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July/August 2019

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A New Vision of the Holy Land
With conflict raging again in Israel, a fearless initiative reveals a complex reality that few visitors ever experience
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Speed Demons
An American tale of speed demons, murder and a son's attempt to complete his father's unfinished legacy
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The Chrome Jewels
Today's show-car royalty reinvents the wheel
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Snake-Landia
Bounty hunters and biologists wade deep into the Everglades to wrestle with the invasion of giant pythons threatening the state's wetlands
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Geography of Genius
These stark yet stunning landscapes inspired the lyricism of the American titan of poetry
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Melville's Lost Paradise
We retrace the journey that had a long-lasting influence on the enigmatic author's improbable career
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Discussion
Your feedback on our coverage of the Apollo 11 mission and a voyage back to the Titanic
Under Fire
How the beloved figure has become a lightning rod in a heated environmental debate
Sweet Science
Archaeologists are discovering that two of the world’s most prized flavors have a much richer history than we thought
A Lost Work by Langston Hughes
In 1933, the Harlem Renaissance star wrote a powerful essay about race. It has never been published in English—until now
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