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June 2010
Features
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Heritage Reclaimed
After years of conflict, Turkey and its Kurdish population have forged a fragile accommodation, giving the beleaguered ethnic minority fresh optimism
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Home Away From Rome
Archaeologists studying the country retreats of ancient emperors have illuminated the lives of the rulers themselves
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Great Expectations
A century ago, the boxer Jack Johnson and the musician Scott Joplin embodied a new sense of possibility for African-Americans
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Comeback!
Atlantic puffins had nearly vanished from the Maine coast until a young biologist defied conventional wisdom to lure them home, inspiring bird-recovery programs worldwide
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To Be...Or Not
William-Henry Ireland committed the greatest Shakespeare hoax ever--and fooled even himself into believing he was the Bard's true literary heir
Departments
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Hummingbirds, birch trees, queen bees, northern quolls and more...
A Beat Family Album
Poet Allen Ginsberg's photographs reveal an American counterculture at work and play
Forever Foreign
Though he had lived in an around Kyoto for two decades, the author remains both fascinated and puzzled by the ancient Japanese city
Far Sighted
The Chandra X-Ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory helps scientists observe a fantastic range of phenomena
California Dreamin'
In 1972, artist Christo and Jeanne-Claude envisioned building a fence, but it would take a village to make it happen
Sign of the Times
Milton Glaser's 1966 poster of a folk-rock icon captured the psychedelic dazzle of the flower-power era
Madeleine Albright on Her Life in Pins
In 2010, the former secretary of state reflected on her famous collection of brooches and pins
Novel Achievement
To Kill a Mockingbird, published 50 summers ago, still speaks to millions of readers. But its author, Harper Lee, maintains a determined silence
Green Eggs and Salmonella?
Beware the hidden hazards lurking within popular children's books