The Story of the Mason-Dixon Line: The Colonial-Era Border Battle That Defined the Civil War

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Tom Golisano and Paychex: How Small Business Payroll Became Big Business

On this episode of Our American Stories, before Paychex, small businesses had limited options for handling payroll. Many owners managed it themselves, while others paid for services designed for much larger companies. Tom Golisano saw the gap and set out to offer a simpler way to ...  Show more

I Grew Up Detached from My Jewish History. Then I Went to Buchenwald

On this episode of Our American Stories, Dana Mitch grew up knowing pieces of her family’s Holocaust story, but they never quite felt like her own. That changed when she visited Buchenwald, one of the largest concentration camps on German soil.Walking through its grounds brought ...  Show more

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