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The words we use to describe groups of people say a lot about what we’re grappling with as a society.
How Tourism Reinvented Jesus’ Baptism SitePilgrims and tourists are flocking to a baptismal site in the Holy Land in search of religious experience—and souvenirs.
Black Lives Matter and Reflections From a Civil WarThe everyday discrimination against black people in the United States bears frightening similarities to the suppression of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Trump and the Echo of AmacheDonald Trump’s disturbing anti-Muslim rhetoric echoes an ugly chapter in U.S. history: the time leading up to the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
The Way Trump Wears His HatDonald Trump’s simple fashion statement speaks volumes.
Selling Dreams of the Good Life in KazakhstanIn the post-socialist era, Mary Kay and other multilevel marketing companies offer dreams of wealth and a life of meaning.
The Perennial Power of RitualRituals soothe, excite, and unite people throughout the world. But how exactly do they work, and what makes them so meaningful?
Can an iPhone App Help Save an Endangered Language?As the world’s Indigenous languages fade away at an alarming rate, some people are turning to technology to preserve their ancestors’ native tongues—and the cultural knowledge held in them.
How Twin Culture Challenges Our Notions of SelfResearchers have long viewed identical twins as mutants, oddballs, and freaks. Bothered by a biased scientific literature, two anthropologists who are also identical twins conduct their own twin ethnographic research.
Arizona’s Inmate FirefightersIn the rugged landscapes of the American Southwest, select cohorts of incarcerated people are temporarily allowed out of prison to fight wildfires. But are they being rehabilitated or exploited?
