American Icons

American Icons: ‘Moby-Dick’

Antonio Trujillo holds a cigarette while resting on a bench, in Pamplona, northern Spain

Environment

Big tobacco is forced to pay for cigarette butt pollution in Spain, but smokers may soon be on the hook

In this Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter from Shams al-Shamal heads to the front line in Kobani, Syria. 

Critical State

Random rules: Part II

Conflict & Justice

Court orders Canada to take back its citizens from camps in Syria

Peru protests reveal ethnic and regional divides

A security personnel speaks to people from inside the main gate of Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India

Free speech

Blocking BBC documentary on Gujarat riots goes against India's democratic values, journalist says

LGBTQ

LGBTQ Russians are fleeing to Central Asia

The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation. 

Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies 

One of the main dishes at The Pork House includes a crunchy roasted pork with beans and fresh vegetables and is paired with the Brazilian national drink: caipirinha. 

Food

Pork paradigm shift: This high-end São Paulo restaurant features pig ears and tails

A general view of Mes Aynak valley is seen some 25 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2022. Buildings on top are offices of Chinese mining company MCC that won the contract to exploit the world's second-largest copper mine.

Afghanistan

A Chinese company strikes a deal with the Taliban to extract oil from Afghanistan

Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan

Violence

Suicide bomber kills 34, wounds 150 at mosque in NW Pakistan

Creativity and madness

Herman Melville

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