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September 2014
Features
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From Iraq to a Hard Place
With samoon, biryani and marga, transplanted Iraqis make a home in a challenging new world
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Snapshot Nation
A century before drones cruised the skies, American camera hounds made photography a personal art
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What Lies Beneath
A groundbreaking survey of the landscape surrounding Stonehenge has turned up tantalizing new clues to what really went on there
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A Few of her Favorite Things
In her latest book, the noted illustrator juxtaposes treasured personal objects with items from the Cooper Hewitt museum.
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Angry Bird
A 100-year-old passenger pigeon flaps straight into a modern debate about de-extinction
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The Wildest Idea on Earth
In a last-ditch hope to stave off mass extinction, renowned naturalist E.O. Wilson argues for setting aside half of the land just for wildlife. Fifty years after the Wilderness Act, our reporter finds that the plan is so audacious it just might work
Departments
Uneasy Peace
A new exhibition illuminates the treaties that govern U.S.-Indian relationships
Pioneering Tennis Player Renée Richards Recalls the Glory Days of Wooden Rackets
After winning the New York State men's title in 1964, Richard Raskind became Renée Richards and a civil rights icon