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[Letter from the West Bank] After Nonviolence

The end of peaceful resistance in Palestine

by Ben Ehrenreich,

Current Issue May 2025

[Report] Radioactive Man

On (maybe) unraveling a government cover-up

by Maddy Crowell,

[Memoir] The Secret of Who She Was

How my mother learned to be invisible

by Geoff Dyer,

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Americans who say that the United States should “take control of” Canada : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Canadians who say that California, Oregon, and Washington should “become part of” Canada : 1/3

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase this year in sales of the Canadian flag by Flags Unlimited, one of Canada’s largest flag manufacturers : 100

[Harper’s Index]

Average salary cut that a Democrat would take in order to have an employer with liberal views : $1,700

[Harper’s Index]

That a Republican would take in order not to have a liberal employer : $1,600

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who said their sympathies lay more with Palestinians than with Israelis in 2013 : 12

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage of U.N. press releases that were generated by AI last year : 14

[Harper’s Index]

Average percentage by which customers rate more highly customer-service calls that use AI to “standardize” accents : 22

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated minimum amount generated by Cambodia’s scam industry last year : $12,500,000,000

[Harper’s Index]

Minimum number of Fortune 100 CEOs who have frozen their sperm : 33

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated average cost, per milliliter, of commercially donated sperm : $6,000

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of men who report having at least seven orgasms per week : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change in the portion of Americans who identified as Christian from 2007 to 2022 : –23

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who pray who do so in a place of worship : 46

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of apartment rentals in Brooklyn last year for which there was a bidding war : 27

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American changed addresses in any given year in the 1960s : 1 in 5

[Harper’s Index]

Rank of Florida among the states that Americans say they would most like to move to : 1

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of buildings in California constructed in the 1920s that are in high-risk fire areas today : 28

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of the contiguous United States in which mosquito season is longer now than it was in 1979 : 3/4

[Harper’s Index]

Average number of days by which mosquito season is now longer in these areas : 17

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the number of days that American schools are closed because of extreme heat has increased since 2019 : 2

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change since 2000 in the portion of U.S. kindergarten and preschool teachers who are men : +129

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American believes they have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 10

[Harper’s Index]

Maximum chance that an American does have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 100

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Americans with chronic kidney disease who are unaware of it : 9/10

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans aged 25 to 34 who consider themselves middle-aged : 21

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who consider Canada a U.S. ally : 82

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Canadians who consider the United States a Canadian ally : 33

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Americans who say that the United States should “take control of” Canada : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Canadians who say that California, Oregon, and Washington should “become part of” Canada : 1/3

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase this year in sales of the Canadian flag by Flags Unlimited, one of Canada’s largest flag manufacturers : 100

[Harper’s Index]

Average salary cut that a Democrat would take in order to have an employer with liberal views : $1,700

[Harper’s Index]

That a Republican would take in order not to have a liberal employer : $1,600

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who said their sympathies lay more with Palestinians than with Israelis in 2013 : 12

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage of U.N. press releases that were generated by AI last year : 14

[Harper’s Index]

Average percentage by which customers rate more highly customer-service calls that use AI to “standardize” accents : 22

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated minimum amount generated by Cambodia’s scam industry last year : $12,500,000,000

[Harper’s Index]

Minimum number of Fortune 100 CEOs who have frozen their sperm : 33

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated average cost, per milliliter, of commercially donated sperm : $6,000

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of men who report having at least seven orgasms per week : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change in the portion of Americans who identified as Christian from 2007 to 2022 : –23

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who pray who do so in a place of worship : 46

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of apartment rentals in Brooklyn last year for which there was a bidding war : 27

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American changed addresses in any given year in the 1960s : 1 in 5

[Harper’s Index]

Rank of Florida among the states that Americans say they would most like to move to : 1

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of buildings in California constructed in the 1920s that are in high-risk fire areas today : 28

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of the contiguous United States in which mosquito season is longer now than it was in 1979 : 3/4

[Harper’s Index]

Average number of days by which mosquito season is now longer in these areas : 17

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the number of days that American schools are closed because of extreme heat has increased since 2019 : 2

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change since 2000 in the portion of U.S. kindergarten and preschool teachers who are men : +129

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American believes they have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 10

[Harper’s Index]

Maximum chance that an American does have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 100

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Americans with chronic kidney disease who are unaware of it : 9/10

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans aged 25 to 34 who consider themselves middle-aged : 21

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May 13, 2025

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The Lonely Rowan, a painting (ink wash on paper mounted on hand-painted watercolor paper) by Gunnel Wåhlstrand, whose work is on view with Andréhn-Schiptjenko at the Independent Art Fair. Courtesy the artist and Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Paris

Voice Figure, c. 1885-1904, an image of sound created with paint on glass, by Margaret Watts Hughes, from her book Sound May Be Seen, which was published last month by The Further Reading Library | Christine Burgin Books.

“Street Protests During the DNC, Chicago, Illinois, 2024,” by Kris Graves. This image is part of the two-book set entitled RNC/DNC published last year by KGP MONOLITH. Courtesy the artist and KGP MONOLITH

“Sick Hagemeyer shop assistant as a seventies icon posing in front of the United Trading Company headquarters, Accra, 1971,” a photograph by James Barnor, whose work is on view with Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. Courtesy Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière

Percentage of Americans who consider Canada a U.S. ally : 82

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