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Timeless stories from our 170-year archive handpicked to speak to the news of the day.
The strange history of our futile border fortifications
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From a distance, as it hugs the hilly terrain, the fence looks almost decorative — a rambling, rust-colored abstraction. A thin ribbon of road runs alongside, its sandy surface kept…
Uncovering my FBI file
Red Bull, coffee, Marlboro, cappuccino (prohibited)