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Life after Life

by Kenneth E. Hartman,

Why parole in America is just another prison

Good Bad Bad Good

by Adam Wilson,

What was the Golden Age of TV?

Power of Attorney

by Andrew Cockburn,

Can progressive prosecutors achieve meaningful criminal-justice reform?

The Wood Chipper

by Rich Cohen,

How the National Football League shops for players

Love and Acid

by Chris Rush,

On the road with a secret weapon

Common Ground

by Rachel Poser,

The politics of archaeology in Jerusalem

The Black Axe

by Sean Williams,

How a pan-African freedom movement lost its way

Brutal from the Beginning

by Marc de Miramon,Translated by Maggie Calt,

The truth about everyone’s favorite strongman

The Last Frontier

by Ted Conover,

Homesteaders on the margins of America

A Play with No End

by Christopher Ketcham,

What the Gilets Jaunes really want

The Call of the Drums

by Jacob Mikanowski,

Hungary's far right discovers its inner barbarian

“Just Keep Going North”

by William T. Vollmann,

At the border

Is Poverty Necessary?

by Marilynne Robinson,

An idea that won’t go away

What it Means to Be Alive

by Justin Taylor,

Decoding a father’s farewell

The Military-Industrial Virus

by Andrew Cockburn,

How bloated defense budgets gut our armed forces

Downstream

by Rowan Moore Gerety,

The afterlife of American junk

Where Our New World Begins

by Kevin Baker,

Politics, power, and the Green New Deal

The Truce

by Daniel Castro,

How the United States helped spoil a plan to end gang violence in El Salvador

Lost at Sea

by Joe Kloc,

Poverty and paradise at the edge of America

More Than a Data Dump

by James C. Goodale,

Why Julian Assange deserves First Amendment protection

Nightmares at 20,000 Feet

by Lisa Wells,

On the dread of looking down

Whisperings

by David Means,

A writer alone with the work

Works of Mercy

by John Crowley,

The power of pastoral care

Like This or Die

by Christian Lorentzen,

The fate of the book review in the age of the algorithm

Destined for Export

by Rachel Nolan,

The troubled legacy of Guatemalan adoptions

The Story of Storytelling

by Ferris Jabr,

What the hidden relationships of ancient folktales reveal about their evolution—and our own

No Joe!

by Andrew Cockburn,

Joe Biden’s disastrous legislative legacy

The Myth of White Genocide

by James Pogue,

An unfinished civil war inspires a global delusion

Catechism of the Waters

by Sallie Tisdale,

Species in conflict on the Columbia River

We Were So Happy Then

by Lynn Freed,

Life in the new South Africa

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Life after Life

Good Bad Bad Good

Power of Attorney

The Wood Chipper

Love and Acid

Common Ground

The Black Axe

Brutal from the Beginning

The Last Frontier

A Play with No End

The Call of the Drums

“Just Keep Going North”

Is Poverty Necessary?

What it Means to Be Alive

The Military-Industrial Virus

Downstream

Where Our New World Begins

The Truce

Lost at Sea

More Than a Data Dump

Nightmares at 20,000 Feet

Whisperings

Works of Mercy

Like This or Die

Destined for Export

The Story of Storytelling

No Joe!

The Myth of White Genocide

Catechism of the Waters

We Were So Happy Then

October 2019

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