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Inside the November Issue

by James Marcus,

Thomas Frank on how the media exterminates political reform, Trudy Lieberman on the fate of Medicare, Chris Offutt on the changing face of Appalachia, a story by Stephen Dixon, and more

Point of No Return

by Seymour M. Hersh,

Obama's legacy in the Middle East

Introducing the February Issue

by Christopher Cox,

Charles Glass, James Harkin, Eileen Myles, Joseph O'Neill, and more.

Divide and Conquer

by Harper’s Magazine,

Sample problems from a mathematics textbook for children between six and twelve years old, published by the Islamic State’s ministry of education.

Something to Cry About

by John R. MacArthur,

"I was confident the French weren’t going to follow the bad example from overseas and start a 'war on terror' à l’américaine. But November 13 changed the equation."

Last Interview With First Brit to Perform Suicide Bombing

by Harper’s Magazine,

Suicide bomber Abu Sumayyah, who killed himself and eight others in Iraq, gave his final print interview to Harper's

“Since World War II, very little that could be called genuinely humanitarian has resulted from American military intervention—not in Korea, certainly not in Vietnam, and not in Panama, Afghanistan, or the two Iraq wars and Libya.”

Marooned at the Mall

by Jenna Krajeski,

Iraq’s forgotten Christians in Kurdish exile

Islamic State

Inside the November Issue

Point of No Return

Introducing the February Issue

Divide and Conquer

Something to Cry About

Last Interview With First Brit to Perform Suicide Bombing

A purposeless, symbolic war

Marooned at the Mall

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Inside the November Issue

Point of No Return

Introducing the February Issue

Divide and Conquer

Something to Cry About

Last Interview With First Brit to Perform Suicide Bombing

A purposeless, symbolic war

Marooned at the Mall

Debug