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Culture	The Long History of Violent Extremism From ancient Carthage to contemporary terror cells, violent ideologies have long plagued civilizations. J.M. Berger \| Oct 31
Culture	On Joining and Leaving the Border Patrol Francisco Cantú offers a poignant firsthand account of life along the U.S.-Mexico border. Francisco Cantú, as told to Edward Schwarzschild \| Aug 12
Environment	Of Palms and Politics: How Milan's Greenery Sparked a Debate on Italian National Identity Giovanni Aloi maps the ideological currents that led right-wing political exponents to protest and burn palm and banana trees in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo. Giovanni Aloi \| May 24
Culture	Rereading My Childhood Author Timothy C. Baker examines how our childhood reading shapes our memories and the way we see the world. Timothy C. Baker \| Dec 4, 2023
Culture	The Nazi-Soviet Pact: A Betrayal of Communists by Communists An excerpt from Bini Adamczak’s book “Yesterday's Tomorrow: On the Loneliness of Communist Specters and the Reconstruction of the Future.” Bini Adamczak \| Apr 27, 2021
Culture	Stanisław Lem's Reflections on the Objects of His Childhood Home An excerpt from the science fiction master's memoir “Highcastle: A Remembrance." Stanisław Lem \| Dec 21, 2020
Media	Trayvon Martin and the Hashtag Campaign That Set the Stage for Black Lives Matter Over time, #TrayvonMartin transformed from a signifier of Martin himself to a symbol of the broader condition of racial bias and injustice in America. Sarah J. Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles \| Jun 5, 2020