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Readings — From the October 2010 issue
Article — From the November 2004 issue
Attempts this year to suppress the black vote would not be the first
Article — From the March 2002 issue
How Florida’s “felon” voter-purge was itself felonious
Readings — From the November 1996 issue
Readings — From the February 1993 issue
Article — From the September 1964 issue
Article — From the January 1960 issue
Article — From the July 1942 issue
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Article — From the June 1924 issue
Editor's easy chair — From the May 1922 issue

Percentage of the French who think it “somewhat” or “very” possible they will one day become homeless:

Neuroscientists found that sloths sleep around nine and a half hours a day. Previous research had studied only captive sloths, who sleep on average sixteen hours a day, possibly because they are bored and depressed.

A young man who lied to Berlin police about having lived for five years in a forest was revealed to have run away from home because he disliked his internship.