mess up." Tracy Smith reports.
With the recent controversy over Megyn Kelley's remarks in which she questioned why wearing blackface on Halloween was offensive, "Sunday Morning" contributor and WCBS anchor Maurice DuBois looks at the long and complex history of white (and even black) performers painting their faces black. For more than 100 years, minstrel shows were a popular form of entertainment on stage and film, reducing an entire race of people to stereotypes. DuBois speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson... Читать дальше...
"I don't see where President Trump is somehow to blame for this," Lankford said on "Face the Nation"
Salty licorice is a favorite Scandinavian treat, and quite different from the "licorice" candy that many Americans are used to eating, which sometimes contains no real licorice at all. Conor Knighton visits Copenhagen, where bitter licorice candy has a strong following, and where entrepreneur Johan Bulow's company Lakrids has launched high-end, authentic licorice to discriminating palates around the world.
On October 28, 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened a small dry goods store in New York City that would grow into a retail giant renowned for parades. Jane Pauley reports.
In 2008, the banking system was near total collapse, the stock market was in free fall, and government officials (it seemed to many) were as clueless as the rest of us. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger looks back at the housing and banking crisis that almost dragged the world down into another Great Depression, and talks with historian Adam Tooze and Wall Street Journal reporter Gretchen Morgenson about how many of the new rules put into place to protect the system from suffering another meltdown are being diluted.
A few days before Halloween, "Sunday Morning" shows viewers a spider weaving a web. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
Eleven victims from the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill ranged in age from 54 to 97, authorities said
Eleven victims from the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill ranged in age from 54 to 97, authorities said
Victims ranged in age from 54 to 97 and included a husband and wife, authorities said Sunday
The victims ranged in age from 54 to 97 and included brothers and a husband and wife
Jill Schlesinger looks back at the financial collapse, the government's response, and what the fallout may mean for the future
The mythic creation tale, born on a dare during a fateful storm, continues to pose questions today about the morals and ethics of science, and the eternal fascination with horror