From the Archive

The impious curiosity of archaeologists

  • June 2, 2026
  • Neil Asher Silberman

Neil Silberman reports from Israel in 1985 about a struggle for political and spiritual power over excavation sites.

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Poking around Morelia’s garbage

  • May 22, 2026
  • William F. Foote

Willy Foote looks into a conflict between Mexican garbage collectors in 1996.

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Visiting Mahatma Gandhi in colonial India

  • December 30, 2025
  • Phillips Talbot

Phillips Talbot spends time with the visionary leader and his community of disciples in 1941.

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Out of Ethiopia

  • December 26, 2025
  • Smith Hempstone, Jr.

Smith Hempstone takes an adventurous road trip from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in 1957.

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The Students of Prague

  • December 19, 2025
  • Barbara Bright Novovitch

Barbara Bright Novovitch takes the pulse of young people in Czechoslovakia in 1969 following the Soviet invasion.

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Botswana experience

  • December 4, 2025
  • Casey C. Kelso

Casey Kelso on a press officer's guidance in 1992 and what can happen when you don't follow good local advice.

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The Communists lay siege to Beijing

  • November 21, 2025
  • A. Doak Barnett

Doak Barnett reports from inside the city in 1949 on its fall to the People's Liberation Army.

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When democracy doesn’t work

  • November 7, 2025
  • Kimberley A. Conroy

Kim Conroy on a Honduran village's struggles to open its first health clinic in 1983.

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Affirmative actions

  • October 28, 2025
  • Richard J. Balzer

Richard Balzer looks at racism and resentment on a Massachusetts factory floor in 1974.

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Reflections on the Vietnam War

  • October 10, 2025
  • Takashi Oka

Takashi Oka on tumult and corruption in 1960s South Vietnam

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