Arts, Culture & Media
The Takeaway
November 18, 2014
The history of Washington features plenty of mudslinging, fighting and division, and that's without even going inside Congress. Here's how the capital developed from the small, dirty, disorganized town it was in the 19th century into today's capital — and how that history still shapes the city.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Henry Liu is a musket-carrying member of the Lexington Minute Men. He's also Chinese American.
PRI's The World
April 21, 2014
There are some requirements to be a Lexington Minute Man. You have to be a US citizen and you have to be male. Your ancestry, though, doesn't matter, either to other reenactors or, apparently, the crowds.
A Very Short History of Vaccines in America | FRONTLINE
Health & Medicine
Why 21st-century anti-vaxxers have nothing on their 18th-century counterparts
PRI's The World
March 25, 2015
George Washington certainly worried about the British army, but he may have been even more worried about smallpox, which had the potential to ravage his already-fragile army. That's how Washington became colonial America's champion of inoculation, the precursor to vaccines — but not without lots of protest.
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Politics
How the French won the American Revolution
PRI's The World
July 04, 2014
There might be no Fourth of July holiday without the French. Their help was vital to the winning of the War for Independence, and the survival of the early republic. The tragic story of one French aristocrat illustrates that relationship. And it’s not Lafayette!
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Science, Tech & Environment
New Digital Public Library of America seeks to increase accessibility to treasured works
The Takeaway
April 19, 2013
The Digital Public Library of America is seeking to build a large collection of digital archives that otherwise might not be widely available. It went online this week.
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Politics
Iranian American dismayed to learn State Department no longer wants his services
PRI's The World
April 15, 2013
Amir Mohammed Estakhri has spent nearly a dozen year working with the State Department as an Iranian-language translator. But, recently, he's learned his services are no longer needed -- and he thinks it may be because he translated for Iranian officials in the U.S. as well.
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Politics
A new British party borrows a famous old name for next year's election
PRI's The World
November 04, 2014
The Whig Party was once a powerful force in British politics, but it's been a century and a half since the Whigs were on British ballots. Now a group is hoping to bring the Whig Party back for parliamentary elections next year and update the party's reformist agenda for 2015.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Washington was once quite literally a 'cesspool'
The Takeaway
November 18, 2014
The history of Washington features plenty of mudslinging, fighting and division, and that's without even going inside Congress. Here's how the capital developed from the small, dirty, disorganized town it was in the 19th century into today's capital — and how that history still shapes the city.
Never Underestimate Your Enemy: General Washington at Princeton
PRI's The World
January 02, 2013
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Obama's Simple Rhetoric, and Rubio's Spanish Reply
PRI's The World
February 13, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media
Iran and the US: An Interpreter Working For Both Sides Hits a Wall
PRI's The World
April 12, 2013
A California man who used to take pride in his role in helping facilitate communication between US and Iran may be facing a forced career change.