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Nature Panes

by Noelani Kirschner | Monday, July 15, 2019
Aida’s Story

Smarty Pants Podcast

Aida’s Story

What one woman’s life between two countries can teach us about the humanitarian crisis at the border

by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, July 12, 2019
Entre Vírgenes

Asturias Days

Entre Vírgenes

by Clellan Coe | Friday, July 12, 2019
“The Makers” by Howard Nemerov

Read Me a Poem

“The Makers” by Howard Nemerov

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, July 12, 2019
A Border Patrol agent walks next to a man in handcuffs by the side of a patrol truck

Article

Rape Trees and Rosary Beads

Field notes of a Border Patrol agent

by Brendan Lenihan | Thursday, July 11, 2019
Step Aside

View from Rue Saint-Georges

Step Aside

Do we really want to live in a society where credentials don’t matter?

by Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Two rings

Next Line, Please

The Marriage Equation

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 09, 2019
“Our Casuarina Tree” by Toru Dutt

Read Me a Poem

“Our Casuarina Tree” by Toru Dutt

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, July 05, 2019
De Tanto Correr

Asturias Days

De Tanto Correr

by Clellan Coe | Friday, July 05, 2019
An Ives Fourth

Measure by Measure

An Ives Fourth

Nostalgia or nightmare?

by Sudip Bose | Thursday, July 04, 2019
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

What the Jeffrey Epstein Case Can Teach Us About Sex Trafficking

by Scott W. Stern

Financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Saturday and charged with new counts of sex trafficking. Epstein was previously investigated for alleged sex crimes, a controversial case that ended when he signed a nonprosecution agreement and served a 13-month jail sentence, with generous “work-release” privileges. In his article for the Scholar’s summer issue, Scott W. Stern refers to the Epstein case in highlighting the complexity of prostitution laws in the United States, which often make no distinction between consensual sex workers and trafficked ones—meaning that many trafficking victims are arrested and prosecuted while the men who solicit sex are let off the hook. “Trafficking survivors are likelier to go to the authorities,” he writes, “if they won’t be thrown in prison—or deported—as a result.”

Current Issue

Current Issue Cover

“Had NASA kept pace, Elon Musk and others wouldn’t be planning missions to Mars. They’d have moved there already.”—George Musser

Plus: Scott W. Stern on why laws against sex trafficking never work, Caroline Alexander follows in the footsteps of the Iliad, and Karen J. Coates reports from a Cambodia flooded with Chinese investment

A rocket launches into the sky amidst clouds at night.

Cover Story

Our Fate Is in the Stars

Today’s space program still does amazing things, but nothing like Apollo. It’s time to begin again.

by George Musser
A man in a suit with a red tie and sunglasses stands next to two soldiers in U.S. uniform. They are filmed by a third man.

Book Reviews

The Difficult Diplomat

A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy

by Charles Trueheart
Two women console one another one the footsteps of a church.

Book Reviews

What Makes Us Better

Two books explore whether morality is innate or learned

by Sissela Bok
A group of people dressed in red and black hold protest signs beneath umbrellas. One reads

Article

Sex Workers of the World United

Last year’s SESTA/FOSTA legislation aimed to limit sex trafficking—but it’s just the latest in a long line of policies designed to criminalize the oldest profession

by Scott W. Stern
How to Be a Big-League Critic

Tuning Up

How to Be a Big-League Critic

Helpful hints from a professional

by David Lehman

Shelf Life

A City in Crisis cover

A City in Crisis

By Benjamin J. Pauli

An excerpt from Flint Fights Back by Benjamin J. Pauli
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Daily Scholar

Noelani Kirschner

Mondays

Portrait of the Artist

An artist describes a work of art

by Noelani Kirschner
David Lehman

Tuesdays

Next Line, Please

David Lehman collaborates with our readers on a poem.

by David Lehman
Thomas Chatterton Williams

Wednesdays

View from Rue Saint-Georges

An American in Paris

by Thomas Chatterton Williams
Sudip Bose

Thursdays

Measure by Measure

Classical music reconsidered

by Sudip Bose
Clellan Coe

Fridays

Asturias Days

An American émigré muses on the language and culture of northern Spain.

by Clellan Coe