Stacy Schiff's new book "Cleopatra: a life" describes the Egyptian queen as a shrewd political strategist and a brilliant leader.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Anousheh Ansari became the first Muslim woman to venture into space when she traveled aboard the International Space Station.
Some of us think of dance as something best left to the professionals, people with years of training and technique. But when Sally Gross started dancing, she realized that she'd never master ballet or modern dance. So she made a whole new kind of dance...
What are you making? In San Francisco, two radio producers are collecting stories in a project called “The Making Of...”
Sherron Watkins is the whistle-blower who tried to tell Ken Lay what was going on at Enron. With co-author, journalist Mimi Schwartz, Watkins lays out the story in her book “Power Failure.”
National Parks are important to America. And not just for the environment. But for the well-being of those who visit. Yet a large portion of the US popular has never set foot in a National Park. Especially African Americans. Independent producer James Mills wanted to know why. And he went all the way back to the Buffalo Soldiers, exploring what he calls "The Adventure Gap
We look back at the legacy of the sixties: Tom Hayden, one of the founders of Students for a Democratic Society and later a State Assemblyman and Senator in California, talks with Steve Paulson.
The demographics of the United States are changing: how does the latest wave of immigration fit into the historical pattern?
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