My return to Syria

'I had tried to revisit the Syria I once fell in love with, but there was just nothing left.'
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Candid Photos from the Time the Beatles Played to a Crowd of 18 People

Every artist was first an amateur. Even The Beatles
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The Professor Has a Daring Past

Justus Rosenberg, 95 and still teaching at Bard, worked on a secret team to help intellectuals flee Nazi-occupied France.
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Syria: Under Russia's Fist

We investigate the horrifying consequences for civilians under Russian air strikes in Syria.
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Special Report: The rifts behind Nigeria's mass kidnap

When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help. As chairman of the Parent Teachers Association at the town’s school, Mphur feared for the safety of children who were staying there to take exams. The 15 Nigerian soldiers in Chibok were no match for the forces of Boko Haram, a militant group waging a campaign to create an Islamic state...
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Why the people picking California's tomatoes can't afford to eat them

Spring is upon us, which means the weather is finally nice enough to sit outside and munch on a grilled burger slathered with ketchup. Or, if you prefer, a crispy salad topped with strawberries and walnuts. Either way, chances are that at least a few of the ingredients in your meal were grown in California—the country's cornucopia. The Golden State cultivates more than a third of all vegetables and two-thirds of all fruits and nuts sold domestically.
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Japan's 'Corpse Hotels'

Overcrowding in crematoriums means Japan has to find new places to store the dead.
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