Alessia Amitrano

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | David Levene |Justin McCurry |Harry W. Fischer |Alessia Amitrano

Part 1The Bone HunterToday, the tranquility of this road dissecting the Okinawan jungle is broken only by occasional passing cars and wind rustling through the foliage. For centuries it was a well-worn bridleway in the town of Itoman, on the island’s south-west coast. But 80 years ago, the clip of hooves gave way to the crackle of gunfire, when this sub-tropical Japanese island 1,000 miles south of Tokyo became the scene of the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war.

Mar 25, 2025 | theguardian.com | Ed Pilkington |Harry W. Fischer |Alessia Amitrano

RADICAL CHANGE ISN'T FREE Fred Hampton Jr was days away from taking his first breath when his father was assassinated. Still in his mother’s womb, he would have sensed the shots fired by police into his parents’ bedroom at the back of 2337 Monroe Street, Chicago. He would have absorbed the muffled screams, felt the adrenaline rushing through his mother’s veins, been jolted by her violent arrest. Could he also have somehow sensed the moment of his father’s death?