CATEGORIES

All The Rage
Mother Jones

All The Rage

Dan Crenshaw declared war on cancel culture. But who’s really getting canceled?

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January/February 2020
Cross-Cultural Romance with Global Itinerary
World Literature Today

Cross-Cultural Romance with Global Itinerary

A Conversation with Sarah Ladipo Manyika

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10+ mins  |
Winter 2020
Almaty's Changing Musical Rule Book
World Literature Today

Almaty's Changing Musical Rule Book

Traveling across central Asia, Nicholas Pritchard discovers musical acts of dissent in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Winter 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids

The Final Piece

The dark green color in the map depicts the land that was the Gadsden Purchase.

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January 2020
The View From Inside the Bubble
The Atlantic

The View From Inside the Bubble

Drawn into the tech world, a 20-something watches herself get seduced by a myopic mission.

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9 mins  |
January - February 2020
Retreat, Christian, Soldiers
The Atlantic

Retreat, Christian, Soldiers

Feeling out of step with the mores of contemporary American life, members of a conservative-Catholic group have built a thriving community in rural Kansas, one centered on faith and family. Could their flight from mainstream society be a harbinger for the nation?

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January - February 2020
Before Zuckerberg, Gutenberg
The Atlantic

Before Zuckerberg, Gutenberg

Anyone who thinks we’ve now grasped what the internet has in store for us should revisit what the printing press unleashed.

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January - February 2020
Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid's Tale arrived
New York magazine

Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid's Tale arrived

The Handmaid’s Tale arrived.

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November 25 - December 8, 2019
The Things They Carry
Russian Life

The Things They Carry

WOMEN’S HANDBAGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERY TO ME.

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November/December 2019
Russian Life

The Last Soviet-Americans

In order to get from the center of the Black Sea port of Odessa to that city’s best stretch of beach, you ride for 40 minutes on a tram.

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November/December 2019
Russian Life

Grandpa Cuckoo

Vaska Solovyov, nicknamed “Cuckoo” because he stuttered whenever he said “coo-coo-could…,” was puzzled. And the puzzle was how to come up with the money he needed to throw a shindig.

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November/December 2019
The War To End All Wars Ends
Russian Life

The War To End All Wars Ends

Only to become a war of a different sort in Russia

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November/December 2019
Russian Life

The Story Behind An Inscription

Vladimir Lvovich Burtsev (1862-1942) was an ardent opponent of monarchism, Bolshevism, and Nazism.

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November/December 2019
A Democratic Influence
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids

A Democratic Influence

Look on the back of a one-dollar bill, and you will find the Great Seal of the United States.

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November/December 2019
Books – Boy, Uninterrupted
The Atlantic

Books – Boy, Uninterrupted

Ben Lerner, portraitist of talkative men, explores the roots of white male rage.

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10 mins  |
October 2019
The Overlooked Islands Of New York
New York magazine

The Overlooked Islands Of New York

Unearthing New York’s hidden histories, from buried bodies to heron sanctuaries.

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10+ mins  |
August 19 - September 1, 2019
The Art And History Of The Aviator Watch
Flight Journal

The Art And History Of The Aviator Watch

The art and history of the Aviator Watch

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9 mins  |
February 2019
Death At Daybreak
Flight Journal

Death At Daybreak

Kiwi goes to war in a hawker tempest.

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6 mins  |
2019 Special Issue: WWII Air War
The Woman In The Square
Guideposts

The Woman In The Square

More than 50 million civilians perished in World War II. One casualty has haunted this veteran tank gunner since 1945

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March 2019
China Blitzer
Flight Journal

China Blitzer

Combat Over The Hump

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February 2019
Why Are We So Angry?
The Atlantic

Why Are We So Angry?

The untold story of how we all got so mad at one another

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January/February 2019
Don't Blame Karl Marx For ‘Cultural Marxism'
Reason magazine

Don't Blame Karl Marx For ‘Cultural Marxism'

Political correctness isnt acommunist plot.

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November 2018
Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)?
New York magazine

Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)?

A part of speech with all of these functions cant possibly do all of them well. 

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May 16-29, 2016
Daniel Libeskind's Secret Museum of the Kurds
Bloomberg Businessweek

Daniel Libeskind's Secret Museum of the Kurds

​The architect of the World Trade Center master plan reveals his design for a museum in northern Iraq.

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7 mins  |
April 11 - April 24, 2016
Portrait Art - Capturing the Human Canvas
Shutterbug

Portrait Art - Capturing the Human Canvas

Art Wolfe captures the human canvas.

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7 mins  |
March 2016
10 Viral Sensations On Life After Internet Fame
New York magazine

10 Viral Sensations On Life After Internet Fame

Living, breathing memes, long after the clicks have subsided.

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November 30- December 13, 2015
The Unprecedented Garth Risk Hallberg
New York magazine

The Unprecedented Garth Risk Hallberg

City On Fire, a debut novel, generated a headline-making $2 million bidding war. Which means quite a lot is riding on its 36-year-old author. Believe it or not, hes chasing even bigger things.

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October 5–18, 2015
Times Square: The City's Id, Now And Always
New York magazine

Times Square: The City's Id, Now And Always

Along with fake Buddhist monks, selfie-taking tourists, aggressive Elmos and other modern hustlers: Times Square in the de Blasio era.

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October 5–18, 2015
Are You A Victim Of Laptop Sexism?
Marie Claire - UK

Are You A Victim Of Laptop Sexism?

The answer is yes, even if you dont realise it. From Twitter trolls to (supposedly unisex) apps, Caroline Criado-Perez reports on how misogyny is pervading the net and finding more ways to shut women up.

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October 2015
The Schism of Youth Scouting Programs in America
Backpacker

The Schism of Youth Scouting Programs in America

When the Boy Scouts decided to admit openly gay youths in 2013, a group of dissenting leaders struck out on their own and formed Trail Life USA, an "unapologetically Christian"scouting organization. The schism raised a question: Is there a right way to get kids outdoors?

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September 2015