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2025 Intro In just one week, all eyes will turn to the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, for the highly anticipated 2025 edition of the Tokyo Auto Salon. Now in its 43rd year, TAS has become more than just a cornerstone of the JDM tuning scene – it’s a global celebration of car culture. We’ve attended every […]
2024 Intro For far longer than Speedhunters has existed, Gatebil events have been at the heart of Scandinavian modified car culture. While crazy cars and equally crazy drivers were a staple of the scene long before Gatebil made its mark, the impact these events have had in preserving and growing that wild spirit is undeniable. We […]
A 19th-century engraving of Cpt. Miles Standish and his men observing the ‘immoral’ behavior of the Maypole festivities of 1628 at Merrymount. ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images A 19th-century engraving of Cpt. Miles Standish and his men observing the ‘immoral’ behavior of the Maypole […]
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What is it, why do we have it, and why hasn’t it changed? Born from a rushed, fraught, imperfect process, the origins and evolution of the Electoral College might surprise you and make you think differently about not only this upcoming presidential election, but our democracy as a whole. If you would like to read […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/Getty Images Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/Getty Images Drunken brawls, coercion, and lace curtains: believe it or not, how regular people vote was not something the Founding Fathers thought much about. Americans went from casting votes at wild parties in the town square to doing so in private booths, behind a drawn curtain. In this […]
MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images Hezbollah is a Lebanese paramilitary organization and political party that’s directly supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and Israel’s invasion of Gaza, there have been escalating attacks between Hezbollah and […]
Climate change, political unrest, random violence – Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls, “a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness.” In the United States, polls indicate that many people believe that law and order is the only thing protecting us from the […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images/Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images/Scott Olson/Getty Images Airline workers — pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, baggage handlers, and more — represent a huge cross-section of the country. And for decades, they’ve used their unions to fight not just for better working conditions, but for civil rights, charting a course that leads right up […]
Kay Tobin/New York Public Library Kay Tobin/New York Public Library One day in late April 1958, a young economist named Madeleine Tress was approached by two men in suits at her office at the U.S. Department of Commerce. They took her to a private room, turned on a tape recorder, and demanded she respond to […]