Collecting ant larvae with Mexico’s escamoleros, a natural food turned luxury that can earn people enough to renovate their kitchen in one season.
Aaron Gilbreath
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Good Hair
A young woman with revolving hairstyles shucks the sense of obligation she feels to her grandmother, and finally determines who she wants to be.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Conservative Movement to Get the GOP on Board With Global Warming
These conservatives are hoping to rally Republican voters around global warming in a way that gets the GOP to finally listen.
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Meet The Teen Sexual Assault Survivors Who Took On Their School District And Won
“High schoolers are ready for these conversations. Students experience violence whether we acknowledge it or not.”
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In the 1970s, It Was The Police That Made Made Detroit’s Streets Deadly
A special police unit terrorized the innocent and murdered the unarmed in the years after Detroit’s race riots.
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Inside the Renegade Republican Movement for Tackling Climate Change
The number of Republicans who believe in climate change is increasing, yet the GOP stance is to deny and avoid the issue. These conservative advocates are talking to conservative voters about how a warming planet effects the things they value: economics, hunting and fishing and national security.
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The Fire Last Time
When the Detroit police department created an undercover unit to reduce street crime in the 1970s, Detroit’s black community quickly got to know it for its lethal force, disregard for the law, and systemic racism.
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Lessons from Hitler’s Rise
Confucius said, “Study the past if you would define the future.” A good place to start is this newly translated biography of Hitler.
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The Most Expensive Record Never Sold
Some people go to great lengths for fame and fortune, especially this Florida surfer who plays guitar.
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How Should a German Be?
In Harper’s, Yascha Mounk examines how recent Islamic immigration challenges many Germans’ core idea of their national identity.