HARPER’S MAGAZINE, the oldest general interest monthly in America, explores the issues that drive our national conversation through such celebrated features as Readings, Annotation, and Findings, as well as the iconic Harper’s Index.
Harper’s Magazine
LETTERS
EDITOR’S DESK • Fighting Words
THE U.S. IS AT A TURNING POINT IN RACE RELATIONS • The life and presidency of Jimmy Carter offers unique lessons for the way forward.
EASY CHAIR • Which Side Are You On?
READINGS
THE LONG GOODBYE
CALL ME BY YOUR PAIN
VANISHING CREAM
EXTRA EXTRA
SYSTEM OF A CLOWN
WALKING TOUR OF AN IMAGINARY HOMELAND
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMON
THE BIG TECH EXTORTION RACKET • How Google, Amazon, and Facebook control our lives
WHO IS THE TYRANT?
THE HAUNTTED HOUSE • What privacy looks like on Google Street View
A LITANY FOR SURVIVAL • Giving birth as a black woman in America
ELDER ABUSE • Nursing homes, the coronavirus, and the bottom line
THREE POEMS
BRIGHT POWER, DARK PEACE • Robinson Jeffers and the hope of human extinction
NONCONFORMING • Against the erosion of academic freedom by identity politics
THE WORK OF ART
SOLUTION TO THE AUGUST PUZZLE
NEW BOOKS
CAGE OF GOLD • The corrupt business of deportation
COETZEE’S RADICAL MASTERPIECE • On the Jesus trilogy
SAME DIFFERENCE
FINDINGS
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