Nov 30th, 2008 · The year is 1945: The world is at war, and New York City's newspaper boys are on strike. Independent producer Ben Manila shares the story behind then-Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's legendary radio readings of comic strips like "Little Orphan Annie."
Oct 23rd, 2008 · On the eve of United Nations Day, newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner Navanethem Pillay reflects on her improbable journey to the organization's most visible and controversial position. U.N. Day marks the establishment of the U.N. charter in 1945.
Jul 26th, 2008 · The first war crimes trials since World War II started this week at Guantanamo Bay. Andrew McBride, a former Justice Department official, discusses the trials, as well as how Guantanamo's war crimes compare with those of 1945.
Mar 30th, 2008 · Seventy-five years ago, Nazi police chief Heinrich Himmler announced the opening of Dachau concentration camp, 10 miles outside of Munich. Dachau, which became a model for other Nazi camps, was the site of more than 28,000 deaths before liberators arrived in April 1945.
Mar 7th, 2008 · For the first time since 1945, home equity rates average below 50 percent. What does this number mean to homeowners and the slumping economy?
Nov 1st, 2007 · Paul Tibbets, who piloted the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb, has died at age 92. On Aug. 6, 1945, Tibbets' B-29 dropped the nearly five-ton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tibbets always insisted that he did not have regrets.
Sep 25th, 2007 · When Vernon Tott came upon Germany's Ahlem concentration camp in April 1945, he and fellow American liberators were unprepared for the horrific scene they found. The photos he took were kept out of view for 50 years but later shared with camp survivors.
Aug 9th, 2007 · South Dakota farmer Rudy Bohlmann served aboard the USS Tyrrell, the first ship to dock at Nagasaki, Japan, and cautiously provide relief in the aftermath of the U.S. bombing Aug. 9, 1945. Today, 62 years later, Bohlmann is still haunted by his visceral memories.