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In search of inefficiency in an overly efficient digital world, Jakob Lewis entered the ‘typosphere,’ an online community of typewriter... more

Long ago, German immigrants brought their brewing traditions to the United States. More recently, brewers from the U.S. have begun... more

Most city dwellers view traffic as an unavoidable downside of urban life. But according to Susanne Papawassiliu, freeway standstills have... more

Ira Karp lives on a farm in northern Vermont, surrounded by music, puppets, and a family of incredible storytellers. Over... more

Grief is all around us these days. But what exactly is it? And why is it? During a time of... more

Have you ever heard of the cartoonist Oliver Harrington? Probably not, but the artist played an instrumental role in German-American... more

Why is a Nazi resistance fighter famous in Brazil yet unheard of in Germany? How did an African American musician... more

As a lifelong photographer and filmmaker, Harald Rumpf has spent decades exploring the cities that his subjects call home. In... more

During World War II, over 400,000 German POWs came to the U.S., where they worked on local farms alongside civilians.... more