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Readings — From the October 2004 issue
Readings — From the March 2004 issue
Readings — From the May 2003 issue
Readings — From the November 1996 issue
Readings — From the June 1996 issue
Article — From the August 1995 issue
In Los Angeles International Airport, the future touches down
Readings — From the December 1993 issue
Fiction — From the April 1990 issue
Readings — From the April 1989 issue
Readings — From the July 1988 issue
Poetry — From the January 1983 issue
Article — From the May 1982 issue
The difference between a refugee from oppression and an illegal alien is . . . well, it’s hard to say
Article — From the January 1966 issue
Article — From the January 1966 issue
A Puerto Rican family in San Juan and New York

Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:

A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.

A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
Winner of the 2012 Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or books