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The Saccharine History of Candy Corn

Rebecca Rupp National Geographic
Halloween has a centuries’-long tradition of costumes and scary stuff, but the door-to-door visitations for collecting candy started after the end of WWII sugar rationing, in the late 1940s.

HypersonicWeapons and National (In)security: Why Arms Races Never End

Rajan Menon TomDispatch
Lockheed hypersonic missle
Hypersonic weapons close in on their targets at a minimum speed of Mach 5, five times the speed of sound or 3,836.4 miles an hour. They are among the latest entrants in an arms competition that has embroiled the United States for generations...

Once an Air Force Base …

Pat Elder World Beyond War
old photo of entrance to abandoned air base in California
Lethal contamination at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California threatens human health 35 years after the base closed.

High-Tech School Surveillance Is Harming Students of Color

Priyam Madhukar Brennan Center for Justice
surveillance camera
When schools introduce these technologies, they open the to door to labeling students’ normal thoughts, words, and movements as dangerous — and potentially involving law enforcement.