From the Archive

Encounter in Amazonia

  • July 23, 2026
  • Ann Mische

Ann Mische reports from Brazil in 1989 about the roots of the environmental movement.

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Operation Hajj

  • July 17, 2026
  • Richard H. Nolte

Dick Nolte reports in 1952 about a "turning point” US-Arab relations: a US mission to fly stranded pilgrims to Mecca.

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The return of the German flag

  • July 10, 2026
  • Jill Winder

Jill Winder reflects in 2006 on Germans’ complex relationship with their national flag.

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Gringo comes to Manila

  • July 6, 2026
  • Erik Guyot

Erik Guyot reports from the Philippines in 1987 about his source's attempt to help overthrow the president.

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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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