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In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.
When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants
In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. A hundred and forty years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.
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May 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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“This is how democracy dies. Everybody just gets scared,” the Connecticut senator Chris Murphy tells David Remnick. “You make a few examples, and everyone else just decides to comply.”
We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy
Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.
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March 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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‘While he always harboured concerns over Soviet censorship, for most of the 1960s he also saw communism as a viable alternative to capitalism.’

Tony Wood on why Mario Vargas Llosa abandoned socialism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tony Wood · Why did he turn? Mario Vargas Llosa in Moscow
People​ love to talk about writers who once had radical sympathies but drifted rightwards with age. But the political...
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March 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Mientras el enigmático anfibio capaz de regenerarse una y otra vez sobrevive en acuarios y centros de investigación de todo el mundo, los científicos no logran encontrarlo en su hábitat natural, en Xochimilco https://dozz.es/rw7rt16
No es mundo para los ajolotes
Mientras el enigmático anfibio capaz de regenerarse una y otra vez sobrevive en acuarios y centros de investigación de todo el mundo, los científicos no logran encontrarlo en su hábitat natural, en Xochimilco, el gran humedal de Ciudad de México. Las especies invasoras, la contaminación, el turismo y el cambio climático tienen la culpa
dozz.es
March 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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As chancellor, Hitler rewarded the loyalty of his aides and allies with loyalty in turn—until he didn’t, Timothy W. Ryback writes: theatln.tc/HlcCfkij
March 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A close reading of the philosopher Alexander Dugin’s work offers an answer to the central question of the war in Ukraine, one that, after three years, has still not been adequately addressed: Just why did Vladimir Putin want to conquer the country?
The Imperialist Philosopher Who Demanded the Ukraine War
For decades, Alexander Dugin argued that Russia had a messianic mission, and that destroying an independent Ukraine was necessary to fulfilling it.
www.newyorker.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Akira Kurosawa Painted the Storyboards For Scenes in His Epic Films: Compare Canvas to Celluloid
Akira Kurosawa Painted the Storyboards For Scenes in His Epic Films: Compare Canvas to Celluloid
Appreciators of the finest works in cinema history often liken their images to paintings. In the case of Akira Kurosawa, maker of quite a few entries on that grand list of the finest works in cinema h...
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February 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Red is often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping out of our grasp?
The Eternal Mysteries of Red
It’s often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping out of our grasp?
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February 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM