Aug 22nd, 2008 · Movie Love In The Fifties offers a view of America as it was 50 years ago, a postwar nation whose struggle to understand race and sex and fashion was reflected in films that weren't all pitched to the appetites of teenage boys.
May 16th, 2008 · Spouses of troops suffering from postwar mental trauma have made it their mission to force the military to give soldiers the treatment they need. Military wives — traditionally known as "the silent ranks" — have transformed into unexpected activists.
Oct 18th, 2006 · MetLife has sold Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village Apartments in Manhattan for $5.4 billion. It's one of the largest residential real-estate deals ever. Robert Siegel, who grew up in the postwar complex, has a remembrance of life in Stuyvesant Town.
May 2nd, 2006 · Premier Silvio Berlusconi, the longest-serving leader in postwar Italy, resigns to make way for a center-left government led by Romano Prodi. Berlusconi, leader of the conservatives elected in 2001, had steadfastly refused to concede defeat since the nation's April 9-10 elections.
Nov 5th, 2005 · No Man's Land is the story of love and loss in postwar Vietnam. Michael Sullivan profiles its author, dissident Duong Thu Huong. The Vietnamese government has banned her books and jailed her for a time, but she refuses to accept exile.
Sep 27th, 2005 · Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Philip Roth has been a favorite of readers since his memoir Goodbye, Columbus emerged to help define the culture of postwar America. Now the Library of America is releasing Roth's books -- a rare step for a living author.
Oct 29th, 2004 · For the documentary Voices of Iraq, Iraqis received 150 video cameras and were asked to film whatever they wanted. The result is a rare look at daily life in Iraq -- the tragic, the joyful and the mundane. Filmmakers Eric Manes and Archie Drury talk with NPR's Michele Norris.