April 2024

by Ras Baraka, Rosa Brooks, Barry Friedman, Christy E. Lopez, Tracey L. Meares, Brian O’Hara, Patrick Sharkey,

[Report]

The Eviction Experts

Can a city stop a housing crisis?

by Mya Frazier,

[Letter from Phoenix]

Jacob’s Dream

MAGA meets the Age of Aquarius

by Frederick Kaufman,

Harper’s Magazine welcomes reader response.

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[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which Biden voters are more likely than Trump voters to have read a history book in 2023 : 5

[Harper’s Index]

By which they are more likely to have read a young-adult novel : 350

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. voters who would be more likely to vote for a 2024 presidential candidate if Taylor Swift endorsed them : 18

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that immigrants illegally entering the United States “poison the blood” of the country : 45

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which cases of children poisoned by marijuana edibles in the United States have increased since 2017 : 13

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of cocaine users worldwide who live in the United States : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which Americans working in the food-service industry are more likely than average to die of a drug overdose : 180

[Harper’s Index]

By which Americans who work in construction or mining are more likely to do so : 286

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who have died by medically assisted suicide who attended college : 72

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans over the age of 50 who have set aside money for long-term care : 37

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the U.S. centenarian population is expected to increase over the next 30 years : 4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase since 2019 in the number of plastic-surgery procedures in the United States : 19

[Harper’s Index]

Average number of minutes it takes for an American to drive to the nearest emergency room : 17

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who live within a 10-minute drive of a firearms dealer : 88

[Harper’s Index]

Average annual starting salary for a new police officer in San Jose, California : $111,000

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which Americans are more likely to oppose defunding the police than to support doing so : 5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American adults who say their interactions with police officers in the past year were positive experiences overall : 77

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American adults who believe that black people experience a great deal of discrimination today : 34

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of LGBT American men who say that discrimination is a major barrier to their adopting a child from foster care : 1/2

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American women who say getting married and having children makes women’s lives happier and more fulfilling : 32

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of women worldwide who experience physical pain on a daily basis : 1/3

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of women worldwide who have been unable to afford shelter at times during the past year : 1/3

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated number of years until the world’s first trillionaire emerges : 10

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. wealth inequality that is accounted for by inheritances : 61

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which American adults under 35 are more likely to say their parents’ role in their lives is too small than too large : 144

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American boys and men aged 13–39 who say that sports are interesting only if gambling is involved : 39

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of internet users who believe they are living in a simulation : 1/2

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of American adults under 30 who believe the Holocaust did not happen : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who are waiting for an apology from someone in their life : 46

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage by which participants in workplace mental-wellness programs are more likely to report greater well-being : 0

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage decrease since 2019 in the number of Americans who say that psychiatrists have high ethical standards : 16

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the rate of retraction of academic papers has increased in the past decade : 3.5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which Biden voters are more likely than Trump voters to have read a history book in 2023 : 5

[Harper’s Index]

By which they are more likely to have read a young-adult novel : 350

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. voters who would be more likely to vote for a 2024 presidential candidate if Taylor Swift endorsed them : 18

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that immigrants illegally entering the United States “poison the blood” of the country : 45

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which cases of children poisoned by marijuana edibles in the United States have increased since 2017 : 13

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of cocaine users worldwide who live in the United States : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which Americans working in the food-service industry are more likely than average to die of a drug overdose : 180

[Harper’s Index]

By which Americans who work in construction or mining are more likely to do so : 286

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who have died by medically assisted suicide who attended college : 72

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans over the age of 50 who have set aside money for long-term care : 37

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the U.S. centenarian population is expected to increase over the next 30 years : 4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase since 2019 in the number of plastic-surgery procedures in the United States : 19

[Harper’s Index]

Average number of minutes it takes for an American to drive to the nearest emergency room : 17

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who live within a 10-minute drive of a firearms dealer : 88

[Harper’s Index]

Average annual starting salary for a new police officer in San Jose, California : $111,000

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which Americans are more likely to oppose defunding the police than to support doing so : 5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American adults who say their interactions with police officers in the past year were positive experiences overall : 77

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American adults who believe that black people experience a great deal of discrimination today : 34

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of LGBT American men who say that discrimination is a major barrier to their adopting a child from foster care : 1/2

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American women who say getting married and having children makes women’s lives happier and more fulfilling : 32

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of women worldwide who experience physical pain on a daily basis : 1/3

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of women worldwide who have been unable to afford shelter at times during the past year : 1/3

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated number of years until the world’s first trillionaire emerges : 10

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. wealth inequality that is accounted for by inheritances : 61

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which American adults under 35 are more likely to say their parents’ role in their lives is too small than too large : 144

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American boys and men aged 13–39 who say that sports are interesting only if gambling is involved : 39

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of internet users who believe they are living in a simulation : 1/2

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of American adults under 30 who believe the Holocaust did not happen : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who are waiting for an apology from someone in their life : 46

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage by which participants in workplace mental-wellness programs are more likely to report greater well-being : 0

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage decrease since 2019 in the number of Americans who say that psychiatrists have high ethical standards : 16

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the rate of retraction of academic papers has increased in the past decade : 3.5

Readings

[Essay]

Piscando Espárragos Tres and Piscando Espárragos Uno, mixed-media artworks (acrylic, charcoal, simple leaf, and matte gel on produce box) by Narsiso Martinez, whose work is on view this month at Buffalo AKG Art Museum, in New York, and was on view in February with Charlie James Gallery at Material Art Fair, in Mexico City.

A photograph by Richard Billingham from his book Ray’s a Laugh, which was published last month by MACK.

To Leave a Place/Memory, a painting by Dominique Fung, whose work was on view in December at Massimo De Carlo, in London.

Courtesy the artist and Massimo De Carlo

The Wait of the World, a drawing by Michael Andrew Booker, whose work is on view this month at Art Galleries at Black Studies (AGBS) at the University of Texas at Austin.

Courtesy the artist and Morton Fine Art, Washington

“Hounds at the tree, Lochsa River valley, 1992,” by Barbara Bosworth, from her monograph One Star and a Dark Voyage, which was published in 2021 by TIS Books. Bosworth’s work is on view this month at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

A photograph by Richard Billingham from his book Ray’s a Laugh, which was published last month by MACK.

To Leave a Place/Memory, a painting by Dominique Fung, whose work was on view in December at Massimo De Carlo, in London.

Courtesy the artist and Massimo De Carlo

The Wait of the World, a drawing by Michael Andrew Booker, whose work is on view this month at Art Galleries at Black Studies (AGBS) at the University of Texas at Austin.

Courtesy the artist and Morton Fine Art, Washington