The case for reparations / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- Women aren't welcome here / Amanda Hess -- The college rape overcorrection / Emily Yoffe -- When Michael Dunn compared himself to a rape victim, he was following an old, racist script ; I don't care if you like it ; The Slenderman stabbing shows girls will be girls, too / Rebecca Traister -- Shame and survival / Monica Lewinsky -- Inside the iron closet : what it's like to be gay in Putin's Russia / Jeff Sharlet -- Love and ruin / James Verini -- The ballad of Geeshie and Elvie / John Jeremiah Sullivan -- The truth about Chicago's crime rates / David Bernstein and Noah Isackson -- The sea of crises / Brian Phillips -- Zombies on the wall : why does so much new abstraction look the same? ; Taking in Jeff Koons, creator and destroyer of worlds ; Post-macho god : Matisse's cut-outs are world-historically gorgeous / Jerry Saltz -- Follow me : Kate Upton leads the charge of models who've gone crazy for social media / Jonathan Van Meter -- Jackie's goodbye / Tiffany Stanley -- This old man / Roger Angell -- The emerald light in the air / Donald Antrim.

Features articles that were judged finalists and winners in the National Magazine Awards, presenting works from leading journalists on such topics as reparations, Internet sexual harassment, the public humiliation complex, and the college rape crisis.