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By the 1970s, over 60,000 Americans had been sterilized under eugenics policies that aimed to control reproduction and improve societal health.
A lavish tent city constructed with 37 kilometers of silk was erected in the Iranian desert for the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian monarchy in 1971.
Kentucky spends more than $15 million a year incarcerating people from the Beech Terrace housing project, where one in six residents cycle in and out of prison.
A model project launched in Vancouver in 2010 aims to understand the behavior and population of rats in urban environments, challenging long-held beliefs about them.
Britain's roads in 1958 face increasing traffic congestion, prompting an examination of the measures and progress made on the motorway system.
In 1992, an Iranian student named Habib committed suicide outside a small Ontario town after escaping the Ayatollah's regime in Iran.
A thousand firefighters mobilized from across Canada to combat a mega fire that destroyed three suburbs in Fort McMurray, Alberta, in May 2016.
Tyler Covington's phone conversations about his wife spark conflict with Tyler Milligan, leading to Covington's early exit from their off-grid community.
8,000 tons of South African grapes are exported each year, while farm workers struggle with low wages and poor living conditions.
Checks from the oil industry in North Dakota now reach up to $220,000, raising concerns about government oversight and environmental safety.
In Montreal at the dawn of the 20th century, a poor boy's love for a girl whose tears turn to pearls leads him into a dangerous bargain with a pawnbroker.
Police in Stoke-on-Trent increase efforts to remove rough sleepers from the town center, prohibiting sleeping bags to discourage homelessness.
65 million young people in post-Soviet Eastern Europe face a growing divide between the wealthy and the poor as they seek a sense of belonging.
