This week on "Sunday Morning" (March 17)
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COVER STORY: Haiti's long history of crises, and its present unrest | Watch Video
The Caribbean nation currently roiling under fire from armed gangs and without a functioning government was born as a rich French colony that gained independence in 1804, founded by the formerly enslaved. Since then, Haiti has been mired in poverty, crushing debt, violence and political upheaval, subjugated by dictators and foreign powers. Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at Haiti's history, and talks with author Jake Johnston and journalist-activist Monique Clesca about the country's current turmoil and what the future bodes for Haitians.
For more info:
- "Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti" by Jake Johnston (St. Martin's Press), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Haitian journalist-activist Monique Clesca
ALMANAC: March 17 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
HISTORY: The history of Irish emigration, and the pride of the Emerald Isle | Watch Video
The story of Ireland has been a history of emigration, with millions having left the island to escape famine or to search for opportunity. EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin, traces the contributions that Irish descendants continue to make across the globe in a wide range of fields. As we mark St. Patrick's Day, correspondent Conor Knighton celebrates the Irish diaspora, and explores his own ancestors with a genealogist at the Irish Family History Centre.
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ARTS: Thomas Dambo's magical troll art (Video)
The Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo uses reclaimed wood and scraps from landfills to create giant works of art depicting trolls – magical creatures that he has installed in 17 countries. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Dambo about his creation depicting Oscar the Bird King, hidden in the woods of Vashon Island near Seattle, and how his sculptures blend in with the natural world.
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STAGE: "The Notebook": Turning the bestselling romance into a Broadway musical | Watch Video
In 1996 Nicholas Sparks' romantic novel "The Notebook" became a bestseller. Eight years later it was adapted to a classic movie starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. And the love story that was "a song, a dream, a whisper," is now a Broadway musical. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Sparks and with members of the creative team that turned his book into a show that is already causing considerable audience joy and weeping.
For more info:
- "The Notebook: The Musical," at the Schoenfeld Theatre, New York City | Ticket info
- Nicholas Sparks
- Ingrid Michaelson
- Bekah Brunstetter
- Michael Greif (Internet Broadway Database)
- Schele Williams
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including pioneering mountain climber and documentary filmmaker David Breashears, who brought an Imax camera to the summit of Mount Everest.
BOOKS: "One Way Back": Christine Blasey Ford on speaking out, death threats, and life after the Kavanaugh hearings | Watch Video
In 2018, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a university professor and mother of two, accused then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of assaulting her at a party while both were in high school. After her televised testimony, the allegations stirred a hornet's nest of controversy, and brought death threats to Ford and her family. Now, Ford has written a memoir, "One Way Back," about her experience speaking out. She talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about the costs of going public; the responses she received from survivors of sexual assault; and how she has no regrets for her decision.
READ A BOOK EXCERPT: "One Way Back" by Christine Blasey Ford
For more info:
- "One Way Back: A Memoir" by Christine Blasey Ford (St. Martin's Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available March 19 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
HARTMAN: A third-grade fashion trendsetter (Video)
At first, when eight-year-old James Ramage started wearing a suit to class at Chelsea Elementary School in the small rural town of Chelsea, Maine, the other kids didn't know what to think. Now the students join in, and once a week put on their finest for what is known as "Dapper Wednesday." Correspondent Steve Hartman reports.
TV: Posing questions to "Jeopardy!" champion-turned-host Ken Jennings | Watch Video
He was an all-time "Jeopardy!" champion who is now host of the venerable game show that is marking its 60th year on the air. Correspondent Luke Burbank puts the answers – no, the questions to Ken Jennings about how he trained as a contestant, and what it means to him to succeed the late Alex Trebek.
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WORLD: Koi: "Swimming jewels" (Video)
Koi carp are loved and admired for their size and bright markings and not just in Japan; breeders exported nearly $50 million worth of koi last year, with America the second-largest importer of koi in the world. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer visits a fish beauty pageant of sorts at the All Japan Koi Show in Tokyo, and talks with fish breeders and aficionados about the charisma of koi.
For more info:
- Laguna Koi Ponds, Laguna Beach, Calif.
- 53rd All Japan Koi Show, Tokyo (In Japanese)
ARTS: An Alabama sculpture park evokes the painful history of slavery | Watch Video
In Montgomery, Alabama, a long-neglected plot of land, wedged between a maze of train tracks and the river, has been transformed into the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park – 17 acres filled with nearly 50 sculptures by world-famous artists like Kehinde Wiley, Hank Willis Thomas, Simone Leigh and Rose B. Simpson. It's the latest installation by the Equal Justice Initiative to evoke the history and repercussions of slavery in America. Correspondent Mark Whitaker reports.
For more info:
- Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, Montgomery, Ala.
- Equal Justice Initiative
- National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Ala.
- Hank Willis Thomas
COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on being a bourbon aficionado | Watch Video
The comedian, a longtime beer guy, is new to the enjoyment of liquor, and finds it helps him forget his five kids.
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NATURE: Driftwood on a Florida beach (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday among driftwood along the shoreline at Little Talbot State Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Videographer: Charles Schultz.
For more info:
- Little Talbot Island State Park, Jacksonville, Florida
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THE BOOK REPORT: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (March 17) | Watch Video
This month's fiction and non-fiction titles take us from pre-Civil War America to modern-day politics, the rise of Silicon Valley, and the future of the planet.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story" by Kara Swisher
The journalist and podcaster pens a memoir about her journey as a reporter chronicling the Silicon Valley shenanigans of arrogant Internet billionaires and their reckless empires.
READ AN EXCERPT: "James" by Percival Everett
The author of "Erasure" (the basis of the Oscar-winning film "American Fiction") returns with a comic novel that retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" through the eyes of an enslaved boy.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Great Expectations" by Vinson Cunningham
The New Yorker essayist's debut novel tells the story of a young man transformed by working for the presidential campaign of an aspirational Black senator from Illinois.
READ AN EXCERPT: "The Morningside" by Téa Obreht
The latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of "The Tiger's Wife" and "Inland" is set in a future metropolis ravaged by climate change.
GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2024
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
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