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Afghanistan's Wounded Struggle With Genital Injuries

Before they went off to fight in Afghanistan, the guys of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines talked quietly about their deepest fear. Not dying. Not losing a leg or an arm. It was having their genitals…
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1235 words)

A True Bionic Limb Remains Far Out of Reach

On the night of November 1, 2008, Iraqi insurgents lobbed two RKG-3 armor-piercing hand grenades at an up-armored Humvee in Baghdad. The first grenade, a dud, bounced off the passenger-side door.…
PUBLISHED: March 20, 2012
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4362 words)

Meet the New Boss

I was walking around my sister’s Near North neighborhood in Chicago recently and came upon a small patch of green called Bauler Park. Paddy Bauler was the rollicking tavern owner and 43rd Ward…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4302 words)

The Story of a Suicide

Dharun Ravi grew up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, in a large, modern house with wide expanses of wood flooring and a swimming pool out back. Assertive and athletic, he used…
AUTHOR:Ian Parker
PUBLISHED: Feb. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (976 words)
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