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Hands Over Istanbul

by Piotr Zalewski,

About town with the aspiring lords of Byzantium

A Just Decision in Kansas

by Sarah Smarsh,

The state Supreme Court tells Kansas legislators to restore funding for education. Will they comply?

The Philosopher and the Thief

by John Kaag,

Trespassing in the library of a dead genius

Carnival in Jacmel

by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro,

Despite lingering effects from a 2010 earthquake, Haiti still throws a good party

The City of No

by Ted Genoways,

Fremont, Nebraska, has voted to keep its anti-immigration ordinance — at a possible cost of millions

Cutting School in Kansas

by Sarah Smarsh,

The state Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of Kansas public-school funding

Nothing Is Strange

by Aaron Gilbreath,

A trip to Murakami’s jazz club

Dostoevsky’s Wagers

by Amie Barrodale,

Gambling for car parts in Osceola, Iowa

Dissociated Press

by Mujib Mashal,

Headline news under the Taliban

Who Belongs in Fremont, Nebraska?

by Ted Genoways,

The city of Fremont reopens debate on its anti-immigration ordinance

Ernest Hemingway’s Postcard from Spain to Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas

by Ernest Hemingway,

A note from the bullfights

The Most Cajun Place on Earth

by Ken Silverstein,

A trip to one of the properties at issue in Louisiana’s oil-pollution lawsuits

Two Fish, One Fish, Don’t Fish, Ton Fish

by Erik Vance,

How one community on the Sea of Cortez restored its fishery — and its economy — by stopping fishing altogether

Days of Wine and Rosaries

by Ross Perlin,

Wine and Catholicism among the Tibetans of China’s Yunnan Province

Washington On Parade

by Michael Ames,

Watching the red carpet at the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Peppard’s Folly

by Ariel Sabar,

A curious sculpture in the Kansas town that Roger Barker made his laboratory

Network Free K.C.

by Whitney Terrell,

The Free Network Foundation takes on Google in Kansas City

Sedi Vacanti

by Lena Herzog,

The empty palaces of Rome

How Timbuktu Saved Its Books

by Tristan McConnell,

Behind the rescue of Mali’s historic manuscripts

Not Everyone Can Be a 49er

by Nathaniel Rich,

How Arena Football League players fare in the NFL

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