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Rapper Ruby Ibarra reflects on her Filipino-American experience and the role of language in this spoken-word poem.

"Mir ist heut so nach Tamerlan!" is a Cabaret song from the Weimar Republic in Germany, 1922. Music was composed by Rudolf Nelson and lyrics were written by Kurt Tucholsky.

Milton Mayer, an American college professor from Columbia University, wanted to find out how ordinary people initially reacted to Hitler's policies and philosophy. Seven years after the end of World War II, Mayer went to Germany and interviewed a cross-section of men throughout society. One of the interviews with a German college professor is excerpted in this audio recording.

While we know that "race" is a social construct and not a biological fact, "racism" still exists. In this audio reading Lisa Delpit - scholar, author, writer and mother-writes to her daughter about her own experiences with racism growing up in the United States.

This is an audio recording of President Lincoln's second inaugural address (March 4, 1865).