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Densho’s Online Photo Collection: Occupation-Era Japan—and Japanese-American Internment
Ted Akimoto’s photos document the postwar occupation of Japan and Korea — and are free to use at Densho. Nevin Thompson writes.
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How Can We Help the Hikikomori to Leave Their Rooms?
An increasing number of people are refusing to leave their homes, even their rooms. Emma Young delves into the phenomenon of hikikomori.
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Evidence: “Scientific” Photography and Its Discontents
Concluding a two-part survey, Omar Willey explores the use of photography and science as tools of ignorance.
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The Smell of Realism
Omar Willey on Courbet, the powder-fresh universe, and putting the terror back into modernism.
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The Financial Industry Preys Upon 401 (k) Fees
Dean Baker considers the failure of the 401 (k) to compensate for diminishing pensions.
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Sunday Comics
When the ringmaster calls our names, we’ll be the first ones to go to sleep. Stealing all our dreams. Dreams for sale. They sell ’em back to you. On with the Comics, start the parade!
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Encounters with Anonymous: Loupe Back
Omar Willey returns to his musings on anonymous photographs and the problems of “art.”
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Free Thing of the Week: SuperTuxCart
This week bring you one of the finest, funnest open source games around: SuperTuxKart.
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How France is Persuading its Citizens to Get Vaccinated
One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe, but across the country vaccine coverage is rising. Alex Whiting looks at how France is fighting back against vaccine skepticism.
