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The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset
September 2004 | By Norman Gelb

Threatened by megastores and a shuttered local chain, a Wyoming town revives Main Street by giving power to the people
October 2004 | By Michelle Nijhuis

Some 200 Native American languages are dying out and with them valuable history
October 31, 2007 | By Robin T. Reid

Rakesh Jaiswal, founder of ecofriends.org, talks about the country's growing list of environmental problems
October 31, 2007 | By Nicole Wroten

Across India, environmentalists battle a tide of troubles to clean up a river revered as the source of life
November 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

In Zambia, an NYC photographer teaches kids orphaned by AIDS how to take pictures. They teach him about living
November 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call
October 17, 2007 | By Emily Brady

A few rounds with beermaker Will Meyers
October 11, 2007 | By Julia Kaganskiy

Artist Gunter Demnig builds a Holocaust memorial one stone at a time
October 11, 2007 | By Lois Gilman

His last personal secretary returns to Havana and discovers that the novelist's mythic presence looms larger than ever
August 2007 | By Valerie Hemingway

Richard Fiske discusses his groundbreaking work
September 27, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

In Papua New Guinea, a journalist investigates the controversy over a World War II bomber
October 2007 | By John Darnton

An excerpt from Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between"
September 01, 2007 | By Rory Stewart

First Rory Stewart walked the breadth of Afghanistan. Then he took up a real challenge: restoring traditional architecture in Kabul
September 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

On Minnesota lakes, Native Americans satisfy a growing hunger for "slow food" by harvesting authentically wild rice the old-fashioned way
September 2007 | By Lauren Wilcox

A second wave of expatriates is now playing a vital role in the renaissance of the Czech capital
August 2007 | By Jonathan Kandell

The National Powwow showcases a mixture of tradition and competition
August 01, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

As buccanneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools work to help protect shipping on the high seas
August 2007 | By Paul Raffaele

Jonathan Kandell, author of "Americans in Prague," talks about one of Europe's most beautiful cities
August 01, 2007 | By Julia Kaganskiy

Former Sotheby's paintings appraiser Nan Chisholm evaluates her work
July 01, 2007 | By Cate Lineberry

In the heart of the Lone Star state, wineries are giving Texans reason to toast
July 01, 2007 | By Beth Goulart

A new development plan may alter the face of New York's famous amusement park
July 01, 2007 | By Marina Koestler

In Algiers, preservationists race to rescue the storied quarter. But is it too late?
July 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

Our new series looks at the jobs you wish you had. First up, the agency's highest-ranking woman
June 01, 2007 | By Siobhan Roth

How "I do" is done around the world
June 01, 2007 | By Demetra Aposporos

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