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May 1997 Issue
May 1997 Cover
Randall Kennedy, “My Race Problem -- and Ours”; Scott Stossel, “The Man Who Counts the Killings”; Katha Pollitt, “Abortion in American History”; Wislawa Szymborska, “A Word on Statistics”; and much more. View Magazine
  • My Race Problem
    Randall Kennedy
  • The Man Who Counts the Killings
    Scott Stossel
  • Abortion in American History
    Katha Pollitt
  • The May Almanac
  • The Disunited States
    John D. Donahue
  • Hidden Colors
    David Lawday

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By Guy Billout
May 1997 Issue
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