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Israeli soldier's video diaries offer unique perspective on war in Gaza

We have a rare glimpse into the Israel-Hamas war from an ordinary Israeli infantryman, Sam Sank, who in normal life works in information technology. His peri...

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Maverick Navy captain, Brett Crozier, has no regrets after pandemic controversy

Retired Navy Captain, Brett Crozier, who was booted from his command after a pandemic controversy, speaks about his new book, "Surf When You Can."

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Daniel Ellsberg’s Life Beyond the Pentagon Papers

After revealing the government’s lies about Vietnam, Ellsberg spent six decades as an anti-nuclear activist, getting arrested as many as ninety times in civil-disobedience protests.

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Freeway Exit

Listen to Freeway Exit on Spotify. Freeways are not free. We pay for them in all kinds of ways — with our tax dollars, our time, our environment and our health. While freeways have enabled huge amounts of economic growth, they've also caused displa

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Anti-Fascist. Armed to the Teeth

The far right brings guns to drag shows. Now, the left is showing up with weapons, too

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The Fight To Take Back Hawaii | Foreign Correspondent

For over a century, the destiny of this island paradise has been in the hands of outsiders. Now native Hawaiians are reclaiming their culture, language and l...

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Italian ???????? and American ???????? soldiers swap rations

Every army in NATO has its own field ration, commonly known as MREs (meals-ready-to-eat). While perhaps not the height of culinary expression, these rations ...

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Iraq War Veterans, 20 Years Later: ‘I Don’t Know How to Explain the War to Myself’ | Op-Docs

Months after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, I began filming the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (known as the Gunners) in Ba...

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‘Unsung hero’: the baker and activist whose death inspired calls for restorative justice

After Jen Angel’s shocking death, loved ones honor her legacy of punk zines, gourmet dinner nights and social justice projects

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Visions of Wontons: Jews and Chinese Food on Christmas

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Why Cities Are Banning Cars Around The World

Traffic is a growing problem in many U.S. cities. Instead of adding more streets to accommodate cars, a growing movement is pushing to ban them in dense area...

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White Slums of South Africa | Reggie Yates Extreme | Real Stories

White Slums of South Africa | Reggie Yates Extreme | Real StoriesReggie Yates spends a week in South Africa's largest white squatter camp, Coronation Park. A...

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Every Piece of Gear In A Navy Recruit's Ditty Box | Loadout | Business Insider

A Navy sailor breaks down every item that new recruits are issued on their first day of boot camp. MM2 Lionell Comeaux explains what’s in the Navy “ditty box...

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A 70-year-old man in Gaza needed open heart surgery. It was a race against time

NPR journalists followed Youssef Al-Kurd and his family for months as they begged for the medical care that could save his life.

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Corrupt NYPD Cop interview - Mike Dowd

Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Mike Dowd, a corrupt NYPD cop.Here's a link to a GoFundMe campaign to help some of the people seen in SWU int...

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The history of American Ice Cream

How did seven flavors get so famous? Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 20% off their first box — go to http://www.bespoke...

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MAGA Icons: Where Are They Now and Are They OK

The Void. We all feel it, to varying degrees. And we all try to fill it in different ways. In the first episode of Filling The Void, a collaboration between ...

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Navy Boot Camp - Behind the Scenes

It’s one of the most demanding assignments in the United States Navy — but also one of the most rewarding. Follow along as we take you behind the scenes and ...

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Anti-Racist Skinheads Fighting Nazis: The Baldies | Full-Length Documentary

Skinhead culture started as multi-cultural, working-class, and anti-racist, but soon was co-opted by white supremacy. To fight back against Nazis, the Baldie...

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God Bless America: How the US is Obsessed with Religion | ENDEVR Documentary

God Bless America: How the US is Obsessed with Religion | Investigative Documentary From 2019Despite being an officially secular country, religion is everywh...

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Here are the 9 most interesting conversations I had in 2021

The conversations that challenged me the most and got me thinking about a difficult problem or provocative idea.

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Inside Portland's Turf War Between Proud Boys and Local Antifascists

We talked to Proud Boys, local leftists, and city officials to understand what's happening, where this is going — and why everyone cares so much about Portla...

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The Bribery and Sex Party Scandal in the US Navy | Investigators

This is the inside story of the Fat Leonard corruption Scandal – a shocking tale of bribery and corruption at the core of the US Navy. Leonard Glenn Francis...

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Automobiles in the Soviet Union - COLD WAR SPECIAL

Our interview with @Ushanka Show (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXTAMdHwvWdmFyOlQmEtpQ) - we discuss the cars made in the Soviet Union Support us on Patr...

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Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen talk "Renegades"

The former president and the singer-songwriter, longtime friends, have shared their stories in a podcast, and now a book: "Renegades: Born in the USA." Barac...

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Massive Byzantine-era winery discovered in Israel

Winepresses, warehouses and kilns were uncovered by archaeologists who believe the winery once produced a fine white wine.

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Police Training in America V.S. Norway (and other countries)

To become a cop in the U.S. takes less training than it does to become a barber. Yes, cosmetology and culinary school take longer than it does to become a po...

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How KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan

Forget turkey. In Japan, Christmas is a time to feast on KFC. CNN Travel explores how the American fast food chain grew to be synonymous with the holiday seeason.

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What other countries are told is "American"

The weird world of "American style" foods and products.SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/jjmccullough?sub_confirmation=1FOLLOW ME:????????Support me on Patreon!...

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A Mission To Give Afghans Democracy Became A Bid To Repair America's Own

The United States inadvertently took on a mission to democratize Afghanistan, and instead undermined democracy at home, as unpopular wars tend to do.

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Why There Are So Few Pickup Trucks In Europe - Cheddar Examines

The pickup truck has become a symbol of Americana. In fact, the Ford F-150 has been the best selling vehicle in the United States for the past 40 years. But ...

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SIMONE BILES

Gymnasts compared to football players and professional dancers - my personal thoughts and experiences. Native Strength is the centuries-old traditional syste...

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How these areas became the U.S.

The Story of how the US/Mexico border got its shape.I learned all my video/animation skills on the internet. you can too. Go get two months of FREE Skillshar...

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Aunt Jemima's Pancake House at Disneyland (1955)

With this episode of 'Opening Days' we'll be exploring the history of Aunt Jemima's Kitchen (aka Aunt Jemima's Pancake House), an obscure restaurant from the...

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Training refugees in the culinary arts

The Brooklyn restaurant Emma's Torch is a staunch advocate for empowering asylum-seekers through education, by training them for jobs in the food service industry. Correspondent Nancy Giles talks with Emma's Torch founder Kerry Brodie, and with graduates

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CANCEL CULTURE

THE ORIGINAL CANCEL CULTURE IN THE US INCLUDED BOARDING SCHOOLS TO "KILL THE INDIAN AND SAVE THE MAN."https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/hyapatiahttps://www.gof...

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Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you ????) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateORIGSubscribe to Origin of Everything! h...

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How Military Recruiters Lie to Recruits

We all kinda know... military recruiters lie... The Army, The Maries, the Air Force, all the branches of the military are dishonest to their recruits, but so...

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When Your Company Is Named Covid, You've Heard All The Jokes

Covid Inc. in Tempe, Ariz., has been selling audiovisual equipment for decades, but in the past year, some visitors stop by for an altogether different reason: They're looking for a COVID-19 test.

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"Tokyo Rose" - WW2 Traitor or Victim?

This is the story of "Tokyo Rose", a Japanese-American from LA who broadcast propaganda for the Japanese during WW2. Was she a traitor or a victim?Dr. Mark F...

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Wyoming Works to Pivot From Coal to Clean, Renewable Energy

As we shift away from fossil fuel energy, communities like Gillette, Wyoming, face a renewable reckoning.» Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subs...

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Combat Veteran Burns Uniform (Marine Reacts)

US Army Combat Veterans burns his uniform including his Purple Heart. See how the media thinks of the ???????? ????Combat Generation in this video - https://youtu....

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How I See the US After Living Abroad for 15 Years [CULTURE SHOCK]

How I see the US after living abroad as an expat for so many years - pros, cons, and reverse culture shock. What's your opinion on living in the US vs Europe...

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12 Military Recruiter Lies and The Truth Behind Them

Military Recruiters are notorious for bending the truth to meet their quota. Find 12 military recruiter lies and the truth behind the lies, here.

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11 insider insults sailors say to each other - We Are The Mighty

Sailors have unique ways to get under each other's skin. A comment that may seem harmless to an outsider might be a jab to a shipmate. Just add the word "SHIPMATE" to the insult to take it to the next level. Consider yourself warned an…

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A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico

As the U.S. Treasury considers putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill to honor her role in the northbound underground railroad, there is new attention to the often-overlooked southbound route.

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'Black Moses' Lives On: How Marcus Garvey's Vision Still Resonates : Throughline

Decades before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey attracted millions with a simple, uncompromising message: Black people deserved nothing less than everything, and if that couldn't happen in the United States, they should return to Af

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We used it to pray to the Almighty. Today colonizers use it in praise of the almighty dollar.

Tobacco was never used for recreation, only in ceremony. It was considered sacred and not for everyday use.Native Strength is the Native American centuries-...

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Woman Killed During Insurrection at Capitol Was From Ocean Beach San Diego

The woman who was shot and killed inside the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday was from Ocean Beach, according to local media who have had contact with her extended family. 35-year-old Ashli Eliza…

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Gaining Perspective While Waiting In Line to Cross the Border

By Geoff Page After a day long trip to Tijuana on Wednesday, I found a few emails my phone had not picked up because of where I was. One was from editordude asking if any of his band of merry prank…

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Josh from On Killing | #TBT | Cut

Sponsor this series: http://www.cut.com/sponsorshipFear Pong is now a game! Get it here: http://www.fearponggame.comSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/CutSubscribeWatc...

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I'VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY SOME CALL US SAVAGES

While there was some brutality in the Western Hemisphere, we never considered women to be property, fought wars over religion & converting others, or shunned...

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PHOTOS: The Essence Of Mary Ellen Mark, The Invisible Made Visible

Mary Ellen could see a story in the ordinary that another person might walk by and not even see.

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Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor l 20/20 l PART 1

Breonna Taylor’s death a breaking point in Louisville, Kentucky: Part 1 Racial tensions between police and residents of the city had been growing since befor...

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A history of US military ships, from the Revolutionary War to today

Using U.S. Navy archives, historical accounts, news reports, museum databases, and official records of individual ships, Stacker explores the most important, most advanced, and most successful ships in the long and storied history of the United States Nav

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WHY MOST NATIVES VOTED AGAINST TRUMP

97% of the Navajo Nation voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They were not alone. Here is why. Native Strength is the Native American centuries-old traditi...

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A History of Mexico for Gringos

By Frank Gormlie Most gringos don’t know too much of the history of Mexico – our southern neighbor – even though Mexico is so much part of the culture of Southern California. U.S.…

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MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH PREJUDICE

I have personally experienced a bit of prejudice in my day. Native Strength is the Native American centuries-old traditional path to happiness, harmony, heal...

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Hawaii: The Stolen Paradise (Hawaii Documentary) | History Documentary | Reel Truth History

Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7xZQi7F3RW7BNtR57cNnA?sub_confirmation=1 to be the first to watch more full length documentaries. Hawaii w...

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A Liberal Town Built Around Confederate Generals Rethinks Its Identity

LEXINGTON, Va. — It’s a short drive in Lexington from a home on Confederate Circle past the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery and over to the Robert E. Lee Hotel, where locals like to stop for a drink. There may be tourists there looking for directi

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Nude protester dubbed ‘Naked Athena’ flashes Portland police and gets pepper balls shot at her feet

A PROTESTER in Portland put on a stark display in front of cops as she sat with her legs apart on Friday night. In a video posted on Twitter, the naked prote...

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Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop

I was a police officer for nearly ten years and I was a bastard. We all were.

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May 5, 1970 Was the Most Violent Day Within the Country in American History

The day after the Kent State Massacre, Tuesday, May 5, was one of the most violent days in American history. It was the day when college and university students realized that four from their genera…

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Devo's Jerry Casale Looks Back at Kent State 50 Years Later: 'Time Stood Still'

“I saw somebody in charge yelling at these two lines of National Guardsmen and then he made a hand gesture,” says Casale. “That is when they started shooting”

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1940s Bike Girls: Stunning Photos of Female Motorcyclists From 1949

These are some badass girls! In an era when it might have been strange to see the woman in pants, their doing that while riding motorcycles! So inspiring in

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A drive through 1940's Los Angeles!

A Drive Through Bunker Hill And Downtown Los Angeles Ca. 1940s

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American & British People Swap Snacks

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Indie booksellers create community to survive the age of Amazon

The holiday season is the busiest time of year for many retailers, including the country's 2,500 independent bookstores, which, despite Amazon's growing dominance, are flourishing.

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Do soldiers sometimes enjoy combat?

The horrors of war are well documented, but less well understood is how soldiers can get a rush or thrill from combat.

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We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned

"The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right," says Jestin Coler, whose company, Disinfomedia, is behind some fake news sites.

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Soldiers talk about what they saw and did in Iraq

Why don't soldiers get to be on CNN, FOX NEWS, MSNBC? They are the only people who really know what's going on. Why doesn't the media interview them? Once th...

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Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls

In July of 1963 in Americus, Georgia, fifteen girls were jailed for challenging segregation laws. Ages 12 to 15, these girls had marched from Friendship Baptist Church to the Martin Theater on Forsyth Street. Never formally charged, they were jailed in sq

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Inside the Museum of the American Revolution

Martha Teichner reports on the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, which features a look at how the war changed life for African Americans and Native Americans

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11 Anthony Bourdain quotes that will inspire you to travel with your whole heart

Today would mark the 63rd birthday of Anthony Bourdain, and that means it's time to honour his legacy by living life to the fullest, just like he did.

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The Homeless Artists Who Make Ocean Beach Rock

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César E. Chávez (1927-1993)

César Chávez is one of the greatest labor leaders and human rights activists in the United States history and the world. He fought for a better life for migrant farm workers, and founded the first …

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A Bus Driver Abandoned 30 Kids At A Gas Station, Flipped Them Off And Told Them To Go Fuck Themselves

Complex- A Pennsylvania school bus driver has been charged with a DUI and 26 counts of endangering the welfare of children after reportedly leaving her vehicle with nearly 30 children inside at a g...

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This Marine went from the ballet to the battlefield — and back again

What do ballet slippers and combat boots have in common? Not much, if you ask most people. But for Marine Corps veteran Román Baca, the two go hand in hand.

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The rules of estate sales

Estate sales are the ultimate tease. They show a little leg when the estate sale organizers start posting delectable photographs of the contents on the website weeks in advance.

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The Story Of 'Whittier Blvd.,' A Song And Place Where Latino Youth Found Each Other

One of the first Chicano rock bands, Thee Midniters were often called East L.A.'s Beatles. Their instrumental track "Whittier Blvd." was a regional smash that pointed to a coming cultural movement.

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Born in war, Bangladesh’s rock ‘n’ roll is dying

The seeds of rock ‘n’ roll culture were planted in Bangladesh during the birth of the country in 1971, after a war for liberation separated this majority-Muslim territory from Pakistan.

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Ammar Campa-Najjar’s American dream

While the past months have been exhaustingly busy for the first-time candidate, something which is apparent from our interview, he is not slowing down anytime soon.

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Demolishing the California Dream: How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis

If you want to understand San Francisco’s self-inflicted housing crisis, look no further than the city’s very first zoning law, commonly known as the ...

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    Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media

    Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?

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    The Colorful History of the Rowdies, Radicals and Ruffians of Ocean Beach

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    NASA's Peggy Whitson Reveals How Astronauts Poop in Space | Inverse

    Ever wondered how astronauts poop on the International Space Station? NASA veteran Peggy Whitson has the answer. Whitson makes it clear in the interview that she really loved her time there, except for the whole bathroom aspect of space station life.

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    Solo-Hiking the AT During a Summer of Political Chaos

    What happens when an African American woman decides to solo-hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine during a summer of bitter political upheaval? Everything you can imagine, from scary moments of racism to new friendships to soaring epiphanies ab

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    Woman Who Filmed Oakland, Calif.’s BBQ Becky Speaks Out

    Michelle Snider, the woman behind the camera who confronted a fellow white woman after she called the police on Snider’s husband and his friends using charcoal at Oakland, Calif.’s Lake Merritt park, took to YouTube Sunday to answer the question every

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    Andy Got His Gun: An Idaho Soldier Returns Home After War Crimes Conviction/Sentence

    "I had a lot of seriously lonely moments, a lot of horrible, horrible thoughts over the last five and half years, but I think that comes with the territory of where I've been."

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    Priscilla Yanez — Civil Service Worker or Spy?

    About month ago I sat down to interview Tina Real. Tina has memories of San Diego that span her eight decades here. What began as an interview of Tina herself quickly expanded to encompass her her…