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Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.
These Machines Know Too Damn Much
The Benin Bronzes in the African Gallery at the British Museum.
LOOT: Colonial Collections and African Restitution Debates
Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul in August, 2021.
Who are the Taliban?
Motorcycles lined up on Main St. in Sturgis, South Dakota, 2014.
“Is the rally really worth it?” The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and the Costs of Neoliberalism
A 1991 cartoon from Edmund S. Valtman.
The Soviet Collapse
Kismet is a robot that can produce a range of human facial expressions.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd
Letay Girmay, a resident of Hawzen.
The Ethiopian Civil War in Tigray
Two pictures of Tom Torlino, a member of the Navajo Nation.
Erasing Indigenous History, Then and Now
A protestor in London holds a sign with an excerpt from the poem 'The New Colossus.'
Yearning to Breathe Free: The American Immigration Story
Gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos raise their fists.
We Won’t Shut up and Dribble: A Short History of Black Athletic Protest
U.S. Marines play baseball in the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Republic and the United States: A Baseball History
The caryatids of the Erechtheum at the Acropolis.
Humans Have Always Lived in a World of Many Worlds
A rainbow version of the Ohio City neighborhood flag.
Gay is Good for Business: LGBTQ Rights and the Economic Development of America’s Cities and Suburbs
A nuclear power plant located on the Rhine at night.
The Unkept Promise of Nuclear Power
A protestor in Minsk watches the August 2020 demonstrations.
History, Memory, and the Art of Protest in Belarus
The flags or seals of three central banks.
Public Debt, Private Wealth: A History of Central Banks
A carved wooden mural in Livingstone, Zambia.
The Year of Africa
On the left, the flag of the United Nations. On the right, the flag of the United States of America.
The UN, the WHO, and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy
A polar bear steps off an ice slab.
Killing the Arctic
A painting by Siu Luna.
Another Silent Spring
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan.
Who's not to Blame in the South Korea-Japan Spat?
American Dreams at Little Duck Key.
The American Dream after COVID-19
Thai epidemiologists conduct active case investigations for COVID-19 during the Ramadan fasting period.
Pandemics: Today and Yesterday
2,000 Israelis in Tel Aviv protest a proposed coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ideology or Ethnicity? The Israeli Political Crisis