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Where Our New World Begins [Essay] Where Our New World Begins
Politics, power, and the Green New Deal
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May 2019
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Slash Fictions [Annotation] Slash Fictions
A vandalized painting and the legacy of Ivan the Terrible
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The Truce [Letter from San Salvador] The Truce
How the United States helped spoil a plan to end gang violence in El Salvador
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Civic Virtues

Green-Wood Cemetery, where objectionable statues are laid to rest
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Poverty and paradise at the edge of America
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Siesta

Siesta, 1911, a painting by Joaquín Sorolla, whose work is on view this week at the National Gallery, in London.
© Museo Sorolla, Madrid. Courtesy the National Gallery of Art, London
Augusta Wood, Flower in Hand, 2019

“Flower in Hand”

“Flower in Hand,” a photograph by Augusta Wood, whose work is on view this week at Denk Gallery, in Los Angeles.
Courtesy the artist and Denk Gallery, Los Angeles
Aaron Gilbert, Shining Path, 2019

Shining Path

Shining Path, a painting by Aaron Gilbert, whose work is on view this week at Lyles & King, in New York City.
Courtesy the artist and Lyles & King, New York City
“Irineu’s Library, 2018" a photograph by Alec Soth, whose work is on view this week at Weinstein Hammons Gallery, in Minneapolis.

“Irineu’s Library, 2018”

“Irineu’s Library, 2018,” a photograph by Alec Soth, whose work is on view this week at Weinstein Hammons Gallery, in Minneapolis.
Courtesy the artist and Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis
Untitled (Webster’s Dictionary A & B), 1965, acrylic, graphite, and marker on canvas (66 x 95 inches), by Arakawa, whose work is on view this week at Gagosian, in New York City.

Untitled (Webster’s Dictionary A & B)

Untitled (Webster’s Dictionary A & B), 1965, acrylic, graphite, and marker on canvas (66 x 95 inches), by Arakawa, whose work is on view this week at Gagosian, in New York City.
© Estate of Madeline Gins. Reproduced with permission of the Estate of Madeline Gins. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian

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“Nowadays, most states let just about anybody who wants a concealed-handgun permit have one; in seventeen states, you don’t even have to be a resident. Nobody knows exactly how many Americans carry guns, because not all states release their numbers, and even if they did, not all permit holders carry all the time. But it’s safe to assume that as many as 6 million Americans are walking around with firearms under their clothes.”

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[Article] from the December 2008 Issue
Mandela's Smile
Notes on South Africa
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The Radioactive Boy Scout
When a teenager attempts to build a breeder reactor
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The Man Who Saves You from Yourself
Going undercover with a cult infiltrator
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[Findings] Physicists and mathematicians continued to debate whether it is better to walk or to run in the rain.
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[Findings] A new species of tarantula was named for Johnny Cash.
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