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The author, a professor of Latin American history at Northwestern University, begins his saga in April 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed on Mexico’s eastern coast, near present-day Veracruz.

The fall of el-Fasher, in the Darfur region, after an 18-month RSF siege brings together the different layers of the country's conflict – with echoes of its dark past and the brutality of its present-day war.

Hernández’s androgynous wardrobe and open queerness bring another layer of potential discrimination, but despite the rampant homophobia persistent in present-day Cuba, she doesn’t feel much resistance.

The artifacts found in the new study were discovered along the present-day coastline, providing evidence that people once lived and traveled across these now-submerged landscapes.

“Recipes From the American South” presents food that has not been modified to assuage present-day dietetic anxieties.