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January/February 2018
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Books of Revelation
A new project to scan manuscripts at the world’s oldest monastery is exposing amazing ancient texts
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In Search of Vietnam
The battles of 1968 are long over. But the struggle to confront the truth goes on
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The Road to Bliss
The ashram in India where the Beatles sought enlightenment remains a pilgrimage site for fans of music and meditation
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A Seismic Year
Movements that had been building along the primary fault lines of the 1960s—the Vietnam War, the Cold War, civil rights, human rights, youth culture—exploded with force in 1968. The aftershocks registered both in America and abroad for decades afterward.
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Fallen Angel
Teen idol Frankie Lymon soared to stardom in the 1950s. But in 1968 he came crashing down
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The Ghosts of My Lai
In the hamlet where U.S. troops killed hundreds of men, women and children, survivors are ready to forgive the most infamous American soldier of the war.
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I Am a Man
In his final days, Martin Luther King Jr. stood by striking Memphis sanitation workers. We returned to the city to see what has changed—and what hasn’t
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Back When the End Was Near
The year’s most important book, The Population Bomb, made dire predictions—and triggered a wave of repression around the world
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Bobby’s Kids
At the site where Robert Kennedy was killed, students at a Los Angeles public school keep his spirit alive
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Rage Against the Machine
A witness to the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago revisits the chaos that shocked the world
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Dethroning Miss America
The Miss America pageant is under new leadership after a sexist email scandal. But the pageant has a long history of controversy—including the 1968 protests that touched off a feminist revolution.
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The Man Who Invented the Future
Two decades before the personal computer, a shy engineer unveiled the tools that would drive the tech revolution. A close colleague looks back on his vision
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Houston, We Have A Photo
Apollo 8 returned to Earth with one of the most famous images in history
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