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The American Society of Magazine Editors has announced the finalists for the 2012 National Magazine Awards. Our congratulations to the three nominees from Harper’s Magazine:
In the public interest category, Kathy Dobie, for “Tiny Little Laws,” from our February 2011 issue.
In the news and documentary photography category, Ed Ou, for “Uncertain Exodus” ($), from our July 2011 issue.
Also in the news and documentary photography category, Richard Ross, for “Juvenile Injustice” ($), from our October 2011 issue.
The winners will be announced on May 3.
More from Harper’s Magazine:
Précis — June 17, 2013, 8:00 am
“There was no country more in the thrall of commercial banking and paper wealth. . . . All this helped explain why no one in Iceland seemed worried about building an economy on water, not when the last one had been built on air.”
Harper's Finest — June 14, 2013, 12:25 pm
Advice for parents about raising their sons
Editor's Note — June 13, 2013, 2:39 pm
A global-warming get-rich-quick scheme, a magic-mushroom murder, and more


Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.