American Murder Mystery: Why is crime rising in so many American cities? The answer implicates one of the most celebrated antipoverty programs of recent decades. [Atlantic]
French smokers abandon bars, clubs and restaurants for private parties: Smokers in France are uniting to beat a ban on lighting up in public by organising open-house parties where they can puff on their Gauloises until the early hours. [Times]
Blacker-than-black Market: Here, just inside Paraguay, close to where that country ends and Argentina and Brazil begin, is Ciudad del Este—most famous for its markets, both illicit and legal, which I’m shopping my way through with startling ease. Machines guns aren’t the only thing for sale here, of course. [Good Magazine]
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