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Books of Revelation
A project to scan documents found in the walls of a remote monastery is reshaping our view of the connections between East and West
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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
Beach Boys singer Mike Love recalls what it was like to be at the Indian locale, which remains a destination for fans of music and meditation
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A Seismic Year
The nation is still reckoning with the changes that came in that fateful year
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Fallen Angel
The mirage of the singer's soaring success echoes the mirage of post-war tranquility at home
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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 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 Population Bomb' made dire predictions—and triggered a wave of repression around the world
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Bobby’s Kids
At the site of Robert Kennedy's assassination, the kids at a Los Angeles public school keep his spirit alive
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Rage Against the Machine
A short story reimagines the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the chaos that shocked the world
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Dethroning Miss America
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
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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
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Houston, We Have A Photo
The mission returned to Earth with one of the most famous images in history
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