On January 2, 1980, The New York Times reported the death of famous media hoaxer Alan Abel. The only problem was: Abel wasn’t dead. To fool the Times’ fastidious reporters,…
Indigenous woman who has been involved in struggles to retain her community's land since the mid-2000s, in rice cultivation field in Northern Cambodia. Author's pic.This article is part of a…
Nina Wilcox Putnam wrote lighthearted comedy, gothic horror, romance, and western novels and short stories (in addition to her journalistic pursuits) throughout the early 20th century. Putnam wrote the story…
Today, 1 in 3 people is expected to get cancer in their lifetime. The number of American cancer cases increased significantly throughout the 20th century. In the 1940s, 1 in 16 people…
It’s easy to forget, amid so much ugliness and political unrest, that we live in a relatively tolerant time. Consider it from the perspective of Gilbert Bradley and Gordon Bowsher,…
The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Crystal Mason, middle, sitting at the defense table at Tim Curry Justice…
As we sped through the heartland night, the car’s crackling radio kept all our minds on the war in Manhattan: “Enemy now in sight above the Palisades,” said the radio…
Veterans of the newspaper game whose memories of active affairs in print shops run back for so far as two decades should have no trouble in fixing chronologically the period…
British soldiers in Khazakstan, by SSGT Jeffrey Allen, USAFJust when you thought that Brexit couldn’t get any more chaotic, up popped Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson to assure that he has…
Sunset descends upon Los Angeles' Chinatown as a crowd gathers inside an art space filled with socially-conscious art. Called “Decentralized,” the works here largely look at issues of displacement and…