‘Atomic Blonde 2’ In Early Development At Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) We Have Learned That An ‘Atomic Blonde’

U.S. Public Health Service, 1942. NARA ID 514791.

Mask Mandates are ALL AMERICAN!*

"What is Past is Prologue."** This is not the first time Americans have been instructed to wear masks to stay safe. Check out these WW2 posters and see how gov't communicators tried to interest/educate/inform (and sometimes scare) the American public!

TAKE CARE OF YOUR MASK... OR ELSE! NARA ID 514846.

MASK TIPS FOR GLAMOROUS WOMEN! NARA ID 44266530.

BE PREPARED! NARA ID 44266634.

YOUR MASK IS NOT A PILLOW or KNAPSACK! NARA IDs 514038 and 514110.

STAY FIT! WEAR A MASK! NARA ID 535277.

*Speaking of All American, stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit: ALL AMERICAN: The Power of Sports.

**'Future' statue by Robert Aiken. Photo by Jeff Reed.

Scott Wheeler was born and raised in what’s known as the Northeast Kingdom, the rugged and beautiful countryside where Vermont abuts Canada. Even so, he didn’t realize he was supposed to check in with Canadian immigration authorities when driving across the border recently.

Two polite, officious Mounties tell him to make a U-turn and follow them back to the port of entry where he’s questioned about his intentions inside Quebec. He explains his mistake, and eventually, the Mounties return his identification and he’s free to go.

“That’s pretty much life on the border; it’s changing,” Wheeler says, resignedly.

While the southern border gets all the attention with President Trump’s massive wall and the backlog of desperate asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico, things are tense on the northern border with Canada, as well. The number of illegal crossers is on the rise. And residents complain that heightened security has changed the character of the once-neighborly frontier.

“It’s even confusing for a local to understand,” says Wheeler, a former state representative and history buff who publishes the Northland Journal. “Back when I was growing up, you could come across the border with a wave to the border agents.”

“It’s a barrier, and we feel it”

In the past two fiscal years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has logged a 400% jump in apprehensions of people crossing illegally from Canada. That’s the biggest increase anywhere along the 5,525-mile northern border.

Border authorities made it harder to cross freely after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but things have gotten even stricter since President Trump took office.

Consider Canusa Avenue — the name is a hybrid of Canada and USA. The international boundary runs for a third of a mile along this street. This is where Wheeler inadvertently turned into Canada.

There are 14 houses, with Americans living on the south side of the street and Canadians on the north. Two residents recently met on their respective sides of the white boundary line.

“We cannot leave our street on our own free will,” says Janice Beadle, who describes herself as a retired snack bar owner, dairy worker and maple syrup maker.

U.S.-Canada Border Community’s Culture Changes As Security Tightens

Photos: Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for NPR

Children’s Book Week, U.S. Information Center, Paris, 11/12/1950

Series: Photographs of Information Center Service Activities in Foreign Countries, 1948 - 1954

Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003

Image description: A table display in a library, with posters that say “MAKE FRIENDS WITH BOOKS” and sections for “FURRY FRIENDS” “SERIOUS FRIENDS” and “MYSTERIOUS FRIENDS”. 

Image 2: A closeup of the poster, which features an animal (could be a fox, could be an anteater?) wearing a fancy tailcoat, cravat, and fur cape. The animal is holding a book titled “CHILDREN STORIES”. At the bottom of the poster is “BOOK WEEK / NOVEMBER 12-18, 1950”. 

The making of the Mainframe Kid.

Connor Krukosky, aka The Mainframe Kid, got his first IBM computer when he was just 18 months old. At age 18, he bought, disassembled and rebuilt a 13-year-old, 1,500-pound IBM z890 mainframe computer. Now, he works at IBM.

Hear his story->

The finish at the top in New Hampshire looked a lot like the finish last week in Iowa, this time with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the way and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg finishing a close second.

But from the No. 3 spot on down there were some pretty big surprises, including the rise of Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and disappointing finishes for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden.

6 Takeaways From The New Hampshire Primary

Photo: Jesse Costa/WBUR