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MOSAIC
New Old Name • A 13,000-foot crag in eastern Nevada’s Great Basin National Park now called Jeff Davis, left, likely will regain Shoshone name Doso Doyabi, “white mountain.” The Nevada Board of Geographic Names made the recommendation in January to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, supported by local Shoshone.
CONTRIBUTORS
Letters
REALLY TRULY GOING VIRAL
TRUE BELIEVER
REVELING WRECK
A FEDERAL TAKE ON TRADE
STYLE • Upon the renovation of the John James Audubon Center for Art and Conservation, we honor its namesake and his 1827 The Birds of America.
Born in the USA • Birthright citizenship has a long and contentious history
Still Making Headlines
Man vs. Mountain • Hazard was his name, and high-rock chance-taking was this daredevil’s game
Melting Away
Passing Fancy • Belle Da Costa Greene, a black activist’s daughter, reinvented herself on the other side of the color line
Decoding Duchamp
Hard Labor • Americans joining a rebellion against the Crown didn’t expect to be sent to Australia
Propulsive Punishment
PICKING FIGHTS WITH PURITANS
RAGS TO HONEST RICHES
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