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Euphemisms, Concentration Camps And The Japanese Internment

February 10, 2012 • A listener compares the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II to the Jewish Holocaust under the Nazis and raises the question of what to call the camps used in both experiences. At stake is the power of words in framing our actions, past and future.

Pearl Harbor Attack's 70th Anniversary: Memories, Moment Of Silence

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Pearl Harbor Attack's 70th Anniversary: Memories, Moment Of Silence

December 7, 2011 • Seventy years ago today more than 2,300 Americans died in the attack that would propel the nation into World War II. Though their numbers are dwindling, survivors are still telling their stories of that day.

Auschwitz The Memorial, Oswiecim The Living Town

Danny Ghitis

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Auschwitz The Memorial, Oswiecim The Living Town

February 23, 2011 • Most tourists, who come in buses to the former Nazi prison camp for the day, may not notice the people living in the surrounding towns.

The Two-Way

Michigan Woman Who Inspired WWII 'Rosie' Poster Has Died

December 30, 2010 • Geraldine Hoff Doyle died Sunday at the age of 86. A photo of her played a role in the famous "We Can Do It!" illustrations of "Rosie."

Michigan Woman Who Inspired WWII 'Rosie' Poster Has Died

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Rediscovering History

June 18, 2008 • I typically work in Chicago. But while I'm here filling in for Michel, I decided over the weekend to become a tourist ...

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September 24, 2007 • So, cartoons are clearly op-eds, as we've said before. And today, our op-ed is courtesy of Hector Cantu -- no thanks to Ken Burns. Bur

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