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Discovery, a painting by Ricky Allman, whose work was on view in June at Galleri Benoni, in Copenhagen. Courtesy the artist. This painting appears in the Readings section of the July 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Kevin Baker on the lost glory of America’s railroads, Mark Hertsgaard on Obama’s environmental failures, Sarah Menkedick on why Mexican immigrants are moving back home, and more

Unity and disunity in Palestine, NYRB vs. CIA, and John Roberts marries art criticism with jurisprudence

“Clover Tangle,” a photograph from the series Nurturing Time, Life in a Backyard Garden, by David Wolf, whose work was on view in February at the Center for Photographic Art, in Carmel, California. Courtesy the artist and Corden|Potts Gallery, San Francisco. This photograph appears in the Readings section of the June 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Mark Denbeaux on the NCIS cover-up of three “suicides” at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp

“Silverback Gorilla,” from the Posters Bitten by the Artist’s Dog series, by Iván Krassoievitch. Courtesy the artist and Machete, Mexico City and Buenos Aires. This image accompanied the Findings section of the June 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Three brutal crimes against women in Asia, a controversial Taliban prisoner swap, and a human-skin heist in Connecticut

How the president has undercut proposed EPA regulations by moving the goalposts on climate change

Firepeople, a painting by Jules de Balincourt, whose work was on view in April at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London. This painting appears in the Readings section of the June 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

A mass murder in Santa Barbara, nationalist and anti-E.U. parties are voted into the European Parliament, and 2Pac’s last words

Introducing the Harper’s Android app

Gyre, a photo collage with leaves, acrylic, and resin on wood panel, by Fred Tomaselli, whose work is on view this month at James Cohan Gallery, in New York City. © The artist. Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York City and Shanghai. This collage appears in the Readings section of the June 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Scott Horton discusses a document omitted from a report on three deaths at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in 2006

Outrage over a miners’ strike in Turkey, a rough week for female newspaper editors, and camel-kissing in the face of MERS

Take It from the Top, a painting by Olive Ayhens, whose work is on view this month at Lori Bookstein Fine Art, in New York City. © The Artist. This painting appears in the Readings section of the June 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

The false virtue of the fund-raiser

Maud Newton reflects on America’s ancestry obsession, Randall Kennedy revisits the Civil Rights Act, Scott Horton reveals a possible coverup at Guantánamo Bay, and more

The Obama Administration tries to publicize climate change, secessionists stage a referendum in eastern Ukraine, and teenage boys hold a prom-date draft in California 

Employees:

According to law enforcement, mass disappearances are not uncommon.

Why has Google added the Grand Canyon to Street View?

Ukraine conducts military strikes in the east, Boko Haram threatens to sell captured Nigerian schoolgirls, and the many uses of beached whales

Moment, a painting by David Schnell, whose work will be on view in September at Galerie EIGEN + ART, in Berlin. Courtesy Galerie Eigen + Art, Leipzig and Berlin. This photograph appears in the Readings section of the May 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Tracing the wartime rise of ersatz butter

We’re thrilled to be streaming the latest release by singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, featuring lyrics by David Hajdu, Jonathan Lethem, Sam Lipsyte, James Marcus, Sara Marcus, Nina Mehta, Rick Moody, Mary Jo Salter, Luc Sante, and Vendela Vida

The U.S. Supreme Court and L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling remark on race and opportunity, the FCC prepares to end net neutrality, and white supremacists propagandize children’s Easter eggs

“Shot in Mexico — On the Impossibility of Imagining the Numbers of Dead and Disappeared #3,” an archival pigment print by Jaki Irvine. Courtesy the artist; Kerlin Gallery, Dublin; and Frith Street Gallery, London. This photograph appears in the Readings section of the May 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Boko Haram steps up its attacks in Nigeria, South Korea mourns a ferry disaster, and Gabriel García Márquez dies at 87

Khyentse Norbu’s love poem to Old India