History of North America

Women wear costumes as they take part in Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti. The similarity between Carnaval and Mardi Gras in New Orleans is just one connection the two places share.

New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history

Arts

When you walk around New Orleans, you can see the Haitian influence everywhere, from the creole cottages to the jambalaya. And thousands of New Orleanians trace their ancestry back to the island. This connection had one journalist asking, is the feeling mutual?

Canadian First Nations group raises red flag on proposed oil mining

Environment

Crazy Horse’s death and American prejudice

Arts, Culture & Media

Mohawk tribe evicts non-natives

Global Politics

‘Reportero’ Tells the Story of Journalists Who Risk Their Lives in Mexico

Pasatono Orquesta: Ethnomusicologists and Performers

Arts, Culture & Media

Pasatono Orquesta is a musical group from Mexico that plays traditional music from the Mixtec region of Oaxaca.

Reflecting on Veterans Day with One of the Last Living Code Talkers

It’s a beautiful, ancient language, one that very few people understand or speak.  Navajo was instrumental to the success of the U.S. in World War II. Navajo volunteers worked with the U.S. military to create a secret code language that was used for communication in the South Pacific.  Chester Nez, at 90 years old, is one of […]

The Fight to Be Called Cherokee

White Americans were not the only ones who kept black slaves in the pre-Civil War era. Until an 1886 treaty that freed their slaves, black slavery was also a part of the Cherokee nation. Generations later, black  descendants  of those freed slaves, who went on to become part of the Cherokee tribe, are fighting for their right […]

Seneca Village: Lost History Under New York’s Central Park

For residents and tourists, New York’s Central Park is a much-loved haven from the noise of the concrete jungle. Thirty-five million people visit the park each year, but few of them know about Seneca Village,  a community of African-Americans and Irish immigrants who lived there before the city created the park in 1857. This summer, New […]

The World

Your Take: Defining ‘My America’ on Independence Day

Arts, Culture & Media

We’ve been asking listeners to tell us: What does the phrase ‘My America’ means to you? Mary Joe Mercer from the Osage Nation Reservation in Oklahoma, told us about the Native Americans that have called this country home for thousands of years.