Croydon, New Hampshire—a town of about 800 nestled amongst rolling hills and pristine ponds, where an 18th-century one-room schoolhouse still operates—lies just miles from American playwright Thornton Wilder’s fictional Grover’s Corners. Croy...
In a Reddit video posted this year under “r/combatfootage,” a Reddit forum dedicated to proliferating battlefield war footage, a Russian soldier immediately commits suicide using his own rifle after his comrades are wounded by an exploding first-...
Leaves burst into a dizzying array of colors, softly alighting on the ground with each new gust of wind. Rain rivulets stream down a foggy window pane as embers crackle in the enchanting glow of a fireplace. For some, autumn descends in these details...
Christine Forster is a Sydney city councilor of the center-right Liberal Party of Australia, and the sister of Tony Abbott, the country’s Prime Minister from 2009 until September 2015. She is a prominent supporter of same-sex marriage, which...
Christine Forster is a Sydney city councilor of the center-right Liberal Party of Australia, and the sister of Tony Abbott, the country’s Prime Minister from 2009 until September 2015. She is a prominent supporter of same-sex marriage, which...
Margaret Cho, a comedian and three-time Grammy Award winner, has worked in multiple creative industries, including film, television, writing, music, and theater. She is also known for charitable work on gay rights, anti-bullying campaigns, and hom...
Margaret Cho, a comedian and three-time Grammy Award winner, has worked in multiple creative industries, including film, television, writing, music, and theater. She is also known for charitable work on gay rights, anti-bullying campaigns, and hom...
Nothing is stable if not the ground beneath our feet. In the complex and unpredictable realm of human social, political, and economic activity, land is one of the few reliably static elements. Traditionally, we can depend on rivers, lakes, and coastl...
Nothing is stable if not the ground beneath our feet. In the complex and unpredictable realm of human social, political, and economic activity, land is one of the few reliably static elements. Traditionally, we can depend on rivers, lakes, and coastl...
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is unparalleled. Layer by layer, human history is being uncovered in the Holy Land. But these excavations are more than just an...
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is unparalleled. Layer by layer, human history is being uncovered in the Holy Land. But these excavations are more than just an...
As far as neighbors go, Venezuela and Colombia are less the type to borrow eggs than to egg each other. While relations have been shaky for some time, tensions most recently spiked on August 20, when three members of a Venezuelan border patrol were s...
As far as neighbors go, Venezuela and Colombia are less the type to borrow eggs than to egg each other. While relations have been shaky for some time, tensions most recently spiked on August 20, when three members of a Venezuelan border patrol were s...
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage, they exposed their bare chests — across which were written “Nobody makes me submit” and “I am my own prop...
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage, they exposed their bare chests — across which were written “Nobody makes me submit” and “I am my own prop...
British politics are in a state of tumult. From the meteoric rise of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) to the unprecedented success of the Scottish National Party, the political landscape has undergone a transformation in recent years. Unf...
British politics are in a state of tumult. From the meteoric rise of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) to the unprecedented success of the Scottish National Party, the political landscape has undergone a transformation in recent years. Unf...
It’s hard to draw a line between Brazil’s arts institutions and the corporations that finance them. The Brazilian arts world depends on private funding initiatives — the result of a 1991 measure nicknamed the “Rouanet Law.” The measure gave...
It’s hard to draw a line between Brazil’s arts institutions and the corporations that finance them. The Brazilian arts world depends on private funding initiatives — the result of a 1991 measure nicknamed the “Rouanet Law.” The measure gave...
In the beginning of September, the Turkish town of Cizre found itself in the midst of an armed conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Located near the Turkish border with Syria, Cizre is one of several communities in the so...
In the beginning of September, the Turkish town of Cizre found itself in the midst of an armed conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Located near the Turkish border with Syria, Cizre is one of several communities in the so...
The weapons arrived in crates marked “Norinco.” The rifles, grenades, and missile launchers were bought on credit — oil fields were the collateral. The guns were copies, based on old Soviet designs, but they were simple to use, hard to break, a...
The weapons arrived in crates marked “Norinco.” The rifles, grenades, and missile launchers were bought on credit — oil fields were the collateral. The guns were copies, based on old Soviet designs, but they were simple to use, hard to break, a...
In 2012, Scott Gandy walked into an Army recruitment office in North Carolina. Asked if he had any tattoos, Gandy revealed several large chest tattoos, all logos and artwork related to the rap group Insane Clown Posse (ICP). The sergeant told him to ...
In 2012, Scott Gandy walked into an Army recruitment office in North Carolina. Asked if he had any tattoos, Gandy revealed several large chest tattoos, all logos and artwork related to the rap group Insane Clown Posse (ICP). The sergeant told him to ...
Pleading with your neighborhood Uber driver to let you and your nine drunk friends into the back of their Honda Civic may soon be a thing of the past. With the stratospheric rise of Uber and its competitors has come a new form of urban transportation...
Pleading with your neighborhood Uber driver to let you and your nine drunk friends into the back of their Honda Civic may soon be a thing of the past. With the stratospheric rise of Uber and its competitors has come a new form of urban transportation...