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A Global Reckoning • “IN SLAVERY’S WAKE,” AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION SET TO DEBUT NEXT MONTH, ILLUMINATES THE UNFINISHED WORK OF SECURING FREEDOM

Floating on Air • A century on, the country’s most beloved Thanksgiving spectacle reaches new heights

A Most Musical Motorcade • SOME OF THE BRASSIEST ACTS TO GRACE THE EVENT OVER SIX TUNEFUL DECADES

DRAWING IN THE VOTE • During and after the Civil War, inventive artistry turned American ballots into powerful propaganda

Queen of the Klondike • With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney created an unlikely empire in the frozen north

Show Me the Money • THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH YIELDED AROUND $1 BILLION IN VALUE IN 2024 DOLLARS. HERE’S HOW THAT STACKS UP

The Truth of the Matter • The early polygraph machine was considered the most scientific way to detect deception—but that was a myth

One for the Books • THE SAVVY COLLEGE LIBRARIAN WHO HELPED CREATE AN ICONIC NEW YORK MUSEUM

THE Living Memory OF Blue Water • AFTER THE U. S. ARMY MASSACRED A Lakota village, DOZENS OF PLUNDERED ARTIFACTS ENDED UP IN THE SMITHSONIAN. HOW recovering the history OF A LITTLE-KNOWN ATROCITY IS forging a path TOWARD RECONCILIATION

Birds on the Brink • From fish smoothies to oral antibiotics, researchers are taking matters into their own hands in a radical effort to save New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguins

The Role of His Life • AFTER THE NAZIS FORCED LEO REUSS OFF THE GERMAN STAGE IN 1934, THE JEWISH ACTOR FOUND A DARING WAY TO HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT

RELEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAND • HUMANS PERFECTED THE ART OF WILDLIFE TRACKING OVER MILLENNIA. NOW RESEARCHERS ARE REDISCOVERING ITS EXCEPTIONAL WORTH

THE FRUIT DETECTIVE • Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis

Don’t Be Puzzled • YOU CAN FIND EIGHT ANSWERS IN THESE PAGES

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