Where the Witches Were Men: What Magic Looked Like in Early Modern Russia
By Valerie Kivelson
In Egypt, where a meal isn’t complete without bread, war in Ukraine is threatening the wheat supply and access to this staple food
By Jessica Barnes
Nine Things About Year of the Tiger, 2022
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Making sugar, making ‘coolies’: Chinese laborers toiled alongside Black workers on 19th-century Louisiana plantations
By Moon-Ho Jung
The Story of King Frost: A Russian Fairy Tale
By Andrew Lang, Annotated and illustrated by Amos-Cola Staff.
Taliban Seize Herat and Assault Nearby Dam
By Elizabeth B. Hessami and Asef Ghafoory
Brewing Mesopotamian beer brings a sip of this vibrant ancient drinking culture back to life
By Tate Paulette, North Carolina State University
How Alexei Navalny revolutionized opposition politics in Russia— before his apparent poisoning
By Regina Smyth, Indiana University
Israel suspends formal annexation of the West Bank, but its controversial settlements continue
By Dov Waxman, UCLA