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July/August 2020

Features

The Divide

A world-famous bonobo and the celebrated psychologist who raised him are no longer allowed to see each other. A story about the mysterious boundary between humans and apes

Lindsay Stern; Photographs by Kevin Miyazaki

American Descendants

A photographic inquiry

Photographs by Drew Gardner; Text by Jennie Rothenberg Gritz

social Virus Hunter in bat cave with a red eyed bat

The Virus Hunters

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists were searching for potential human pathogens in wild animals. They’ve found thousands. A special report

Maryn McKenna; Photographs by Gaia Squarci

SOCIAL MEDIA - When I felt strong enough to go out for a walk, out of desperation from being locked up in the flat, I would walk along the Thames on the large promenade that borders the river. It was a cool night in April, and the sun had left a searing p

English Gothic

A quarantined photographer makes the most of the harsh materials at hand to create a fragile portrait of her strangely altered life

Photographs and text by Nicola Muirhead, as told to Anna Diamond

The Way of the Shogun

Looking for the soul of modern Japan on an ancient road once traveled by poets and samurai

Tony Perrottet; Photographs by Hiroshi Okamoto

Social Media Opener - The valiant Inez Milholland, standard-bearer in the nation’s struggle for female enfranchisement, is portrayed here by Isabella Serrano.

Freedom Fighter

A courageous American's campaign to win the vote for women inspires a dramatic homage a century later

Photographs by Jeanine Michna-Bales; Text by Amy Crawford

SOCIAL Joe McCarthy and a German solider

Senator McCarthy's Nazi Problem

The Wisconsin firebrand sided with the Germany military in a war crimes trial, raising questions about his anti-Semitism. A new look at a nearly forgotten episode

Larry Tye