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The Sinking of the Titanic
She was supposed to be ""unsinkable."" But on April 14, 1912, the unthinkable happened: the world's largest and most luxurious oceans liner - the Titanic - struck an iceberg in the …
Ban Ki-moon
As a child in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general regarding the Hungarian uprising against Russia. A few years later in the United States, he met …
Mass Incarceration
The number of Americans who live behind bars has increased by 550 percent over the last 40 years. This has been the result of aggressive tough-on-crime legislation that had more …
Apolo Anton Ohno
As the son of a single father, Apolo Anton Ohno showed a lot of spunk and energy. To keep out of trouble, Ohno got involved in sports like swimming and inline skating. But …
Italian Americans
They braved the rough voyage across the ocean to attain the American dream, but the ancestors of America's rich and diverse social landscape first struggled to make a life in their …
Landlord Colors
On artistic ingenuity in the face of economic and social crisis, from Chicago to Cuba Published in four differently colored cloth covers, Landlord Colors reconsiders periods of …
Stella McCartney
She counts A-list celebrities among her friends, and her father is the legendary Beatle Paul McCartney. For fashion designer Stella McCartney, her life and career show that a …
The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam is recognized as one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world. The construction of this behemoth dam - the inspiration of one Arthur Powell Davis - was …
Stephen Colbert
All eyes will be on Stephen Colbert as he takes over David Letterman's late night talk show. Colbert rose to fame in the outrageous Strangers with Candy and as a fake newsman on …