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How one man in South Korea rearranged his life to worship Dodger superstar Shohei Ohtani
Japanese athletes have long been shunned in South Korea. This radio producer is leading a campaign...
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Native Americans and the movies: A long-forgotten history of Hollywood and my family
A writer researching his great-great-uncles, all three born on a Chickasaw reservation, discovers they were major...
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Against war's grim backdrop, one Ukrainian woman's haunting quest
In a Ukrainian village, a woman wants only one thing: to find her husband, who disappeared...
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One man is preserving the legacy of the code talkers, America's secret weapon in WWII
Kenji Kawano has been photographing the Navajo code talkers, America's secret weapon during WWII, for 50...
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Inside the world of the ultra-wealthy Mexicans who own exotic animals
In Sinaloa, Mexico, home to one of the world's most powerful drug cartels and famed for...
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The muxe, Mexico's 'third gender,' are part of a worldwide LGBTQ+ movement
The muxe — Indigenous Zapotec people in Mexico — view themselves as neither man nor woman....
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For tree vendors of New York City, Christmas is serious business. Do not crash their turf
In Manhattan, you won't find a tree farm or Home Depot parking lot pop-up; many New...
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A 100-foot drop, a death-defying ritual: Mexican children learn how to fly
Children across Mexico grow up learning the voladores ritual, where they fly around a 100-foot tree.
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Two strangers — a Palestinian and an Israeli — tell the story of a region's pain
This moment in the Israel-Hamas saga can be glimpsed in the fate of two fathers, strangers...