Japan’s Wartime Past Looms Large Over Militarization Efforts
A community's memories are shaping its resistance to the Japanese government's plan to build a new defensive missile system.
Japan’s Wartime Past Looms Large Over Militarization Efforts
Field Notes
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America’s Postindustrial Futures
The current administration’s controversial “America First” trade policies have tapped into a pervasive feeling of abandonment across the postindustrial United States. But not all former factory workers are interested in reviving American industry.
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For Chimps, Human Touch Can Hurt
An anthropologist spent two years studying care at chimpanzee sanctuaries in Cameroon. She left with a deeper appreciation of how human contact, though necessary to rehabilitate and heal rescued wildlife, can also leave lasting scars.
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The Double Lives of Chinese Foreign Correspondents
Chinese journalists reporting from abroad grapple with a conflicted identity, facing both censorship and the perception that their work often serves nationalistic goals.
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The Race to Recover South America’s Ancient Past
In the face of development pressure and climate change, researchers are toiling to find and preserve ancient sites in Peru that hold clues to how people first traversed a continent.
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Why Aid Remains Out of Reach for Some Rohingya Refugees
Even with the right to health care secured, medical assistance is elusive for urban refugees in India.