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WELCOME: A refugee from Nepal in Clarkston, Ga.

Cities of refuge

by Jamie Dean

Cover Story | The U.S. immigrant legacy and the welcome refugees receive in the United States offer relevant lessons in the debate over immigration reform and how to pave a way for foreign newcomers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/cities_of_refuge]

BUILDING A BUSINESS: Santos Andrade prepares to sharpen lawnmower blades on March 10, near Houston, Texas. Andrade, a legal resident, runs a landscape business with his wife and four sons. He came to the United States illegally from Mexico in 1986.

Here to work

by J.C. Derrick

Cover Story | The passage of immigration reform may stumble on a path to citizenship that illegal immigrants don’t necessarily want

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/here_to_work]

In this issue: "Coming to America," April 6, 2013

Features

EASY ACCESS: Students use Kindles to check out books at public libraries.

R-rated libraries

by Janie B. Cheaney

Books |  The U.S. library establishment is ideologically committed to providing inappropriate material to children, but citizens are not powerless to stop it

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/r_rated_libraries]

FAMILY SUCCESS: Doar proposed a marketing campaign that highlights the importance of work, family, and personal responsibility.
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Powerful obscurity

by Emily Belz

Welfare |  Robert Doar may not be well-known, but he made welfare reform a reality in New York City

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/powerful_obscurity]

MAN AND MACHINE: A workman monitors a robotic ladle moving molten zinc at ArcelorMittal Steel’s hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio.
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Automatic employment

by Daniel James Devine

Business |  Manufacturers say robots and automation, far from hurting workers, can save American jobs in the face of global competition

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/automatic_employment]

Dispatches

Southern strategy
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Southern strategy

by Jamie Dean

Religion |  The selection of an Argentine as pope may have been, in part, an attempt to stop evangelical inroads in South America

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/southern_strategy]

St. Peter’s Square
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Looking Ahead

by The Editors

News |  Easter Sunday   Many Western Christians will celebrate the Easter holiday on March 31, and Pope Francis will on that day deliver his first…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/looking_ahead_0]

Thomas Kang
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Silent treatment

by The Editors

News |  And other news briefs

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/silent_treatment]

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: Dawes performing at Stubbs Bar-B-Que.
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Nihilists' America

by Warren Cole Smith

SXSW 2013 |  South by Southwest is a cultural snapshot of where U.S. pop culture is heading

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/nihilists_america]

GOP Report
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GOP autopsy

by Edward Lee Pitts

Politics |  Inside report shows public perception of Republicans is grim

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/gop_autopsy]

Mitch Seavey
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Human Race

by The Editors

News |  Won Mitch Seavey, 53, became the oldest man to win Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey, who won the competition in 2004, finished the 1,000-mile…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/human_race_0]

Nathaniel Richmond (left) and Ma’lik Richmond in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio
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Quotables

by The Editors

News |  ‘I feel highly responsible for his actions.’ Nathaniel Richmond, absentee father of one of two Ohio teens convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl. A judge…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/quotables_0]

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

by The Editors

News |  Spreading the wealth Most people who win lotteries end up sending their money down the drain. Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Mo., are doing so in a…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/quick_takes_0]

Reviews

Charming <em>Croods</em>
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Charming Croods

by Megan Basham

Movies |  DreamWorks’ new animated film is perhaps the best the studio has produced for families

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/charming_croods]

Duck Dynasty

Duck Dynasty

by Emily Whitten

Television |  Deep in the duck blinds of Louisiana, there lives a clan of burly men and their devoted wives and children. Should you stumble upon them Wednesdays 10 p.m.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/duck_dynasty]

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Box Office Top 10

by The Editors

Movies |  For the weekend of March 15-17 according to Box Office Mojo

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/box_office_top_10_0]

The Sapphires
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The Sapphires

by Stephanie Perrault

Movies |  The 1960s were a time of racial turmoil in America, but there was one medium that transcended class, culture, and race. That medium was music. Motown was in…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/the_sapphires]

The World According to Dick Cheney
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The World According to Dick Cheney

by Alicia M. Cohn

Television |  The World According to Dick Cheney is not an examination of a polarizing former vice president. It is a history lesson molded by the perspective of the man…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/the_world_according_to_dick_cheney]

Dennis Lehane
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Hardboiled fiction

by Marvin Olasky

Books |  Dennis Lehane is definitely not for some readers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/hardboiled_fiction]

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Notable Books

by Emily Whitten

Books |  Four books spotlighting new beginnings

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/notable_books_0]

Michele Bachmann
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The Technicolor life

by Marvin Olasky

Q&A |  Rep. Michele Bachmann on marriage, feminism, Christianity in politics, and the need for conservative candidates to be a virtual Wikipedia

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/the_technicolor_life]

Christian tapestry

Christian tapestry

by Arsenio Orteza

Music |  The lack of a major label is a major asset for Christine Yvette

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/christian_tapestry]

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Notable CDs

by Arsenio Orteza

Music |  New or recent releases

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/notable_cds_0]

Notebook

COMPLEX: Christopher Kincaid, Christopher Ellison and his daughters, Marco Garcia with his dog Bentley (from left to right).
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Old lives, new life

by David Fisher

Lifestyle |  How three men came to reject Christianity and what we can learn about the importance of a faith that delights in Jesus

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/old_lives_new_life]

Stop, frisk, and scroll
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Stop, frisk, and scroll

by Daniel James Devine

Technology |  Police in some jurisdictions have the right to search a suspect’s cellphone during an arrest

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/stop_frisk_and_scroll]

FLOAT ON: A Palestinian woman swimming in the Dead Sea.

Raising the Dead Sea

by Daniel James Devine

Science |  Will an ambitious water project revive a sinking salty sea?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/raising_the_dead_sea]

Lutheran Church of the Reformation
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Lutheran Church of the Reformation

by The Editors

Houses of God |  Washington, D.C.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/lutheran_church_of_the_reformation]

Tiger Woods (left) and Rory McIlroy
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Lost in the Woods?

by Mark Bergin

Sports |  If Rory McIlroy isn’t ready for life at the top, his predecessor will happily reassume the role

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/lost_in_the_woods]

Pinch at the pump
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Pinch at the pump

by Warren Cole Smith

Money |  Market forces and Fed policy will likely keep gasoline prices high

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/pinch_at_the_pump]

Bill Gates
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What billions buy

by Joy Pullmann

Education |  Bill Gates is reshaping American education with his pocketbook

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/what_billions_buy]

Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to start the conclave
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A choice and an echo

by Thomas Kidd

Religion |  Tight security, much advice accompany papal selection

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/a_choice_and_an_echo]

Voices

Rough water ahead
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Rough water ahead

by Joel Belz

Healthcare |  The fiscal cliff was nothing compared to the dislocations Obamacare will bring

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/rough_water_ahead]

The denial of St Peter, 1650
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Peter's identity crisis

by Janie B. Cheaney

Faith & Inspiration |  The ‘I am’ meets the ‘I am not’

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/peters_identity_crisis]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US: A satellite image of an airstrip deep in the Saudi Arabia desert that may be a secret U.S. drone base.
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Droning on

by Mindy Belz

Middle East |  Like other parts of the Middle East, the U.S.-Saudi alliance needs its own democracy movement

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/droning_on]

Mailbag
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Mailbag

by The Editors

Letters from our readers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/mailbag_0]

Our daily bread
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Our daily bread

by Andrée Seu Peterson

Faith & Inspiration |  God’s promises are bigger than insufficient funds

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/our_daily_bread]

Don't waste your stink bugs
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Don't waste your stink bugs

by Marvin Olasky

Culture |  The teleology of a dive-bombing ‘devil’ insect

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/don_t_waste_your_stink_bugs]

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