How the president has undercut proposed EPA regulations by moving the goalposts on climate change
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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.
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A mass murder in Santa Barbara, nationalist and anti-E.U. parties are voted into the European Parliament, and 2Pac’s last words
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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.
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Scott Horton discusses a document omitted from a report on three deaths at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in 2006
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Outrage over a miners’ strike in Turkey, a rough week for female newspaper editors, and camel-kissing in the face of MERS
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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.
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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
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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
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Employees:
According to law enforcement, mass disappearances are not uncommon.
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Ukraine conducts military strikes in the east, Boko Haram threatens to sell captured Nigerian schoolgirls, and the many uses of beached whales
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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.
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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
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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
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“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.
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Boko Haram steps up its attacks in Nigeria, South Korea mourns a ferry disaster, and Gabriel García Márquez dies at 87
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Sheer Cardigan and Avenida Amsterdam, paintings by Peter F. Gross, whose work was on view in January at Linda Hodges Gallery, in Seattle. Courtesy the artist and Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle. This photograph appears in the Readings section of the May 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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“London” (detail), by Bill Brandt © Bill Brandt Archive Ltd. This photograph appears on the cover of the May 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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Havoc, and spoil, and ruin be thy gain
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The infiltration of eastern Ukraine, the pain of Heartbleed, and the wrath of God Gazarov
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“Afarsek (Peach),” a photograph by Tal Shochat, whose work was on view last March at Shulamit Gallery, in Venice, California. Courtesy the artist and Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York City. This photograph appears in the Readings section of the May 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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