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In the South, the Gullah struggle to keep their traditions alive
June 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

After fighting neglected diseases in Africa for a quarter century, former president Jimmy Carter takes on one of the continent's biggest killers malaria
June 2007 | By Robert M. Poole

The Soviet Union was a puzzle. Al Qaeda is a mystery. Why we need to know the difference
June 2007 | By Gregory F. Treverton

Discuss "The Ethiopia Campaign" with President Carter
June 01, 2007 | By Smithsonian magazine

Iraqi artists find freedom of expression at this Syrian café
May 01, 2007 | By Stephen J. Glain

Will the opening of a bridge give new life to the surrounding community or further encroach upon the World Heritage Site?
May 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

In a watershed experiment, the Boston entrepreneur is putting $40 million of his own money into a splendid but ravaged park in Mozambique
May 2007 | By Stephanie Hanes

New findings rekindle old debates about when the first people arrived and why their civilization collapsed
April 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

Though they embrace computers and TV, the secret of the tribe's unity lies in fealty to their past
April 2007 | By Virginia Morell

Virginia Morell, author of "The Zuni Way," on the mystical ceremonies of the Zuni pueblo
April 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford

One of Life magazine's original four photographers, Margaret Bourke-White snapped shots around the world
March 01, 2007 | By Dina Modianot-Fox

The ancient transportation takes a modern turn
March 01, 2007 | By Dina Modianot-Fox

Is poverty tourism "poorism," they call it exploration or exploitation?
March 2007 | By John Lancaster

In the Amazon, researchers documenting the ways of native peoples join forces with an embattled chief to stop illegal loggers and developers from destroying the earth's most precious wilderness
March 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

The stand up comic's archive holds a lifetime of proven punch lines
March 2007 | By Owen Edwards

Rediscover five articles published between May 2002 and May 2006 that reveal another side of the emerging superpower
February 01, 2007 | By Smithsonian magazine

African Americans use scientific advances to trace their roots
February 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

Inside the little-known, action-packed world of Muay Thai boxing
February 01, 2007 | By Cardiff de Alejo Garcia

In this Q & A, Richard Conniff, author of "Death in Happy Valley," argues that tourism, not cattle-ranching, would be a better use of Kenyan land
February 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford

A son of the colonial aristocracy goes on trial for killing a poacher in Kenya, where an exploding human population is heightening tensions and stretching resources to the breaking point
February 2007 | By Richard Conniff

"A whole lifetime was over," legendary quarterback Y.A. Tittle recalls
February 2007 | By Michael Shapiro

President Gerald R. Ford's priority was to unite a divided nation. The decision that defined his term proved how difficult that would be
February 2007 | By Barry Werth

One professor's mission to revise the calendar
January 01, 2007 | By Chai Woodham

Making your mark
January 01, 2007 | By Cate Lineberry

Nailing stories from Timbuktu to the Basque Country
January 2007 | By Carey Winfrey

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