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When Radio Stations Stopped a Public Figure From Spreading Dangerous Lies
When radio was king, many outlets chose to cease broadcasting Father Charles Coughlin's anti-Semitic sermons
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Pink seesaws across US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020
Creators say they hope the work encourages people to build bridges between communities
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The word "Orwellian" has lost all meaning
How the right made the word "Orwellian" an empty cliché.
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Viennetta, the Fanciest Dessert of the ’90s, Is Back
The height of sophistication — and the freezer aisle — is returning after 30 years
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Can Tokyo Safely Host the Olympic Games This Summer?
It is Tokyo’s fate to stage the world’s largest sporting event a year later than planned, at a time of global economic uncertainty and amid a pandemic that will be far from over on July 23. Is it really ready?
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The fried chicken sandwich wars are heating up. Here are the new entrants
The fried chicken sandwich wars sparked by Popeyes in 2019 are still clucking along two years later.
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At This Banana Farm, the Bunches Grow in 430 Shapes and Sizes
India's "plantain man" has traveled widely to build a collection of unusual varieties.
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The Art of Whaling: Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships
The 19th-century whale hunt was a brutal business, awash with blubber, blood, and the cruel destruction of life. But between the frantic calls of “there she blows!”, there was plenty of time for creation too. Jessica Boyall explores the rich vein of illustration running through the logbooks and journals of Nantucket whalers.
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The Lost History of an American Coup D’État
Republicans and Democrats in North Carolina are locked in a battle over which party inherits the shame of Jim Crow.
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Customers in Europe hit by post-Brexit charges when buying from UK
Shoppers tell of shock at unexpected bills for VAT or customs declarations as some retailers stop shipping to continent
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In India, Smartphones and Cheap Data Are Giving Women a Voice
About 200 million women in the country are illiterate. But voice memo and image-sharing apps make it easier to connect, communicate, and run businesses.
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When Americans Committed Insurrection
Until 2021, Americans had confronted federal authority with armed aggression just four times.
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Great walls of China: Beijing's burgeoning graffiti scene – in pictures
A thriving graffiti culture has been brewing for decades in Beijing, featuring Chinese characters, animals of the zodiac ... and complaints about the price of pork
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Toxic City: The Cost of Gold Mining in South Africa
Mountains of waste from Johannesburg’s omnipresent gold industry may be ruining the health of nearby residents.
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The scope of China's use of forced labor in Xinjiang is bigger than we knew
Recent investigations reveal vast factories inside mass internment camps.
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Elsevier Wants To Stop Indian Medics, Students And Academics Accessing Knowledge The Only Way Most Of Them Can Afford: Via Sci-Hub And Libgen
Last month Techdirt wrote about some ridiculous scaremongering from Elsevier against Sci-Hub, which the publisher claimed was a "security risk". Sci-Hub, with its 85 million academic papers, is an example of what are sometimes termed...
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Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone
Scientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea
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Climbing the Himalaya With Soldiers, Spies, Lamas and Mountaineers
“Himalaya: A Human History,” by Ed Douglas, a journalist and climber, unfolds the story of the world’s highest mountain range and its equally outsize impact on mankind.
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A deadly illness left Reuben with time on his hands, and made him one of the world's few solo watchmakers
Reuben Schoots is building a mechanical watch entirely by hand — a feat accomplished only by a handful of people in the past century. But he is learning more than just a lost craft.
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New coronavirus variant: What do we know?
How has a new coronavirus variant become the most common form of the virus in parts of England?