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Timeless stories from our 173-year archive handpicked to add context to the news of the day.
Borderline: The Senate Reconsiders Immigration
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The unlikely origins of the US-Mexico border.
Read “Walk the Line” by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
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William T. Vollmann at the border.
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“And behind it all looms the fence.”
Read “Beyond a Boundary” by James Marcus
The Hague Rules on Israel and Gaza
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On The Hague, war, and peace in the midst of the first World War.
Read “The Dream of Universal Peace” by Sydney Brooks
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Lessons from The Hague as Slobodan Milosevic, leader of the former Yugoslavia, went on trial for genocide and war crimes.
Read “War Crime and Punishment” by Guy Lesser
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The decadence of nineteenth century diplomats at The Hague.
Read “Diplomatic life at the Hague–1869-71,” by Mary Isabella Waddington von Bunsen
Rethinking History: Museums Reckon With Indigenous Items Under New Federal Policies
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A former manager at the American Museum of Natural History discovers the museum’s massive collection of Indigenous remains and speaks with the descendants trying to recover and rebury their ancestors.
Read “Skeletons in our Museums’ Closets” by Douglas J. Preston
Therapize Me, Elmo: The Muppets Take Social Media
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Lewis Lapham confronts “public television’s abject dependence on its corporate sponsors” and “its eagerness to hustle toys to children through the friendly offices of Barney and Big Bird.”
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“ELMO NO LOVE KOCH LIES.”
Read “PBS Self-Destructs” by Eugenia Williamson