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Diary of (Not) Excavating a Mass Grave in El Salvador

Diary of (Not) Excavating a Mass Grave in El Salvador Diary of (Not) Excavating a Mass Grave in El Salvador

The country’s lone forensic investigator faces a system designed to keep the bodies buried.

Mar 3, 2016 / Feature / Óscar Martínez

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Letters From the March 21, 2016, Issue Letters From the March 21, 2016, Issue

Contra Clinton redux… the left’s shame… the migrant’s burden… Socialism? OK, but let’s push for a sane foreign policy.

Mar 3, 2016 / Our Readers

Asking For A Friend: How Do I Express My New Gender Presentation Without Buying Into Consumerism?

Asking For A Friend: How Do I Express My New Gender Presentation Without Buying Into Consumerism? Asking For A Friend: How Do I Express My New Gender Presentation Without Buying Into Consumerism?

And another person asks—can I donate welfare dollars to Bernie?

Mar 3, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Ms. Grief

Ms. Grief Ms. Grief

Out of two new books, Constance Fenimore Woolson emerges as a figure of some dimension in her own right.

Mar 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

The Journalist Who Plunged Into Central America’s Deadliest Gang Wars

The Journalist Who Plunged Into Central America’s Deadliest Gang Wars The Journalist Who Plunged Into Central America’s Deadliest Gang Wars

Óscar Martínez reports, with great beauty, on his region’s deepest traumas.

Mar 3, 2016 / Feature / The Editors

Puzzle No. 3393

Puzzle No. 3393 Puzzle No. 3393

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  5 We’re crazy about Virgin Islands magazine (6) 10 A parrot states: “In the Northeast and the West, work!” (5) 11 …

Mar 3, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

How Much More Proof Does the Supreme Court Need That Clinic Closures Restrict Abortion Access?

How Much More Proof Does the Supreme Court Need That Clinic Closures Restrict Abortion Access? How Much More Proof Does the Supreme Court Need That Clinic Closures Restrict Abortion Access?

Justice Anthony Kennedy, expected to be the swing vote in the pivotal case against Texas, suggested a lower court might need to gather more information.

Mar 2, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions

Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions

The 2016 election is the first in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.

Mar 2, 2016 / Ari Berman

Republicans Are Digging in Their Heels Over President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee. Demand That They Do Their Job

Republicans Are Digging in Their Heels Over President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee. Demand That They Do Their Job Republicans Are Digging in Their Heels Over President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee. Demand That They Do Their Job

The American people have already voted on who should appoint our next justice.

Mar 2, 2016 / NationAction

Young Oklahoma Voters Not Afraid of Democratic Socialism

Young Oklahoma Voters Not Afraid of Democratic Socialism Young Oklahoma Voters Not Afraid of Democratic Socialism

Policies like Medicare, Medicaid, and free public education sound anything but scary to them.

Mar 2, 2016 / StudentNation / Lauren Massing and StudentNation

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