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STILL LIFE [Photo Stories]
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After Dark. 9/11 photo report: The aftermath in New York, photographed on the nights of September 12th and 13th.
Photos by Zana Briski
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Spring Break. In search of a clue: Portraits of college kids, in their par-tay element in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Photos and narrative by Nathaniel Welch
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Love and Death in Rural West Virginia. Country life: A photojournalist records the end of a 70-year-old marriage.
Photos by Ed Kashi
Captions by Julie Winokur
With statistics on care of the aging, compiled by Ana Arana
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The Last Picture Show. Hidden New York: An unrenovated theater lies dormant in the heart of Times Square.
Photos by Ofer Wolberger
Afterword by Robin Noble
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’Nuff Said? A story in a single photo: One last call from Silicon Valley.
Photo by Earl Belofsky
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FEATURE ARTICLES
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Forgetting Something? Foreign policy lessons from Gulf War I: What George W. Bush hasn’t learned from his father.
By Ian Williams
With a photo by Laurent Rebours (Associated Press)
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Is This Neighborhood Dead Meat? New York City scene: Money is changing Manhattan’s meatpacking district.
By Jennifer Jensen
Photos by Margo Silver
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FICTION
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Linear A. A short story: Love among the runes.
By Mark McIntyre
Illustrations by Don Newcomb
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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Pictures + Arguments. Launch editorial: What’s the point of Proof?
By Stephen Davis
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TRUE NEWS [Reports & other evidence]
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Report from the Shadows. 9/11 journal: A New Yorker’s eyewitness account of the morning of September 11th.
By Jacques Menasche
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Corner of Greenwich and Albany streets. 9/11 photojournal: A deli worker peers out a shattered window.
Photo by Angelo Rivera III
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Far from Fixed. Practical politics: The high-stakes maneuvering behind refitting America’s voting machines.
Report by Andrea Kannapell
With a photo by Andrea Kannapell
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After Tito, the Laundry. Letter from the Balkans: An update on Slovenia, where peace actually broke out after 1991.
Report by Wes Eichenwald
With a photo by Wes Eichenwald
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TRUE VIEWS [Reviews & other arguments]
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The I-Didn’t-Do-It Boy. TV sports: Dennis Miller hasn’t spoiled Monday Night Football by himself.
Essay by Jay Martel
Illustration by Linda Zacks
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Mad about Math. Broadway: David Auburn’s Proof challenges the authority the sciences hold over modern life.
Review by Mary Poovey
Illustration by Linda Zacks
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Writing Happens. Books (nonfiction): In his 55th book, Stephen King explains how you, too, can become a writer.
Review by Richard Dry
Illustration by Linda Zacks
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Anchors Aweigh? Pop music: PJ Harvey sings of calmer waters in Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea.
Review by Jeanne Fury
Illustration by Linda Zacks
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You Can’t Be Serious. Pro tennis: How John McEnroe could save his sport.
Proposal by Tom LeCompte
Illustration by Linda Zacks
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How to Save American Democracy. Current events & politics: Step one: burn the Constitution . . .
Proposal by Bruce J. Schulman
Illustration by Linda Zacks
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TRADE SHOW [What’s new in . . . 35mm cameras]
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The Automatic Choice—Sort Of. A consumer’s guide: Automatic 35mm SLRs offer a sure route to good pictures.
By Philip Greenspun
Illustration by Lisa Blackshear
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SNAP JUDGMENT [Two pictures]
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With Love, from Brooklyn. The back-page photo story: After 9/11 Brooklyn looks back, and ahead.
Photos by Stephen Davis
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REGULARS
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Contact Sheet [classified news, notes & notices], masthead, contents page.
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Welcome to proofmag.com. Re-live Obama’s 2008 run in our web exclusive photo story ‘Indy Races’ by Robin Jerstad.
