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The Purity Trap
Mother Jones

The Purity Trap

These women went to Bible college to deepen their faith. Then they were assaulted— and blamed for it.

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January/February 2022
THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE
Archaeology

THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE

In the early 1960s, archaeologists from around the world descended on the Upper Nile Valley.

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January/February 2022
Under the Holy City
Archaeology

Under the Holy City

A long-running excavation in Jerusalem unearths evidence for two of the city’s least-known eras

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January/February 2022
TURNING SALT INTO GOLD
Archaeology

TURNING SALT INTO GOLD

In the Austrian Alps, generations of miners toiled to extract the ancient world’s most valuable resource

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January/February 2022
OFF THE GRID
Archaeology

OFF THE GRID

OPLONTIS, ITALY

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January/February 2022
AT FACE VALUE
Archaeology

AT FACE VALUE

Researchers are using new scientific methods to investigate how artists in Roman Egypt customized portraits for the dead

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January/February 2022
A Brush With Genius
Archaeology

A Brush With Genius

An unprecedented find in central China brings to life the early years of a master calligrapher

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January/February 2022
Archaeology's Top 10 Discoveries of 2021
Archaeology

Archaeology's Top 10 Discoveries of 2021

Discoveries

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January/February 2022
ITALIAN MASTER  BUILDERS
Archaeology

ITALIAN MASTER BUILDERS

A 3,500-year-old ritual pool reflects a little-known culture’s agrarian prowess

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7 mins  |
November/December 2021
Piecing Together Maya Creation Stories
Archaeology

Piecing Together Maya Creation Stories

Thousands of mural fragments from the city of San Bartolo illustrate how the Maya envisioned their place in the universe

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November/December 2021
GHOST TRACKS OF WHITE SANDS
Archaeology

GHOST TRACKS OF WHITE SANDS

Scientists are uncovering fossilized footprints in the New Mexico desert that show how humans and Ice Age animals shared the landscape

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November/December 2021
GAUL'S UNIVERSITY TOWN
Archaeology

GAUL'S UNIVERSITY TOWN

New excavations have revealed the wealth and prestige of an ancient center of learning

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November/December 2021
Distant Learning
Mother Jones

Distant Learning

New immigrant students had the most to gain at Virginia’s Justice High—and the most to lose once the pandemic hit.

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November/December 2021
Up Rooted
Mother Jones

Up Rooted

Forests have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to outrun climate catastrophe.

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November/December 2021
Delete Your Internet Footprint
Reader's Digest US

Delete Your Internet Footprint

With spies lurking everywhere, how can you keep yourself safe? Here are 25 smart steps, from the editor of HowtoGeek.com.

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November 2021
A Chance to Build a More Inclusive Fed
Bloomberg Businessweek

A Chance to Build a More Inclusive Fed

Recent departures increase pressure to appoint more outsiders and minorities

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October 04, 2021
Are Honeybees Dying Off? It Depends On Whom You Ask
AppleMagazine

Are Honeybees Dying Off? It Depends On Whom You Ask

Talk to a local beekeeper, and the potential consequences of the decline of the honeybee population are alarming, causing problems for pollination and sending ripple effects through the food supply chain and the entire ecosystem.

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August 20, 2021
SECRET RITES OF SAMOTHRACE
Archaeology

SECRET RITES OF SAMOTHRACE

Reimagining the experience of initiation into an ancient Greek mystery cult

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September/October 2021
LAND OF THE PICTS
Archaeology

LAND OF THE PICTS

New excavations reveal the truth behind the legend of these fearsome northern warriors

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September/October 2021
The Pursuit of Wellness
Archaeology

The Pursuit of Wellness

How the ancients attended to mind, body, and soul

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September/October 2021
THE EQUESTRIAN'S CAVE
Archaeology

THE EQUESTRIAN'S CAVE

Recent discoveries in western Mongolia suggest that nomadic horsemen may have invented a revolutionary technology

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September/October 2021
Digs & Discoveries
Archaeology

Digs & Discoveries

Roman marble cutters, anglo-saxon giant, neanderthal hearing… and much more

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September/October 2021
Who Were The Samaritans?
Archaeology

Who Were The Samaritans?

Investigating a once-powerful sect that has preserved its sacred traditions for millennia

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10 mins  |
September/October 2021
The Would-Be Savior of Patagonia
The Atlantic

The Would-Be Savior of Patagonia

Are environmental crusaders like Douglas Tompkins good for the planet?

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10 mins  |
September 2021
Emmett Till – The Barn
The Atlantic

Emmett Till – The Barn

In the Mississippi Delta, an unmarked building sits 100 yards from a gravel road. Sixty-six years ago, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up. Four white men rode in the cab. A 14-year-old child was in the back. His name was Emmett Till.

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September 2021
This Is The End Of Affirmative Action
The Atlantic

This Is The End Of Affirmative Action

We have to face the reality that our education system is, and always has been, separate and unequal.

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9 mins  |
September 2021
The Legacy of Flight 93
Guideposts

The Legacy of Flight 93

An Army officer remembers his cousin Rich Guadagno and the other 39 heroes who died in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11

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August/September 2021
12 Underrated Reasons To Love School
Girls' Life magazine

12 Underrated Reasons To Love School

Early alarms and pop quizzes aside, the truth is that school *is* actually pretty awesome. Here are 12 reasons why…

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August/September 2021
Smoke Eaters On The Front Lines
Backpacker

Smoke Eaters On The Front Lines

The new era of wildland firefighting is a war with no end in sight.

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July - August 2021
Estebanico's America
The Atlantic

Estebanico's America

The story of Africans on this continent is longer and more varied than the version I was taught in school.

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June 2021