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[Report] We Shall Not Be Moved

Collective ownership gives power back to poor farmers

July 2020

Current Issue July 2020

[Story] Annunciation

by Clare Sestanovich

[Letter from Kashmir] Valley of Unrest

India’s unending occupation of Kashmir

by Sonia Faleiro

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which U.S. college enrollment is expected to decline this fall : 15

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Average percentage by which a 2020 college graduate is projected to earn less in their first postgraduate year than a 2019 graduate : 20

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Number of new jobs created in the United States since the end of the Great Recession : 21,275,000

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Number of new unemployment claims filed in the four weeks after COVID-19 was declared a national emergency : 22,026,000

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Percentage of U.S. small-business owners who say their business won’t survive if the COVID-19 crisis lasts six months : 62

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Of restaurant owners who say so : 85

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Estimated number of U.S. restaurants that closed for good in March : 20,000

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Percentage by which U.S. households earning at least $90,000 per year are more likely to have groceries delivered : 80

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Percentage of white workers in the United States who can work from home : 30

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Percentage of black workers who can : 20

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Of Latino workers : 16

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Portion of U.S. adults working from home who would prefer to work in the office after the crisis as often as they did before : 2/5

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Chance that an American worker stockpiled alcohol in anticipation of having to self-isolate : 1 in 5

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Portion of American workers who say they sometimes drink while working from home : 1/3

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Of Hawaiian workers who say so : 2/3

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Percentage increase this year in calls to U.S. poison-control centers : 20

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Percentage increase since January in the price of fentanyl in San Diego : 40

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Of marijuana in New York City : 55

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Of methamphetamine in Denver : 67

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Miles per hour by which the average speed of Los Angeles drivers has increased since February : 21

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Portion of Americans who say they would report social-distancing violations in their neighborhood to law enforcement : 1/10

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Portion of Americans who say they will still shake hands after COVID-19 has disappeared : 3/10

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Percentage increase this March in New York City 3-1-1 complaints about “loud talking” : 43

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About a “loud television” : 25

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About “banging or pounding” : 15

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Estimated number of unexpected pregnancies attributable to the COVID-19 crisis if lockdowns last through October : 7,000,000

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Percentage by which social isolation increases the mortality rate for men : 62

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For women : 75

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Estimated number of children who are at risk of missing the measles vaccine this year because of the pandemic : 117,000,000

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Estimated number of undiscovered viruses infecting wildlife : 1,670,000

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Estimated minimum portion of these viruses that could also infect humans : 2/5

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Number of state and local health-department jobs that have been eliminated since 2008 because of funding cuts : 56,360

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Percentage increase during the coronavirus outbreak in the staff assigned to the New York State unemployment call center : 775

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Number of times the average person taps, types, swipes, or clicks on a smartphone each day : 2,617

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Percentage increase since January in the total volume of calls on Verizon’s wireless network : 20

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In the average length of those calls : 33

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Portion of British adults under lockdown who have spent more time catching up with friends and family than usual : 2/5

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Who have spent less money than usual : 3/5

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Who want “everything to go back to how it was” when the lockdown is over : 1/10

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Monday Gallery

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A photograph by Stephen Shore from his monograph Transparencies: Small Camera Works 1971–1979, which was published in March by MACK.

© The artist. Courtesy 303 Gallery, New York City

Past Issues

Harper’s Finest

[Article] from the March 2003 Issue

Jesus Plus Nothing

by Jeff Sharlet

At Ivanwald, men learn to be leaders by loving their leaders. “They’re so busy loving us,” a brother once explained to me, “but who’s loving them?” We were. The brothers each paid $400 per month for room and board, but we were also the caretakers of The Cedars, cleaning its gutters, mowing its lawns, whacking weeds and blowing leaves and sanding. And we were called to serve on Tuesday mornings, when The Cedars hosted a regular prayer breakfast typically presided over by Ed Meese, the former attorney general. Each week the breakfast brought together a rotating group of ambassadors, businessmen, and American politicians. Three of Ivanwald’s brothers also attended, wearing crisp shirts starched just for the occasion; one would sit at the table while the other two poured coffee.

The sperm of mallards with more colorful bills has stronger antibacterial properties.

Psychologist Spike Lee found that telling harmful lies makes people desire mouthwash, whereas writing harmful lies makes people desire hand sanitizer.

NASA had failed to sufficiently sanitize planetary probes to avoid the invasion of alien environments by Earth life.

Humans absorb large amounts of bisphenol A by handling cash-register receipts after using hand sanitizer, and larger amounts if they then eat french fries.