In 1981, nearly 100 Japanese Americans testified at Northeastern Illinois University as part of an official government investigation into the constitutionality of the World War II internment camps that incarcerated 120,000 residents and citizens of Japanese ancestry. Their stories have recently been rediscovered in a tape collection found in the University's archives.

“You can make a strong case for saying the American writing experience is the immigrant writing experience,” says the author Juan Martinez, and that's exactly what the American Writers Museum's "My America" exhibit, newly made digital, does.

The National Memorial Day Concert is hallmark of the beginning of summer. While it must adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic this year and not broadcast live from the U.S. Capitol, it will still feature a star slate of performers as well as members of the military in a unique adaptation.

Tetsuya Theodore Fujita developed a scale measuring the intensity of tornados and prevented airplane crashes by discovering microbursts. Fujita "was often met with skepticism in the beginning—until he was proven right," says a University of Chicago colleague and friend. 

Baptiste and Genevieve search out the Romanian gang's inside source in the Amsterdam police while Edward continues to try to help Natalie's kidnapped sister, Cristina, and the investigation winds to a close.

Valerie is put in charge of her gran's care as she struggles with an illness while the midwives fight to prove their worth and save Nonnatus House, in the season finale of Call the Midwife.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Korea Times Chicago is doing everything from providing information on public health guidance in Korean to distributing masks, but even in normal times it plays a vital role. "We'd like to think that we are the glue that holds the community together."

Baptiste searches out Edward and the money and concocts a plan with Genevieve to try to turn Constantin to inform on the Romanian gang, while Edward tries to protect his ex-wife.

The Nazis occupy Paris, putting Albert in danger, while Webster sneaks prisoners of war out of France. Harry receives a new assignment. And the Nazis finally catch up to the Rosslers. 

McNulty must help a woman whose husband is a drunk, but the young doctor has his own issues, which worry Sister Frances. Trixie helps a blind mother who rejects any attempt at help and is in a spat with her sister.

Statistics only reveal part of the picture of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In This Together: A PBS American Portrait Story  shows the self-submitted personal stories of people across the country as their lives have been upended by the crisis.

For decades, Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood didn't have a park or any significant green space. Roughly 20 years ago, that changed. Get to know the story of Ping Tom Park, one of the city's hidden gems.

The United States' most-watched food industry awards have announced their finalists at a time of great uncertainty for the restaurant industry, in an effort to offer a "glimmer of hope to an industry looking for light in a very dark time." Here are the Chicago finalists.