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Food / Travel Ideas

Too Soon? Ukraine’s War Crime Tours And The Limits Of “Dark Tourism”

It took decades to transform Hiroshima and Auschwitz into authorized destinations that welcomed visitors to explain the sites of unspeakable horrors. Ukraine is encouraging people to see such places as Bucha and Irpin, where Russia is accused of war crimes. Exploring the line between the morbidity of dark tourism and the value of historical memory.

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Geopolitics

Nuclear Past, Radioactive Future: In Chernobyl, 30 Years Later

As plants and wildlife struggle to survive in the area contaminated by the April 26, 1986 nuclear disaster, some elderly villagers have returned.

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