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Madeleine Albright thinks it's time to sound the alarm on fascism

April 25, 2018

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says we might not recognize the resurgence of fascism worldwide until it's too late.

Culture

The roots of Catalonia’s differences with the rest of Spain

The World

October 20, 2017

With Catalonia threatening to declare independence from Spain, we look into the origins of the dispute between Barcelona and Madrid.

Arts, Culture & Media

Seventy years later, a Holocaust survivor remembers the performance of her lifetime

The World

March 12, 2014

70 years ago, Ella Weissberger stood on stage as a cat in the first performances of the children's opera Brundibar. The stage was in a Nazi concentration camp and she was a prisoner. Weissberger still attends performances and shared her story with The World's Nina Porzucki.

Arts, Culture & Media

How one man's Olympic design influenced your next trip to the public restroom

The World

February 06, 2014

German designer Otl Aicher created the pictograms for the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. His design has influenced not only future Olympic pictograms but many signs we see on a daily basis.

Global Politics

Ukraine's identity crisis is nothing new

The World

December 12, 2013

Ukraine has been gripped by demonstrations for weeks now. Protesters want the President to keep his promise and sign a deal with the European Union. The deal would bail out the country's broken finances and bring it into closer association with Brussels. Russia doesn't like that. It's not the first time in Ukraine's history that is has to decide between East and West.

Arts, Culture & Media

German police find masterpieces by Picasso and others thought lost in World War II

The World

November 04, 2013

News broke over the weekend in Germany that 1500 masterpieces by Matisse and Picasso and others were found in an apartment in Munich.

Conflict & Justice

Greeks are seeing the neo-Nazi face of the popular Golden Dawn party

The World

October 02, 2013

Until recently, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party enjoyed substantial popularity in Greece. Then, two weeks ago, a Golden Dawn member admitted to killing anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas. In the following days, Greek authorities arrested more than 20 Golden Dawn members, including much of the party's leadership.

Global Politics

Obama calls on America to act to 'stop children from being gassed'

September 10, 2013

In a national address to a skeptical nation and a divided Congress, President Barack Obama laid out his case for military strikes on Syria, but made a commitment to one more last-ditch effort at diplomacy.

Global Politics

Cold War linguists: NSA spies in Teufelsberg kept ear on Soviets

The World

June 20, 2013

At the height of the Cold War, a small group of Army personnel monitored communications in Soviet-controlled East Berlin. They'd send the recordings back to NSA headquarters in Washington and — in many ways, are the precursors to the modern surveillance system that has become so controversial.

Arts, Culture & Media

Richard Wagner's 200th birthday passes with little notice in the U.S.

Studio 360

June 03, 2013

Richard Wagner's music was widely celebrated in the United States for nearly a century, until it became inextricably linked with Nazism in the mid-20th Century. In late May, Wagner's 200th birthday passed -- and it did so with almost no fanfare.

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