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October 2009 | By Edmund S. Morgan

The Fatal Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs

In Southeast Asia, forensic investigators using cutting-edge tools are helping stanch the deadly trade in fake anti-malaria drugs
October 2009 | By Andrew Marshall

The Legends Behind the Dragon Boat Festival

Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, Duanwu Jie honors storied history with culinary treats
May 2009 | By Jeninne Lee-St. John

Ka’iulani: Hawaii’s Island Rose

In a brief life filled with loss, Princess Ka’iulani established her legacy
May 2009 | By Janet Hulstrand

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Cowboys and Immigrants

Two dueling archetypes dominated 20th-century American politics. Is it time for them to be reconciled?
May 2009 | By Lance Morrow

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A reporter follows the lucrative, illicit and heartrending trade in stolen wild animals deep into Ecuador's rain forest December 2009 | By Charles Bergman

As demand for its antiquities soars, the West African country is losing its most prized artifacts to illegal sellers and smugglers November 2009 | By Joshua Hammer

Novelist Tim O'Brien revisits his past to come to terms with his rural hometown November 2009 | By Tim O'Brien

The artist’s eye for the off-kilter and unusual offers a distinctive portrait of the West at the turn of the 20th century October 2009 | By Donna M. Lucey

The European discovery of America opened possibilities for those with eyes to see. But Columbus was not one of them October 2009 | By Edmund S. Morgan

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A reporter follows the lucrative, illicit and heartrending trade in stolen wild animals deep into Ecuador's rain forest
December 2009 | By Charles Bergman

As demand for its antiquities soars, the West African country is losing its most prized artifacts to illegal sellers and smugglers
November 2009 | By Joshua Hammer