Fear
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Is Fear of Crime a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
Violent crime — homicides, robberies, gun assaults — has begun to fall from pandemic-era levels. But people are scared. According to the Pew Research Center, almost 60 percent of Americans today say that violent crime is a “very big problem.” In New ...
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Completely at Sea
I am not excited to go on a cruise. I am not a “cruise person.” I don’t boat. I’ve read my Geoff Dyer and my David Foster Wallace. I’ve watched “The Perfect Storm” a weird number of times. And as much as I love Conrad and Melville, it is not lost on ...
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The Glow of a Wedding Amid Bombs and Blackouts
“Say it louder,” the groom’s father teased the young couple. The timid “I do’s” barely registered in the high-ceilinged Odesa wedding hall. I ...
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