The U.S. bombs Syria, bishops almost support same-sex couples, and violence breaks out at a New Hampshire pumpkin festival
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Doug Henwood on stopping Hillary Clinton, fighters and potential recruits discuss the rise of the Islamic State, the inevitability of factory farming, and more
Read MoreNathaniel Raymond on CIA interrogation techniques.
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Ebola’s rising death toll, U.N. member states’ unpaid bills, and a recipe for “bear satay on a stick.”
Read MoreHarper's publishes a story about PBS; PBS pulls its advertising in Harper's; the Internet has the story.
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America's first Ebola diagnosis, a pro-ICBM clothing exchange, and Joe Biden on being number two.
Eula Biss discusses vaccinations, motherhood, and metaphors
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Student protests in Hong Kong, two sex-scandal resignations, and the CIA's lust for lemon pound cake.
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True Story 8, a mixed-media painting by Tim Hussey, whose work was on view in March at LAUNCH, in Los Angeles. Courtesy the artist. This image appears in the Readings section of the October 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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Scotland rejects independence, Sierra Leone issues a three-day lockdown, and Iran lashes its citizens for doing a “Happy” dance
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“From Cipango II” and “From Cipango III,” gelatin silver prints by Bianca Sforni, whose work was on view in July at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, in New York City. Courtesy Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York City. This image appears in the Readings section of the October 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, and Leanne Shapton discuss how the clothes we wear shape our lives
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Obama announces air strikes in Iraq; a monsoon superfloods India; and California nudists cover up for the Man
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Rebecca Solnit on silencing women, a Marine commander returns to Iraq, the decline of PBS, and more
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"To compete with tight-fisted, export-driven Germany, France needs to devalue its currency, but it can’t, since it doesn’t have its own currency."
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ISIL murders journalist Steven Sotloff; Satan in Moscow and Detroit; and Florida police play Cherries Waffles Tennis
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Netter, a painting by Bradley Castellanos, whose work was on view last year at the Miami Project Art Fair, in Miami. Courtesy the artist and RYAN LEE, New York City. This image appears in the Readings section of the September 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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An alumnus reflects on the possibility of female students at Deep Springs
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Kurdish and Shia forces battle ISIL in Iraq; a ceasefire takes hold in Gaza; and Barack Obama’s audacious taupe
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“Black Swans, Kellidie Bay,” a photograph made using a motion-detecting infrared camera, by Kate Breakey, whose work is on view this month at Etherton Gallery, in Tucson, Arizona, and Stephen L. Clark Gallery, in Austin, Texas. © The artist. This image appears in the Readings section of the September 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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William Deresiewicz discusses the miseducation of the American elite
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