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Understanding the deep roots of racism

Where do we stand after Ferguson and Eric Garner? — On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Huck explores how institutional racism remains extensive in the US and worldwide.

  • Reportage
  • Alex King

Everything you need to know about the record-breaking El Capitan climb in Yosemite

Hardest Climb In The World? — Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell made history January 14 by free climbing the Dawn Wall route of El Capitan. But why is the feat so special?

  • Reportage
  • Shelley Jones

Does life begin at 50?

Inspiring late-bloomers — New exhibition at Selfridges 'Bright Old Things' brings together a selection of creatives who discovered their passion after middle age.

  • Culture

18 great adventure instagrams to take your mind off being back in work

The world in squares — From tree houses in British Columbia and fishing in Alaska to frozen trees in Siberia and cliff edges in Yosemite, we collate some of the best adventure instagrammers for your wanderlust pleasure.

  • Photography
  • Shelley Jones

A Breaking Bad Family Holiday

Wells Tower brings his 69-year-old dad to Burning Man for father-son bonding — Wearing googles—and at times little else— the American short-story and non-fiction writer experiences the annual California desert counterculture festival by making a road trip for his father and couple of elderly pals in this selection from The Best American Essays 2014.

  • Reportage
  • D'Arcy Doran

Behind the scenes of the secret world of children's beauty pageants

Darling Divas — Children's beauty pageants are a particular kind of spectacle, and something of a muse for photographer Colby Katz.

  • Reportage
  • Colby Katz

One of London's longest-standing communities faces eviction in the New Year

Hoxton families fight for affordable rents — Residents of London's New Era estate have been threatened with eviction if they can't meet more than a threefold hike in rent.

  • Film
  • Andrea Kurland

The orphans of Romania who are building new lives underground

Homeless and disenfranchised in Eastern Europe — Joost Vandebrug's intimate photo project captures the cobbled-together community of the lost boys of Bucharest.

  • Reportage
  • Matei Rosca

Is Lebanese cartoonist Mazen at the forefront of resistance culture in the Middle East?

Radical art and music in Beirut — A wry take on life in Beirut into hard-edged comics and bomb-fuelled jazz.

  • Art
  • Steve Turner

The OAP fighting neo-nazi propaganda in Berlin

Otherwise known as The Hate Destroyer — Berlin-based pensioner Irmela Mensah Schramm is on a one-woman crusade against fascist propaganda.

  • Reportage
  • Cinnamon Nippard

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