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A hundred years ago, much of San Francisco lay shattered, and much of the rest was ablaze. Hundreds of thousands struggled with shock and grief and the urgent business of survival. The great quake and fire are still the defining events of the city's history.

Two Airstream trailers are beginning the first leg of cross-country journeys to record the stories of everyday Americans. The mobile recording studios are part of StoryCorps, an oral history project.

Bapu Shingara Singh was in his early 20s when British forces, attempting to quell an uprising, opened fire on a large crowd of unarmed Indian protestors. The 1919 Amristar Massacre was a critical event in India's history. Most of the world has forgotten about it, but it has shaped Singh's worldview.

Two world wars when the country was on the wrong side of history have taught Germans to be cautious about the pitfalls of a big army.

The U.S. economy counts on you to borrow money and stay in debt for a credit score. But what if you were taught to never owe anybody anything?

The National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C., won't be finished for another decade, but a pop-up exhibit from the museum has opened on the National Mall

Radical bombers battle strikebreaking capitalists while Clarence Darrow squares off against the "American Sherlock Holmes" in this very popular history of a trial that mixed murder, politics and celebrity in 1910 Los Angeles.