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Democracy Delivered • AT THE NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM, A NEW EXHIBITION TRACES THE LONG HISTORY OF THE MAIL-IN BALLOT

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Freedom’s First Draft • A bold meeting 250 years ago began to knit the Colonies into a country

Keep Your Wigs On • WHEN THE COLONIES GOT TOO BRASSY, THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT WENT BALLISTIC—DESPITE SOME WISE VOICES OF REASON

BURSTING WITH LIFE • Colorful, intricate drawings challenge our notions of Shaker design

How England Became England • New research is revealing how the Sceptered Isle transformed from a Roman backwater to a mighty country of its own

Slay, Queens! • THOUGH SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN, THESE ENGLISH MATRIARCHS DECISIVELY SHAPED THE COURSE OF HISTORY

A Record of Liberty • A remarkable set of documents, newly digitized, reveals the plight and bravery of enslaved people in the North

STRING THEORY • The plucky design behind the most legendary guitar in all of rock

Carving Out the Future • Celebrating 50 years of the modernist masterpiece that shocked critics—and helped turn D.C. into an arts capital

Maestro of Design • TYRUS WONG SPENT 106 YEARS MAKING THE WORLD MORE BEAUTIFUL. A NEW BIOGRAPHY TAKES US INSIDE HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE

AUTHENTIC ASIAN ARTISTRY • Crafted using the ancient technique of cloisonné, examples can be found in our National Museum of Natural History’s Anthropology collection.

HANDMADE IN AFRICA • Put the finishing touches on your home or outfit with unique pieces inspired by the National Museum of African Art.

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BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE • The spine-tingling roots of a mischievous Halloween tradition

MacArthur Down Under • FROM THE OUTBACK TO THE QUEENSLAND COAST, TRACKING THE GENERAL’S FAR - FLUNG TRAVELS AS HE PLOTTED HIS DRAMATIC WORLD WAR II COMEBACK

Lasting IMPRESSIONS • Claude Monet’s late-in-life obsession with water lilies caused him mental anguish—but produced some of his greatest masterpieces

THE SPIRIT OF OAXACA • CLIMATE CHANGE, CORPORATE MONEY, SOARING DEMAND—CAN MEXICO’S MEZCAL DISTILLERS FIND A VIABLE PATH FOR A BELOVED BEVERAGE?

Seeing Eye to Eye • Learning to live beside endangered tigers may be the key to saving them

Hometown Heroes • The Great Migration of African Americans from the South transformed the nation—but millions never left. Their unlikely success in the era of Jim Crow makes their stories all the more remarkable

HOT DAYS, COOL HEADS • IN MIAMI, THE NATION’S FIRST CHIEF HEAT OFFICERCHARTS A COURSE FOR SURVIVING ON A WARMINGPLANET

TAKE-DOWN in TERRE HAUTE • HOW A CRUSADING SUFFRAGIST HELPED EXPOSEACITYWIDE CONSPIRACY IN 1914—AND SETA NEW PRECEDENT FOR FAIR ELECTIONS

Don’t Be Puzzled • YOU CAN FIND EIGHT ANSWERS IN THESE PAGES

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