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Making tracks

Making tracks

by Marvin Olasky

2013 Books Issue | Superb reporting and storytelling about a modern-day underground railroad make Melanie Kirkpatrick’s Escape from North Korea WORLD’s Book of the Year

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/06/making_tracks]

Agent exegesis
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Agent exegesis

by Edward Lee Pitts

IRS Scandal |  The IRS targeted more than Tea Party groups for special investigations. The agency also went after religious, pro-life, and pro-marriage groups, holding up…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/agent_exegesis]

NEW NORM: A man walks amid destruction in the northern city of Aleppo on April 10.
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Turning Syria inside out

by Mindy Belz

Middle East |  With foreign fighters invading the rebellion, millions of Syrians fleeing civil war, and a brutal president determined to hang on, good guys and workable…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/turning_syria_inside_out]

Scouts in the balance
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Scouts in the balance

by Warren Cole Smith

Boy Scouts |  Will the Boy Scouts of America survive a double-barreled attack from atheists and homosexual activists?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/scouts_in_the_balance]

CARNAGE: People react as a second explosion goes off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
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Heartbreak Hill

by Jamie Dean

Terrorism |  When explosions hit the Boston Marathon, people at the scene and Boston residents swung into action

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/heartbreak_hill]

TAKING UP THE BANNER: Traditional marriage supporters march in Washington.
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Countercultural warriors

by Edward Lee Pitts

Marriage |  Some Christian millennials are very publicly standing apart from their generation to defend marriage

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/countercultural_warriors]

MOMENTUM: Advocates of redefining marriage rally at the court March 27.
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Gettin’ on board the gay marriage train

by Emily Belz

Marriage |  Same-sex advocates ruled the public arena surrounding Supreme Court arguments for two landmark cases. But it’s far from certain the legal locomotion on…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/gettin_on_board_the_gay_marriage_train]

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.
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Here to work

by J.C. Derrick

Immigration |  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]

WELCOME: A refugee from Nepal in Clarkston, Ga.
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Cities of refuge

by Jamie Dean

Immigration |  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…

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

Selena Gomez arrives for the premiere of <i>Spring Breakers</i> at SXSW 2013.

Innocents in Austin: Settling in at SXSW

by Warren Cole Smith

Culture |  So much to see, so little time, and it ain’t what it used to be

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

Bernanke near his office in the Federal Reserve building in Washington
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The house that Ben built

by Warren Cole Smith

Economy |  Behind Washington fights between the White House and Congress over taxes and spending, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has pursued a high-risk strategy…

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

GOOD NEWS: New City Church
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L.A. grace

by Sophia Lee

Cities |  A spiritual renaissance comes to downtown Los Angeles

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/la_grace]

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