Social Studies
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Project
Burma in Transition
After decades of isolation, Burma is taking fresh steps toward democracy. The West has strengthened...
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Facial tattoos, once popular among Chaouia women in Algeria, are now less prevalent. This project...
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Iraq's Kurds are in business while Turkey and its own Kurdish population are at war. Will success in...
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Russia: On The Move
After 20 years of fading industry, rampant corruption, and no clear ideology, Russia is now on the...
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Haiti: Sitting on a Gold Mine
Haiti’s north is rich with mineral deposits that could infuse millions into the nation’s ailing...
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Shiho Fukada documents the lives of disposable workers in Japan in stories that illustrate the...
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Militarizing the Caspian
Oil in the Caspian Sea is making Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan rich. But with Iran and...
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In Ivory Coast—the world’s top cocoa producer—cocoa farmers bore the brunt of a civil war that...
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Nicaragua Rewind
Back in power since 2007, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is leading what he claims is a “second...
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Suriname, with its pristine environment, has become a pawn in a new Great Game as the balance of...
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Europeans drew Africa’s borders long ago. Today these lines are often deserted and sometimes...
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Education Resource
Pre-visit materials: Jen Marlowe
Introduction Gabriel Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol, Southern Sudanese "Lost Boys" in the U.S...
