Every week at this time, we tell the story of someone important in the history of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

I'm Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we take a look at some scary movies, just in time for Halloween...

VOA: special.2010.10.29

Last week, we told you that the number of foreign students in the United States had reached an all-time high.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

in the day and in the night-time, sometimes moonlight, sometimes storms, and we a-floating along, talking and singing and laughing.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Join us again next week at this time as we continue "A Princess of Mars" in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

And at the time we were living in New Mexico and we didn't know anybody that was Hailey.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Researcher Laura Nauman noted that we live in a time of social media, and personal photographs are everywhere.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

We spent some time in the lively Bywater and Faubourg Marigny areas to hear local musicians performing in clubs and drinking places.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

And we will try to tell as much truth as possible about this interesting time in American history.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

"We will start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

It wasn't easy, but we slowly rebuilt those neighborhoods one block at a time, and in the process I received the best education I ever had."

VOA: special.2009.01.12

On May fifteenth, just seventeen days after leaving New York, Captain Creesy wrote this in the Flying Cloud's log: "We have passed the Equator in two days less time than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

"We're at a point in time when we think we have a real opportunity because with the signing of this joint declaration, the parties are coming together and saying that we share a common commitment to address the situation and to offer children better hope for the future through education."

VOA: special.2010.10.26

In a country the size of western Europe, we can't be everywhere at the same time, and the hotline allows them to call in no matter where they are and to ask usthe information that we can provide -- even if we're not necessarily able to provide the services directly."

VOA: special.2010.05.03