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Egypt’s first “holiday of love” was initially not about romance. In 1978, journalist Mustafa Amin proposed using November 4 as a celebration of love for God, the nation, and fellow people.

In 2008, a majority of Greenlanders voted for further home rule. What does and will the journey to sovereignty look like? Check out our newest teaching resource to find out.

As Greenland’s temperatures rise, so too does the domestic political barometer, with full independence from Denmark becoming an increasingly vocal demand from many of Greenland’s leading politicians.

The New Yorker published more than a hundred of Mavis Gallant’s stories, through which she engaged with the pressing social and political questions of postwar Europe.

In recent decades, celebrations of Valentine’s Day have become common in Egypt. But, as anthropologist Aymon Kreil found, opinions on the holiday are mixed.

Will so-called Trump Tariffs ensure that the United States has the minerals it needs to transition to sustainable energy?

The twenty-first century hasn’t seen any let-up in Poe culture. But a funny thing has happened to Poe in the last few years.

The genesis of the United Nations came from the nations united as Allies against the Axis powers, but who really pushed the institution into being?

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What is the Impoundment Control Act, and how might it play a part in Trump’s governance this time around?

At the time of the Civil War, many Americans revered the nation’s Founding Fathers, and both supporters and opponents of slavery recruited Jefferson and Washington to their side.

In 1962, Scott Carpenter flew into orbit on an Atlas rocket and made history as the sixth human in space. But shortly after, the Mercury astronaut left NASA to explore another frontier, becoming a US Navy “aquanaut.”

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Paleontologist John Ostrom had noticed similarities between Deinonychus and Archaeopteryx, a feathered ancestor of birds, and thought they might be related.

In this week’s Suggested Readings: why your dinosaur toys are wrong, defining the diva, and how to prioritize who you love and care for.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize isn’t without its controversies. #architecture

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“It is permeated with references to nationality and race,” writes Mary Condé in her analysis of Mavis Gallant’s 1968 short story “Malcolm and Bea.”

You may think Pac-Man has nothing to do with the Greek myth of Tantalus. You’d be wrong.

Thinking about Greenland? Check out our newest teaching resource: The Making and Meaning of Greenland: A Reading List.