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Passing Down the Scroll
“Atem nitzavim hayom—You are standing this day, all of you, before the Lord your G-d . . .” ASCENDING THE MAROON-CARPETED steps, I took a deep, steadying breath. I’d swapped my baby Continue reading
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Stall Economy
OUTSIDE THE GTB Nagar metro station in North Delhi is a dense bustle typical of mornings in the city. Hundreds of people brush past one another at the crossroads; women stand Continue reading
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Curanderismo and Healing the Fractured Soul
GRACE ALVAREZ SESMA HAS always been a dreamer. But this night was different. “We were a very humble family,” she says of her upbringing in the Mexicali barrio of Colonia Pro-Hogar. Continue reading
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The Incredible Strangeness of a Total Solar Eclipse
A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE is to a total eclipse what a garden drizzle is to a mountain storm: light rain and pleasant greenery versus stacked, black thunderheads belching lightning, thunder, and Continue reading
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The Most Dangerous Plant in Britain
IT IS HARD TO HEAR HIM speak beneath the roar of lorries on Orient Way. Every few seconds, a petrol-scented tailwind gusts along the roadside, and all the branches shudder. Twelve Continue reading