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A state’s value of crops per person reflects the fraction of farmers in its population and illustrates the extent to which some states depend on the agricultural industry. Although the most ...

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For 70 years, Belchertown State School for the Feeble-Minded housed hundreds of developmentally disabled children—often in appalling conditions.

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If you didn’t know what the Stop Online Piracy Act was before today, chances are you do now. Wikipedia’s blackout to protest the controversial, and now stalled, anti-piracy legislation ...

In a span of just 14 months, Bob Dylan wrote, recorded, and released three of the greatest albums of all time. Today on The Gist, David Kinney explains how it happened. He’s the author of The ...

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The new Supreme Court term opened this week and included arguments in the first of several death penalty cases already on the docket. At the same time, we’ve witnessed whiplash-inducing action ...

Mitt Romney famously said that income inequality is a subject best discussed in "quiet rooms." Michael Lind, author of the new book Land of Promise, sa ...

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