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Audrey Truschke on Why She Won’t Quit Social Media, Despite Being Trolled by the Hindu Right
The controversial historian opens up about her social media experience, and desire to be consulted on the upcoming K-Jo film Takht.
Chinese-Indonesian Refugees Found a New Home, and New Problems, in the US
In Philadelphia, home to the second largest Indonesian American population in the US, those who escaped the riots in May 1998 are living through a period of rising anti-immigration rhetoric.
What Do Mid-Century Election Photos Teach Us About Today?
A black photographer in Pittsburgh, Charles “Teenie” Harris captured politics, celebrities, and his community from the 1930s to the late 70s
‘Civilization’ Taught Me All About the Darkness at the Heart of Man
The famously addictive game's everlasting conflict presents us with an accurate portrait of who, and what, we are.
In 1895, This Man Sailed Around the World, Alone but for a Clock
A throwback and legend in his own time, just imagine what he is now.
Watch this Happy American Film about Iran, Made Around the Time the C.I.A. Staged Its Coup
Long before the current saber-rattling in the Middle East and “credible” talk of Israeli-US attacks on the country’s enrichment facilities, Encyclopedia Britannica made this film about a happier Iran.
