Album/Pictures from History/Universal Images Group ... court managed its contact with the outside world, using the Forbidden City’s magnificent architecture as a stage to showcase the emperor ...

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We ignored the warnings and dropped our magnets where we weren’t supposed to—and what we pulled up might explain why this spot is off-limits. Some finds raise eyebrows… others raise questions.

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Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer ...

In this time of silence, many of the words that are spoken have lost all meaning. In fact, their meaning has been inverted, ...