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Terms of Surrender

It was in the fall of 1941 that the question of atomic energy was first brought directly to my attention. At that time President Roosevelt appointed a committee to advise…

Crossing Guards

by Matt Mossman,

When private ownership of a bridge gets old

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by Steve Brodner,

Monumental Error

by J. C. Hallman,

Will New York City finally tear down a statue?

Star Search

by Lisa Rab,

The race to rebuild the Democratic Party

Embarrassment of ‘Wiches

From a correction that was published by the Louisville Courier-Journal in July.

DeLisle, Mississippi

by Jesmyn Ward,

When I was six, a pit bull tried to rip out my throat. I was walking down my parents’ oystershell driveway when the dog attacked me, probably because another dog,…

Now and Then

by Rebecca Solnit,

The present is by common definition the instant between the not yet and the already, a moment as narrow and treacherous as a tightrope. But you might instead define it…

All the Last Wars

by Charles Glass, Don McCullin,

Around the world with the Goya of conflict photography

Bringing in the Beans

by Ted Genoways,

Harvest on an American family farm

Apocalypse Always

by Walter Kirn,

As a teenager in the Mormon Church, I was led to believe I might live to see the world end — the fallen world of sin and imperfection, that is, which…