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The Talk of the Town
Who Are the Tsarnaevs?by David Remnick
The Chechen family had been battered by history before—by empire and the strife of displacement, by exile and emigration…
News Desk
An End to Boston’s Tragedyby Adam Gopnik
A strange, grim day is finally over with the surrender of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev…
The Talk of the Town
The Scene of the Shootoutby Seth Mnookin
Following the police chase for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from M.I.T. to Watertown.
A Reporter at Large
Why Earth and
Not Mars?by Burkhard Bilger
One planet lived and the other died. Can the Curiosity rover discover why?
The Front Row
The Cinematic Soulby Richard Brody
Movies that are any good save people’s lives, and the 1967 film “Portrait of Jason” is one of the greatest cinematic salvations of all time…
Editors’ Choice
Dept. of Archeology
The Sanctuaryby Elif Batuman
The world’s oldest temple and the dawn of civilization.
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4/20 12:00 AM
Blood and Tragedy: The Caucasus in the Literary Imagination
Whether the two accused bombers had specific grievances about the plight of their native Chechnya is unclear. But as the details
4/19 10:00 PM
Slide Show: Portrait of the Tsarnaev Family
We look back at the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing as younger men, and at some of the other
4/19 9:49 PM
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Lost and Found
There were two, and then one, terrorists on the run in a Boston suburb; there were two, and then one, terrorists
4/19 8:03 PM
The Hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Ends
The Middlesex County District Attorney released a statement saying that the suspect who was caught had also been shot; he had
4/19 7:12 PM
“Portrait of Jason” and the Life of Movies
In a fairer world, Portrait of Jason would have done what Shirley Clarke’s earlier works didn’t: it would have launched her,
4/19 6:40 PM
Backblogged: Our Five Favorite Sentences of the Week
The loss of the young, and the idea that young people could have done this, may be the great madness of
4/19 6:10 PM
Scanner Fever
A police scanner can create a personal connection between a listener and some distant drama. But things get tricky when the
