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In the garden of tabloid delight

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Notes on sex, Americans, scandal, and morality

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by Shelly Corbett,

Bird-watching as a blood sport

by David James Duncan,

On the redemptive pain of loving the natural world

Old soldiers

by Tony Hendra,

In Spain, the International Brigades join ranks one last time

Bringing Down the House

by David Samuels,

An explosion in Las Vegas plays as performance art

Drinking can break your heart

by Harper’s Staff,

A woman with breast cancer

by Spencer Nadler,

The will to live, as seen under a microscope

While Watts burned

by Don Wallace,

Remembering a riot and a boy's fear

Ten thousand revolutions

by Patrick Symmes,

Through South America, in search of Che Guevara

The federal chain-saw massacre

by Paul Roberts,

Clinton's Forest Service and clear-cut corruption

The long good-bye

by Amanda Coyne,

Mother's Day in federal prison

Our machines, ourselves

by James Bailey, Jaron Lanier, Charles Siebert,Edited by Jack Hitt,

Toward an end of blackness

by Jim Sleeper,

An argument for the surrender of race consciousness

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by Jerald Frampton,

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Art by Po Niu,

Judgment day

by Alan Zarembo,

In Rwanda, 92,392 genocide suspects await trial

Shears of the censor

by William H. Gass,

Notes on excision, imprisonment, and silence

Opium, Made Easy

by Michael Pollan,

One gardener’s encounter with the war on drugs

Los Comanches

by Miguel A. Gandert,

Silence, please

by Sallie Tisdale,

The public library as entertainment center

K Street schadenfreude

by Ken Silverstein,

One lobbyist's attempt to transmute despair into dollars

There goes the neighborhood

by David L. Kirp,

After the Berkeley fire, an architectural disaster

Cold Comfort

by Gretel Ehrlich,

Looking for the sun in Greenland’s endless night

Doing the wash

by Mark Schapiro,

Inside a Colombian cartel's money-laundering machine

An army of one’s own

by Elizabeth Rubin,

In Africa, nations hire a corporation to wage war

The joys of global investment

by Ted C. Fishman,

Shipping home the fruits of misery

Scenes of the crime

by Jonathan Eeles,

Lost Atlantis

by Ptolemy Tompkins,

Nude scientists, giant sharks, bad vibes, and me

Dreaming of a Black Christmas

by Gerald Lyn Early,

Kwanzaa bestows the gifts of therapy

Prisoner of war

The lure of gunfire and the enemy within

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In the garden of tabloid delight

[untitled]

Bird-watching as a blood sport

Old soldiers

Bringing Down the House

Drinking can break your heart

A woman with breast cancer

While Watts burned

Ten thousand revolutions

The federal chain-saw massacre

The long good-bye

Our machines, ourselves

Toward an end of blackness

[untitled]

[untitled]

Judgment day

Shears of the censor

Opium, Made Easy

Los Comanches

Silence, please

K Street schadenfreude

There goes the neighborhood

Cold Comfort

Doing the wash

An army of one’s own

The joys of global investment

Scenes of the crime

Lost Atlantis

Dreaming of a Black Christmas

Prisoner of war

August 1997

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