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Where the World Plans to Test Nuclear Weapons Next
A nuclear weapon doesn’t need to be used in war to have lasting impact. More than 2,000 such weapons were…
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Leaping Leeches! Watch These Bloodsuckers Jump.
There has long been anecdotal evidence of the wormy creatures taking to the air, but videos recorded in Madagascar at…
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Was Global Trade a Mistake?
ONE WEEK TO CHANGE THE WORLD: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests, by DW Gibson HOW THE WORLD…
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The Eternal Pull of the Fascinating, Deadly Volcano
In “Adventures in Volcanoland,” the geologist Tamsin Mather takes us on a global and historical investigation of her life’s passion.
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From the Darién Gap to ‘The Great Dictator’
For his latest art project, Javier Téllez makes eight Venezuelan migrants his collaborators on a film about power.
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Confessions of an Anti-Protester
Don’t take it personally, but I don’t want to go to your protest. This isn’t a commentary about your particular…
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Putin Has Tainted Russian Greatness
Many years ago, in the 1980s, I went to Brighton Beach, then in its heyday as a district of newly…
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What It Meant to Come Out at 40
A collection of stories on the challenges and joys of coming out later in life.
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Even With Biden’s Executive Orders, Immigrants Must Save Ourselves
President Biden campaigned in 2020 as a proud defender of immigrants, promising to deliver a fair, orderly and humane immigration…
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It’s Time to Ban Pharmaceutical Advertising
“Zofran girlies rise up.” Seeing that phrase on my screen as I idly scrolled TikTok made me stop and watch…