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The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

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On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

From Kate Cooper's Cundill Prize-Nominated Queens of a Fallen World

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The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

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From Mackenzie Cooley's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Perfection of Nature

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How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

Matthew Connelly on Human Cost of Secret Science

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“Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

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On American Gun Makers and Social Media Conspiracies

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How America's Natural Beauty Called Generations of Women to Action

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Tiya Miles on the Creative and Political Power of the Great Outdoors

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First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

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Loren Grush on the Media Circus Surrounding America's First Women Astronauts

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How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

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