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In 1930, Lewis Hine climbed to the top of the world's tallest building under construction. The ironworkers he photographed — many of them Mohawk men from Canada — had no safety nets and no hesitation. Hine had neither, either.
May 9, 2026
In 2008, a Bronx social worker named Julio Diaz was mugged at knifepoint in a New York subway station — and responded by offering his coat and inviting the teenage mugger to dinner. Recorded by NPR's StoryCorps, this extraordinary act of radical kindness became one of the most shared stories in public radio history.
May 5, 2026
In 1880s New York, when tycoons like Vanderbilt and JP Morgan were refused box seats at the Academy of Music, they did what billionaires do best — built something bigger. The deliciously petty origin story of the world's greatest opera house.
Apr 9, 2026