Explaining NATO and Ukraine: How a 30-year-old debate still drives Putin today
Here is how the history of NATO, Russia and Ukraine got so complicated.
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A discovery of Holocaust-era photos helps a Jewish family connect with its past
A box of photos discovered more than 30 years ago includes pictures of an internment camp and many who died at Auschwitz. The photos were recently reunited with the Jewish family they belong to.
A Tennessee school district has voted to ban the Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'
The 10-member McMinn County School Board voted unanimously earlier this month to remove the book over foul language and an image of a nude woman.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, revisit NPR's stories from survivors
The annual day of commemoration comes admist a rise in antisemitic incidents and Holocaust denialism in the U.S. and other parts of the world.
'Throughline': The history of understanding our dreams
Our dreams can haunt us. Recurring dreams about failing tests or running late are a common occurrence, but what are we to make of them? And are there hidden meanings in our dreams?
Encore: 'Don't Stop Believin'' goes on and on, because we need it to
Cheesy, inspiring and enormously popular, Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" is a song which became an American Anthem long after it was released.
Want to understand the U.S.? This historian says the South holds the key
Imani Perry says the South can be seen as an "origin point" for the way the nation operates. Her book South to America reflects on the region's history and traces the steps of an enslaved ancestor.
Santa Monica, Calif., aims to welcome back historically displaced Black families
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Santa Monica City Councilmember Kristin McCowan on the impact the city's "Right to Return" program could have on families displaced for development decades ago.
A family helped a Holocaust survivor escape death. Then they became his real family
At 11, Philip Lazowski found himself alone in a Nazi ghetto as Jews were being sent to their deaths during WWII. At StoryCorps, Philip, now 91, remembers a quick decision that may have saved his life.
A Holocaust survivor honors the woman who saved his life
In 1941, Rabbi Philip Lazowski and his family were among the Jews banished from their village in Poland by the Nazis and forced to live in a ghetto. He remembers the woman who saved his life.