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Common Ground

By Harper’s Magazine, on September 13, 2019

Feet of clay: on the troublesome uses of archeology, past and present Read More

Common Ground

By Rachel Poser,

Thirty miles from the coast, on a desert plateau in the Judaean Mountains without natural resources or protection, Jerusalem is not a promising site for one of the world’s great…

My Holy Land Vacation

By Tom Bissell,

i. stand with israelI listen to a lot of conservative talk radio. Confident masculine voices telling me the enemy is everywhere and victory is near — I often find it…

Escaping Wars and Waves

By Olivier Kugler,

Carnival in Jacmel

By Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, on March 4, 2014

Despite lingering effects from a 2010 earthquake, Haiti still throws a good party Read More

Portrait of a Township

By Justine van der Leun,

“My daughter, she have a big problem,” Easy Mzikhona Nofemela told me one day on the phone, his voice panicked. “What kind of big problem?” “She have terrible pain in…

The Oa

By Colin McAdam,

Sour paste in the mouth, paper-cut eyes, a hint of burnt sugar in the nose of my mind, and anxiety no longer postponed by last night’s golden sips. This is…

Emptying the World’s Aquarium

By Erik Vance,

Like most local fishermen in Kino, a sleepy Sonoran town about halfway down the eastern side of the Sea of Cortez, Ernesto Acuña Salazar had been working small boats off…

Two Fish, One Fish, Don’t Fish, Ton Fish

By Erik Vance, on July 31, 2013

How one community on the Sea of Cortez restored its fishery — and its economy — by stopping fishing altogether Read More

Tourist Ferry, One-Hour Exposure

By Asaf Kliger,

The Highbrander

By Lucy Bird,

From an October 9, 2012, email sent by Lucy Bird, then chief executive of Marketing Edinburgh, to city councillors Sue Brice and Alastair Maclean, during the development of an ad…

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Common Ground

Common Ground

My Holy Land Vacation

Escaping Wars and Waves

Carnival in Jacmel

Portrait of a Township

The Oa

Emptying the World’s Aquarium

Two Fish, One Fish, Don’t Fish, Ton Fish

Tourist Ferry, One-Hour Exposure

The Highbrander

March 2013