Bearing witness to America’s death row, and more from the July issue

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In this issue: Elizabeth Bruenig’s reporting from America’s death row, and what years of witnessing executions taught her about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption. George Packer on who J.D. Vance used to be, and who he has become in the pursuit of power. Xochitl Gonzalez on the exclusive—and cutthroat—world of luxury fitness. Inside the new big business of animal cloning. The Iraqi bluffing game that shows it may be possible to perfect the art of lie detection. How to look at Gauguin. New fiction from Peter Mendelsund. And a note from our editor in chief.    Read these, and more, in the July issue of The Atlantic. Atlantic subscribers enjoy 12 magazine issues every year, featuring some of our deepest reporting, stunning art and photography, and the monthly edition of Caleb's Inferno, the devilishly difficult word puzzle. Get the July issue today, along with unlimited access to all of The Atlantic, when you subscribe, starting at less than $2.50 a week. Subscribe On the Cover Art by Peter Mendelsund Inside America’s Death Chambers By Elizabeth Bruenig What years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption Read the full story Articles Illustration by Ben Hickey Feudalism Is Our Future By Cullen Murphy What the next Dark Ages could look like Read the full story Photo-illustration by David Samuel Stern* The Talented Mr. Vance By George Packer J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power. Read the full story Photographs by Brian Finke Inside the Creepy, Surprisingly Routine Business of Animal Cloning By Bianca Bosker “Really and truly, a horse can be alive forever. Forever and ever.” Read the full story Photo-Illustration by Colin Hunter* Fast Times and Mean Girls By Hillary Kelly What the great teen movies tell us about American adolescence Read the full story Illustrations by Ben Pearce Weepers By Peter Mendelsund A short story Read the full story Photographs by Caroline Tompkins Inside the Exclusive, Obsessive, Surprisingly Litigious World of Luxury Fitness By Xochitl Gonzalez How Tracy Anderson built an exercise empire Read the full story Subscribe Issues of The Atlantic magazine are published monthly. Download the Atlantic app for Android and iOS Responses to this email are not monitored. For customer-service inquiries or assistance with your account, please visit our Help Center. The Atlantic ∙ 610 Water St. SW ∙ Washington, DC 20024   Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy