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A Kangaroo in Obama’s Court

by Lawrence Douglas,Art by Steve Mumford,

Will the Guantánamo tribunal execute a man we tortured?

Bartók’s Monster

by Jay Kirk,

Stalking the dead composer through Transylvania

Cold War Kids

by Irina Aleksander,

The international dispute over Russia’s orphans

A Very Perfect Instrument

by Andrew Cockburn,

The ferocity and failure of America’s sanctions apparatus

Life as a Terrorist

by William T. Vollmann,

Uncovering my FBI file

Saving Your Children from a Harvard Education

by Jeff Madrick,

In 1972, the economics department at Harvard denied tenure to the leftist professor Samuel Bowles. Responding to the decision in the Harvard Crimson, Bowles asserted that he had been passed…

Othello’s Son

by Frederic Morton,

A racial education

Wrong Answer

by Nicholson Baker,

The case against Algebra II

The Devil’s Bait

by Leslie Jamison,

Symptoms, signs, and the riddle of Morgellons

In the Republic

by Anonymous,

Photographs from Iran

Emptying the World’s Aquarium

by Erik Vance,

The dismal future of the global fishery

Toward Reglobalization

by Jeff Madrick,

It’s rare, in economics as in life, to get a second chance. Though economists are constantly learning lessons from past mistakes, seldom are there obvious opportunities to apply them. The…

A Brief History of Scent

by Beau Friedlander,

The smell of life and death — and everything in between

The Homeless Herd

by Rowan Jacobsen,

An Indian village battles an elephant invasion

The Scarlet Debtor

by Jeff Madrick,

Debt forgiveness is one of the most important innovations of modern capitalism, but it is a fairly recent one. Though the Constitution gives Congress explicit authority to enact “uniform Laws…

Longer Ways to Go

by John Chiara,

Glaciers for Sale

by McKenzie Funk,

A global-warming get-rich-quick scheme

Other Types of Poison

by Rebecca Makkai,

Three legends

Poetry Slam

by Mark Edmundson,

Or, The decline of American verse

Blood Spore

by Hamilton Morris,

Of murder and mushrooms

Education Is Not the Answer

by Jeff Madrick,

Last spring I sat on a panel convened to discuss the publication of The Occupy Handbook, a collection of essays in which a number of prominent economists addressed issues raised…

How to Make Your Own AR-15

by Dan Baum,

The gun Congress can’t ban

The Separating Sickness

by Rebecca Solnit,

How leprosy teaches empathy

The Shining Path

by Jay Kirk,

Room 237 and the Kubrick cult

Instant City

by Nicolai Ouroussoff,

China’s Wild West gets tamed

Promised Land

by Glenn Cheney,

Will Brazil’s rural poor ever inherit the earth?

The Age of Cruelty

by Jeff Madrick,

Following heavy Democratic losses in the 2010 congressional elections, Barack Obama announced that he was reading a biography of Ronald Reagan to see how the great man had handled his…

Drawn by the Sun

by Katy Grannan,

The Way of All Flesh

by Ted Conover,

Undercover in an industrial slaughterhouse

An Uncommon Pain

by Sallie Tisdale,

Living with the mystery of headache

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A Kangaroo in Obama’s Court

Bartók’s Monster

Cold War Kids

A Very Perfect Instrument

Life as a Terrorist

Saving Your Children from a Harvard Education

Othello’s Son

Wrong Answer

The Devil’s Bait

In the Republic

Emptying the World’s Aquarium

Toward Reglobalization

A Brief History of Scent

The Homeless Herd

The Scarlet Debtor

Longer Ways to Go

Glaciers for Sale

Other Types of Poison

Poetry Slam

Blood Spore

Education Is Not the Answer

How to Make Your Own AR-15

The Separating Sickness

The Shining Path

Instant City

Promised Land

The Age of Cruelty

Drawn by the Sun

The Way of All Flesh

An Uncommon Pain

October 2013

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