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Bending Toward Justice • WE MUST USE THE LESSONS OF THE PAST TO HELP OUR COUNTRY GROW AND MOVE FORWARD

Tragic Figures • The unfinished Civil War memorial that became a symbol of peace—and a scene of insurrection

Attack on the Capitol • BRITISH TROOPS TORCHED THE BUILDING DURING A CHAOTIC 26 HOURS IN THE WAR OF 1812. BUT THE SYMBOL OF DEMOCRACY STOOD

OUT OF THE SHADOWS • A new exhibition brings an overlooked Mississippi painter into the light

The Fever That Struck New York • The front lines of a terrible epidemic, through the eyes of a young doctor profoundly touched by tragedy

Engineering Immunity • A BRACING HISTORY OF THE INGENUITY AND VALUE OF INOCULATIONS

WHO’S THERE? • The hardworking nurse who envisioned a new way to know who was at the door

The Secret Garden • A gown worn by Martha Washington reveals a dimension of her nature that few have been aware of

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

THE ICE IS CALLING • A climate change dispatch from the polar bear capital of the world

In Naples, the formula calls for pizza

HEALERS of NAVAJO NATION • COMBINING TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND MODERN SCIENCE, THESE COURAGEOUS PHYSICIANS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE PANDEMIC

CUBA CONFIDENTIAL • On the brink of nuclear war, America’s bold response to the Soviet Union depended on an unknown spy agency operative named Juanita Moody. Now her story can be told

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