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Murder? Poachers? What the hell is going on with <em>Where the Crawdads Sing</em> author Delia Owens?

Murder? Poachers? What the hell is going on with Where the Crawdads Sing author Delia Owens?

By Jessie Gaynor | July 30, 2019

Edward Said on the Death of American Activist Rachel Corrie

Edward Said on the Death of American Activist Rachel Corrie

From One of His Last Speeches in 2003

By Edward Said | April 29, 2019

They Don't Kill Us Because of How We Pray

They Don't Kill Us Because of How We Pray

On Pittsburgh, Otherness, and the Virulence of Antisemitism

By Emily Geminder | November 5, 2018

The Mysterious Case of a Mongolian Murder That Might Have Been...

The Mysterious Case of a Mongolian Murder That Might Have Been...

Leonid Yuzefovich Follows a Footnote Across 100 Years and 1,000 Miles

By Leonid Yuzefovich | September 20, 2018

Portland Train Attack Survivors Destinee Mangum and Walia Mohamed Speak Out

Portland Train Attack Survivors Destinee Mangum and Walia Mohamed Speak Out

"I had already been through so much. I just wanted my old life back."

By Arjun Singh Sethi | August 13, 2018

Why We Love—and Need to Leave Behind—Dead Girl Stories

Why We Love—and Need to Leave Behind—Dead Girl Stories

"The Way We Tell Them Gives Us Permission to Look Away from Obvious Patterns"

By Kristen Martin | June 27, 2018

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Between Fiction and the Brutal Reality of Mexico’s Drug War

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