Articles Tagged with #history
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The Rooster
A Brief History of the Tournament of Books
You can’t kill the Rooster.
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Features Desk
The Long Tail of the Attica Prison Riot
The Attica prison uprising lasted five days. It took 45 years to get a more or less complete public account of what transpired—and only thanks to the efforts of a few heroically stubborn people.
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Closing the Door
Moving Stars
The Obamas are the rare First Family to leave the White House stronger than when they arrived—never victims, even when hatefully victimized. Is it too late for the rest of us to learn how?
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Personal Essays
Dear Jack
A father writes his son a note on election night. It gets passed around their family and friends—and soon the entire world. What viral impact looks like, post-Trump.
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Gentle Angry People
In response to Orlando, America’s deadliest mass shooting, “We are a gentle angry people” indeed.
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The Man Who Put the Pee in Phosphorus
In the 1660’s, German alchemist Hennig Brand intended to turn urine into gold. Instead he discovered phosphorus.
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Say Hello to My Little Friend
How Al Capone—aka “Scarface”—got his scars.
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Dispatches
Paris, Exposed
The layout of the French capital is famous for its density and opaqueness. Under attack, suddenly transparency is the norm.
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The Clock of the Long Now
Like a Stonehenge in the present day, the Clock of the Long Now is a project to build a clock that can operate for 10,000 years.
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Oh, Canada
War Plan Red
The quirky history behind the secret, full-scale invasion that the United States once planned for Canada, and vice versa.
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The Medicine Cabinet
The Loss
To understand everything wrong about health care in America today, look to a horrifying trend in amputation.
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Phenomena Understood
The Wayback Machine
How nostalgia works and why social media may destroy it altogether, or restore it to its original purpose.