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On the Corner of Myth and Main

by Walter Kirn ,

There was a time when I didn’t know that I lived in Middle America. When I was very young, growing up in eastern Minnesota, I thought I was just an…

Before I Sleep

by Henry Marsh ,

By Henry Marsh, from Admissions, a memoir about his life as a neurosurgeon. The book was published in October by St. Martin’s Press. Marsh is the author of Do No Harm.

Thought Police

From a ruling handed down in September by a Louisiana district court in Officer John Doe v. DeRay Mckesson et al. The anonymous Baton Rouge police officer filed suit last…

Chronicle of Dire Education

From news reports of homework given to students in US public schools since 2011.

From a list of prohibitions for online media, including video-streaming sites, circulated in June by the China Netcasting Services Association, a state-controlled body that oversees more than 600 media companies.…

Endangered

by Tim Flach ,

Shaking with Fear

From a verbal report given by Harold Howard to Kurt Castaldo, a deputy in the sheriff’s office in Palm Beach County, Florida, in December 2015. Howard alleged that Yousef Muslet…

Leaves and Vines and Tree

by Claire Sherman ,

Total Eclipse of the Heart

From a Craigslist ad posted in the San Francisco area in August, preceding a total solar eclipse that passed over Oregon and other parts of the United States.

Star Search

by Lisa Rab ,

The race to rebuild the Democratic Party

21st century

On the Corner of Myth and Main

Before I Sleep

Thought Police

Chronicle of Dire Education

Wildfire, California

Raise the Red Pen

Endangered

Shaking with Fear

Leaves and Vines and Tree

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Star Search

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On the Corner of Myth and Main

Before I Sleep

Thought Police

Chronicle of Dire Education

Wildfire, California

Raise the Red Pen

Endangered

Shaking with Fear

Leaves and Vines and Tree

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Star Search

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