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Global geopolitics quietly unfolded at these lesser-known spots in DC
Countries have been born, subsumed, and redirected at locations in the District of Columbia. Some nations’ most influential ...
Unlocking the past: how NZ’s first jail tells a complex story of colonial identity
The history of a simple jail building in the Bay of Islands reveals the ways early settler New Zealand viewed itself, and ...
Caste, Colonialism And The Idea Of Africa
What happened to Africa over the years can be analysed through the interlocking power struggles between various caste-like ...
Opinion: How Los Angeles ended up with the same nickname as the Confederacy
Unionists responded with their own verses. Augustine Duganne, a New York legislator, soldier and poet, asked in an 1863 poem: ...
Smithsonian Magazine10h
Inside the Struggle to Preserve Georgia’s Butler Island, Home to a Notorious Plantation
Descendants of people enslaved at the site are grappling with its complicated history while also honoring the region's rich ...
On This Day, Jan. 2: Georgia is 4th of original 13 colonies to ratify Constitution
Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union.
Observer23h
The Whitney Explores Humanity’s Changing Topographies in ‘Shifting Landscapes’
This thought-provoking, if disjointed, exhibition explores how evolving political, ecological and social issues have shaped artists’ representations of the world around them.