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Daughters of the Bomb: A Story of Hiroshima, Racism and Human Rights
On the 75th anniversary of the A-bomb, a Japanese-American writer speaks to one of the last living survivors—and traces connections from Malcolm X to…
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Erika Hayasaki
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The Bank Robbers Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight (Or Do Anything Right, Really)
When the Duffy Brothers were deported from the U.S., they hatched a plan to bring Bonnie-and-Clyde-style armed robbery across the pond. Their plan had…
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Paul Brown
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Anatomy of an Absolutely Wild 1970s Hijacking You’ve Never Heard Of
When Professor Roderick Hilsinger boarded Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708, he had no idea about the in-flight nightmare soon to unfold. Here’s how he—and…
The Book Thief of Monastery Mountain
When priceless texts began disappearing from a seventh-century hilltop abbey, the police were mystified. They were even more befuddled when they finally…
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Benoît Morenne
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I Met with Martin Luther King Minutes Before He Was Murdered
He was the only man with the power to unite my militant Black power group and his civil rights movement. Then, 49 years ago today, a single bullet…
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John Burl Smith, as told to Ruth Hopkins
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The Flying Santas Who Airdrop Christmas Cheer to America’s Lighthouse Keepers
When a 1920s aviation pioneer launched a thank-you project for the families that keep coastal ships safe, he propelled a tradition that’s lasted longer…
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Crystal Ponti
How to Write a Hidden History Story That Makes Readers Feel Like They Were There
Award-winning author Steven Beschloss tells us how he researched and wrote the riveting nonfiction book about Lee Harvey Oswald, “The Gunman and His…
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Brendan Spiegel
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The Notorious Reign of the Black Bordello Queen
She spent 46 years a slave. Then Madam Priscilla Henry built a brothel business so successful she earned a life-changing fortune—and scores of enemies…
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Lyndsey Ellis
The Killer Doctor, the Swirling Fire, and the World’s Most Haunted Building
This block in Brazil has been home to one of the deadliest skyscraper disasters in history, a doctor with a murderous secret, and—some say—a curse that…
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Ana Franco
The First Guy to Break the Internet
It was the halcyon days of social video, eons before TikTok, and one gung-ho idealist had a simple plan to change the world. His Kony 2012 campaign…
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Emma Madden
The Obsessive Life and Mysterious Death of the Fisherman Who Discovered The Loch Ness Monster
A humble Scotsman saw something strange in the water—and daringly set out to catch it—only to have lecherous out-of-towners steal his fame and upend his…
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Paul Brown
The Man Who Pierced the Iron Curtain in a Flying Go-Kart – and Left Civilization Forever
Escaping Communism in a DIY aircraft wasn’t enough for Ivo Zdarsky. So he invented his own way of life — in a Utah desert ghost town.
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Andy Rieber
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