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Not Tragedy, but Atrocity

By John Patrick Leary July 25, 2017

Grappling with the legacy of the Algiers Motel Incident, half a century later.

ConflictUSA

Essay

The Fire in Dunkirk

By Jacob Albert July 24, 2017

Shadows of life in a Kurdish refugee camp.

ConflictMENAPolitics

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Hunting for Morels, Finding a Mess

By Christopher Schaberg July 11, 2017

Scrounging for wild mushrooms, but discovering something else.

Bodies & Nature

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Video ad Absurdum

By John Washington July 5, 2017

How a collection of fifteen thousand Jerry Maguire VHS tapes reveals the ugly underbelly of the media-entertainment industry.

Arts & CultureUSA

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Ten Lessons from My History of Kissing

By Anne-Marie Oomen June 29, 2017

Number one: Learn in a tree.

The Kiss Family & Relationships

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The Unexamined Sex Life Is Not Worth Living

By Andrew Rose June 25, 2017

From this writing forward, the men who are saintly enough to have sex with me can call me by whatever name they like.

Family & RelationshipsSex

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Nina Simone in Liberia

By Katherina Grace Thomas June 19, 2017

The singer went to Africa, she said, in search of peace, or a husband, or maybe the feeling of home.

AfricaArts & Culture

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The Seedcake Kiss

By Gabe Habash June 16, 2017

On Bloomsday, reflecting on the famous kiss.

The Kiss Arts & Culture

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Notes from the Lower Level

By Camille Dungy June 16, 2017

"Black isn't a skin tone. It's a condition."

PoliticsRace

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Waiting for Bill

By Tom Andes June 5, 2017

Scenes from Senator Bill Cassidy’s town-hall meeting, Metairie, Louisiana, February 22, 2017.

PoliticsUSA

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Mother Tongue

By Yoojin Grace Wuertz June 5, 2017

For a bilingual new mother, parenting becomes an experiment in identity—both her child's and her own.

Arts & CultureFamily & Relationships