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January/February 2017
Features
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The Golden Warrior
The recent discovery of the grave of an ancient soldier is challenging accepted wisdom among archaeologists
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Things That Go Boom
College football seasons come and go, but the joyous thunder of Jackson State's iconic marching band rolls on
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Salvation
New evidence shows that Homer Cummings, who would later be FDR's attorney general, rescued an innocent man accused of murder
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American Incarceration
Three photo essays explore the history and modern-day consequences of the world's highest incarceration rate
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Exoneration
Locked up for a murder he didn't commit, he served the longest sentence of any U.S. inmate found to be innocent
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Suspicion
During WWII, 120,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into camps, a government action that still haunts victims and their descendants
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Innocence
With more American men and women in prison than ever before in our history, millions of children are struggling with the effects of a fractured family life
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The Lovers of Shanxi
As the nation teetered on the brink of war in the 1930s, two Western-educated thinkers struck out for the hinterlands to save their country's riches
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Reader responses to our December issue
The Judgment
Commissioned for Smithsonian magazine, this painting shows a leader at a crossroads
Rage Against the Machines
What a 19th-century rebellion against automation can teach us about the coming war in the job market
The Elephant Detective
An American biologist wields an innovative weapon against the illegal trade in African ivory
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