Ethics Story Briefs

This book was a Caldecott Honor Book because of its illustrations.  It is a retelling of the well-known story of "Little Red Riding Hood," but in...

The eulogy celebrating the life of a much-loved Father, James Berkenpas, Jr.

Louis Zamperini returned to Japan, in the fall of 1950, and had an opportunity to visit with some of his former prison guards.

Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain, from Maine, was an officer in the Union army during the Civil War.

Lucy Burns friend of Alice Paul worked internationally to get women the right to vote.

Ever since Lusitania sank following a U-Boat strike, people have debated whether the great ship was carrying war materiel during her last voyage.

This clip recreates the trial of Major Henry Wirz who was the superintendent of a prisoner-of-war camp - located in Andersonville, Georgia - at which ...

Desmond Tutu, in his "Setting Free the Past" lecture, told a Georgetown University gathering that Mandela had changed during his prison years:He had g...

During its heyday, and at the height of its production, the Manhattan Project - America's code-named effort to build a nuclear bomb - employed around ...

Solomon Northup, a free black, is listed as a slave called "Plat Hamilton" on this manifest for the brig Orleans.

This image depicts the book-cover of Man is Wolf to Man, an important work on surviving the GULAG by Janus Bardach.

Today, in America, everyone takes for granted that the Supreme Court has the power to strike-down laws which a majority of the nine justices determine...