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Petrov Goes Back to School
The Sheshurino school was shut down on the very cusp of the New Year.
Russian Chronicles
The Case Against Foreign Lit
A Village School
Paganism is alive and well here in the Mari El Republic.
Northern Wood Saving Forgotten Churches
Just before sunset, a large, modern bus stopped in the quiet village of Saminsky Pogost. About three dozen women (along with a nun and several men) stepped out onto the dusty, sandy road.
The Patty Shop
Jolting along mud-choked roads, sending up spurts of brownish ooze, the district bus is clambering up and down the humpbacked hillocks.
Space Dogs
The canine cosmonauts of the soviet space program
The End Of The World*
In the summer of 2010, on the island of Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy in the White Sea, the shortwave radio crackled.
Errol Morris Is Fascinated by and Terrified of Steve Bannon
The decorated filmmaker didn’t expect the dramatic reaction to his “toxic” documentary about Trump’s former aide-de-camp.
All The Rage
Dan Crenshaw declared war on cancel culture. But who’s really getting canceled?
Cross-Cultural Romance with Global Itinerary
A Conversation with Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Almaty's Changing Musical Rule Book
Traveling across central Asia, Nicholas Pritchard discovers musical acts of dissent in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Final Piece
The dark green color in the map depicts the land that was the Gadsden Purchase.
The View From Inside the Bubble
Drawn into the tech world, a 20-something watches herself get seduced by a myopic mission.
Retreat, Christian, Soldiers
Feeling out of step with the mores of contemporary American life, members of a conservative-Catholic group have built a thriving community in rural Kansas, one centered on faith and family. Could their flight from mainstream society be a harbinger for the nation?
Before Zuckerberg, Gutenberg
Anyone who thinks we’ve now grasped what the internet has in store for us should revisit what the printing press unleashed.
Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid's Tale arrived
The Handmaid’s Tale arrived.
The Things They Carry
WOMEN’S HANDBAGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERY TO ME.
The Last Soviet-Americans
In order to get from the center of the Black Sea port of Odessa to that city’s best stretch of beach, you ride for 40 minutes on a tram.
Grandpa Cuckoo
Vaska Solovyov, nicknamed “Cuckoo” because he stuttered whenever he said “coo-coo-could…,” was puzzled. And the puzzle was how to come up with the money he needed to throw a shindig.
The War To End All Wars Ends
Only to become a war of a different sort in Russia
The Story Behind An Inscription
Vladimir Lvovich Burtsev (1862-1942) was an ardent opponent of monarchism, Bolshevism, and Nazism.
A Democratic Influence
Look on the back of a one-dollar bill, and you will find the Great Seal of the United States.
Books – Boy, Uninterrupted
Ben Lerner, portraitist of talkative men, explores the roots of white male rage.
The Overlooked Islands Of New York
Unearthing New York’s hidden histories, from buried bodies to heron sanctuaries.
The Art And History Of The Aviator Watch
The art and history of the Aviator Watch
Death At Daybreak
Kiwi goes to war in a hawker tempest.
The Woman In The Square
More than 50 million civilians perished in World War II. One casualty has haunted this veteran tank gunner since 1945
China Blitzer
Combat Over The Hump
Why Are We So Angry?
The untold story of how we all got so mad at one another
Don't Blame Karl Marx For ‘Cultural Marxism'
Political correctness isnt acommunist plot.