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Nick Ut/AP PhotoCalifornia voted to bar immigrants from schools and social services in 1994. Now most Californians see immigrants as a benefit to the state. -
Roman Battaglia/Jefferson Public RadioNext Wednesday is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. Throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California, municipalities and groups will celebrate in a variety of ways.
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The voice may sound familiar: Diana Coogle delivered audio essays on JPR News for years. Now she's back to talk about her own life story, as it involves a… -
The first world war was unimaginable for many people. Then it happened again, just a generation later. How did Europe, considered the center of… -
Celebrate America's birthday! We will, by taking the day off and putting the Exchange on autopilot. And that means a review of some of our important… -
Quick, name some of the fabulously rich men of the 19th century. John D. Rockefeller? Check. Andrew Carnegie? Check. John W. Mackay? Uh, who? Not a… -
It was the late 1960s... and Malcolm Terence did what a lot of people did in that time: looked for a different way to live. He'd been a reporter for the… -
It's really not that long a stretch from "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" (Elvis Presley, 1961) to "I'm a sucker for the way that you move, babe"… -
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." So China and the United States were friendly in the early days of World War II, even before Japan attacked Pearl… -
Tales of people fighting fires go way back in the region. And there's a special aura of mystery and romance around smokejumpers, people who actually jump… -
Silent since her death in 1959, the voice of Billie Holiday still echoes for generations of Americans. The story of "Lady Day" has been told many times,… -
Maybe the details become murky over time, but just the name of America's most complicated war says volumes: Vietnam. 58,000 people died fighting for the… -
The imprisoning of Japanese-Americans in prison camps during World War II is an enduring stain on the country. We still struggle to understand the actions… -
It helps understand our region and its history when people take the time to jot down a few notes. Annice Olena Black comes from a family of historians who…
