History & Politics

A TASTE OF HISTORY

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Thanksgiving is a nineteenth-century invention. It was declared a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, after two decades of persistent campaigning by…

DOING TIME

DOING TIME

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The NHA unlocks the history of the old jail on Vestal Street. It’s been called the big house, the clinker, the slammer, but back…

SHOWSTOPPER

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With big blue eyes, freckles and a flirtatious smile, twenty-two-year-old Alexandra Kopko has a very girl-next-door look, but she’s hardly your typical girl next…

ULTRA MARATHON MAN

ULTRA MARATHON MAN

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All things considered, Jules Embry-Pelrine is looking pretty good. With his legs out-stretched and crossed casually at his ankles, you’d never know that just…

WINTER ESCAPES

WINTER ESCAPES

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THE AZORES If you sail directly east from Nantucket, the first landfall before you hit Europe is the Azores—an archipelago of nine volcanic islands…