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“When my father-in-law was growing up in Baltimore and misbehaved in Hebrew school with his friends, their teachers would calmly unbutton their cuffs and roll up their sleeves, revealing their tattoos from Auschwitz. I’ve seen worse, the tattoos said. Or perhaps, This could happen to you.” What does your tattoo mean? It’s a question often asked of […]
This week, our editors recommend stories by Eric Borsuk, Aaron Gell, Laurie Penny, Hanif Abdurraqib, and Will Rees.
“A terrible failure of planning necessitated a mad scramble—a mad scramble that was an impressive display of creative determination.”
“As a girl in Austria, Evy Mages was confined to a mysterious institution in Innsbruck. Decades later, she learned why.”
“Meet the rednecks running a mutual aid auto repair shop in Alabama.”
How Taylor Swift reflects every possible version of ourselves.
“It’s been four years since a Phoenix police officer killed Jacob Harris. As Harris’s friends grow up behind bars, his father won’t stop until he gets justice for his son.”
In this edition: Eschatolgy, Texas style; dancing like nobody’s watching; the men, they myths, the legends; monumental responses; and notes fit for a King.
“After Zac Brettler mysteriously plummeted into the Thames, his grieving parents discovered that he’d been posing as an oligarch’s son. Would the police help them solve the puzzle of his death?”
“For some actors, an iconic role can be a prison. Then there’s Daniel Radcliffe.”
