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Josh Kucera is traveling along the length of the border between Europe and Asia, from Turkey's Bosphorus to Russia's Arctic, to see how ideas of European or Asian identity profoundly affect the politics and geopolitics of the people who live along it.
Culture
Where exactly does East meet West?
Protests at the Pretoria High School for Girls.
Education
Until recently this school in South Africa told black girls to chemically straighten their hair
The British attack on Ft McHenry, 1814
Global Politics
Historians disagree on whether ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is racist
A spray painted sign against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, March 29, 2016.
Economics
The huge US-EU trade deal is in danger of falling apart. No surprise there.
Waseem Akhtar, mayor of Karachi and member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), gestures from an armoured personal carrier (APC) as he leaves for jail after the oathtaking ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan, August 30, 2016.
Global Politics
Karachi’s new mayor was sworn in. Then he went back to jail.
Spike Aerospace's supersonic jet would carry 18 passengers and travel at speeds around 1,100 mph.
Business
New York to London in 3 hours? More start-ups are looking at supersonic travel.