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Photographer Sean Kernan followed Polish immigrants Andrej and Alec Bozek from an Austrian refugee camp to Texas
September 2009 | By Dewitt Sage

Born overseas to Vietnamese mothers and U.S. servicemen, Amerasians brought hard-won resilience to their lives in America
June 2009 | By David Lamb

Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, Duanwu Jie honors storied history with culinary treats
May 15, 2009 | By Jeninne Lee-St. John

In a brief life filled with loss, Princess Ka’iulani established her legacy
May 08, 2009 | By Janet Hulstrand

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

Once the dazzling capital of ancient Persia, Isfahan fell victim to neglect, but a new generation hopes to restore its lost luster
April 2009 | By Andrew Lawler

In the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, a culture struggles to survive as aquatic life becomes scarce
April 01, 2009 | By Kenneth R. Fletcher

A decade after Protestants and Catholics agreed on a peace treaty, both sides are adjusting to a hopeful new reality
March 2009 | By Joshua Hammer

What's really behind the raucous pre-lenten rite? An intrepid scholar hits the streets of Trinidad to find out
February 2009 | By Barbara Ehrenreich

The artist's self portrait plays with our notions of an archetypal West
March 2009 | By Victoria Olsen

January 29, 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Former child prostitute Somaly Mam has made it her mission to rescue victims of sex slavery throughout the world
January 12, 2009 | By Anika Gupta

Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa
January 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

March 26, 2009 | By Jesse Rhodes

The believers in Islamic mysticism embrace a personal approach to their faith and a different outlook on how to run their country’s government
December 2008 | By Nicholas Schmidle

A correspondent who chronicled their lives in central African rain forests returns a decade later and is shocked by what he finds
December 2008 | By Paul Raffaele

The watercolors that John White produced in 1585 gave England its first startling glimpse of America
December 2008 | By Abigail Tucker

Reporter John Rich's color photographs, seen for the first time after more than half a century, offer a vivid glimpse of the "forgotten" conflict
November 2008 | By Abigail Tucker

In his book The Americans, Robert Frank changed photography. Fifty years on, it still unsettles
November 2008 | By Richard B. Woodward

Istanbul's vastly growing population and blending of cultures make it one of the most dynamic cities in the world.
October 21, 2008 | By Lisa Lubin

November 01, 2008 | By Jesse Rhodes

Scholars trace the nation's antagonism to its history of domination by foreign powers
October 2008 | By Stephen Kinzer

Frank Buckles lied about his age to serve in World War I. Before his death at 110 years old, he was America’s only living link to the great conflict
October 2008 | By Richard Rubin

Studs Terkel, America’s best-known oral historian, never wavered in his devotion to the Windy City
July 2006 | By Studs Terkel

Gerald Mack lived the life—and photographer Sam Abell went along for the ride
October 2008 | By Robert M. Poole

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