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Progress by Design • AN EXHIBITION AT COOPER HEWITT PROMPTS VISITORS TO VISUALIZE THE SWEEP OF HISTORY IN A BOLD NEW WAY

the scroll • A GLIMPSE AT OUR DIGITAL OFFERINGS

Perfect Pitch • The modest Marian Anderson became a pioneer in music—and civil rights

On the Record • A UNIVERSITY ARCHIVE FOCUSES ON THE DAILY LIFE OF AN ELUSIVE SUPERSTAR

LIBERATING FOLK • A painter trained in Europe returns to embrace the American vernacular

The Frontier That Wasn’t • Frederick Jackson Turner gave America its most enduring national mythology. Then he changed his mind

Click Here • Reviving a 200-year-old system, Morse code enthusiasts are putting the digit back into digital communication

HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN MORSE CODE PRACTICE GENERATOR

THE FORGOTTEN REVOLUTION • Deep in the archives, a historian rescues the tale of Panama’s brave maroons

Making News • Ethel Payne’s hats turned heads. But it was her pioneering work as a reporter that changed American journalism

THE Fate OF THE King • In South Africa, lions raised in captivity are killed by hunters, including many Americans. Opponents are outraged. Advocates point to conservation benefits

Sheer Willpower The Life OF THE Last Empress • A FRESH VIEW OF Galla Placidia, WHO MARRIED A BARBARIAN AND RULED DURING the Roman Empire’s decline

A Run ’Round Ravenna • And Rome! Visit ancient ruins that recall what the cities were like when Placidia ruled the West

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL • A PASSION FOR THE INFINITESIMAL LEADS A PHOTOGRAPHER TO DISCOVER THE COUNTLESS CREATURES THAT LIVE UNSEEN IN THE WATER

ESCAPE FROM AUSTRIA • Retracing the steps of a stealth mission that shepherded Holocaust survivors to a new life

No Place to Hide • In Washington State, conservationists are trying to accommodate a diminutive rabbit that is running out of room

The Doctor and the Confederate • Exploring the mysterious link between a Civil War general and his enslaved servant, who went on to extraordinary success

THE POLY MATH

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