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Legal Fight Over Nazi-Looted Painting Ends After 26 Years
The heirs to the Paul Klee masterpiece, which was seized 80 years ago as “degenerate art,” have finally reached a settlement with the city of Munich
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The Biggest Trial of the 1920s Continues to Resonate
Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial for their Italianness and their political leanings as much as for their alleged crimes
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Hobby Lobby Hands Over 5,500 Illegally Imported Artifacts
In 2010, the arts-and-crafts retailer purchased thousands of cultural artifacts smuggled from Iraq
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Utah Just Did Away With Liquor-Hiding “Curtains”
As liquor laws loosen, the “Zion Curtain” may become a thing of the past
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How Indigenous Australians Are Still Fighting for Their Lands 25 Years After a Landmark Court Case
The struggle continues for the people who have lived on the continent for 50,000 years
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Three Horrifying Pre-FDA Cosmetics
From mercury-loaded face cream to mascara that left you blind
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LGBTQ History Comes Out of the Shadows in New U.K. Exhibition
Gay UK tells the stories of people once subject to oppressive anti-gay laws
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Offensive Terms Are No Longer Exempt From Trademark Protection
A Supreme Court ruling affirms a reclaimed slur
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En Garde! (Nonviolent) Dueling Will Soon Be Legal in Canada
The government is ridding the Criminal Code of obsolete laws—like ones that prohibit dueling and witchcraft
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Puerto Rico Will Seek Statehood Again
Successful referendum sets the stage for another statehood bid
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Chinese City Institutes One-Dog Policy
Officials in Qingdao say they are trying to limit the amount of disturbance caused by an ever-growing pooch population
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Indonesia’s Trying to Figure Out How Many Islands It Contains
And it’s really complicated
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Abused Animals in Connecticut Get Their Own Legal Advocates
Last week, for the first time, a lawyer testified in court on behalf of abused pit bulls
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Tourists Are Now Banned from Photographing This Swiss Village
It’s a blatant—if somewhat brilliant—press play
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The Centuries-Long Squabble Over Who Owns Ellis Island
It’s actually the federal government, but don’t tell New York or New Jersey
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Cocaine Is Destroying Forests in Central America
Once-forested lands are being used in money laundering operations
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First-Ever Federal Transgender Hate Crime Sentence Handed Down
Mercedes Williamson’s killer was prosecuted in the absence of a Mississippi state law protecting trans people against hate crimes
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Witness the Document that Set the Trail of Tears in Motion
The Indian Removal Act is on display at the National Archives through June 14
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British Parliament Ditches Parchment for Paper
But the debate between traditionalists and modernists isn’t over
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“Are Women Animals?” Asked One 19th-Century Letter Writer
If women couldn’t have the rights of full human beings, “An Earnest Englishwoman” asked, could they at least have as many legal protections as animals?
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