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...graphic novel" crystallized 25 years ago with the publication of Will Eisner's "Contract with God." Part 1 of TIME.comix's special anniversary coverage looked at the history, controversy and current status of the graphic novel. This week I present a list of 25 books that form a basic graphic literature library spanning the last 25 years. Following this are some reader's reactions to Part...
...KIPP formula is very basic: its schools thrive on a culture of hard work, discipline, accountability and incentives. Students, parents and teachers are all required to sign a “Commitment to Excellence” form, in which they promise to fulfill their respective obligations. The school day is long, beginning at 7:25 a.m. and lasting until 5:00 p.m. “KIPPsters” (as they’re known) also typically put in four hours on Saturdays. This may sound excessively rigorous, but every director or teacher I spoke with emphasized how enthusiastically the students...
...tiny strip of land on the southeastern coast of Cuba, 600 men wait. They wait for a trial, for a lawyer, even for a charge against them. These men, most of whom U.S. military forces captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past two years, have been denied their basic judicial rights...
...left for basic training on Sept. 19, 2001, barely a week after the terrorist attacks; she wound up in Texas at Fort Bliss, where she made about $1,100 a month as a supply clerk, keeping records, ordering toilet paper. She thought it would be good business experience and steady, safe. "They told me I'd never probably see the frontline area," she says. It was at Fort Bliss that Lynch found her soul mates: her boyfriend Ruben Contreras and her roommate Lori Piestewa, best friend and protector. Lori was a Hopi Indian, the single mother of two. "We were...
...Because Ryu had a college education, she was allowed to work as a secretary at the camp, transcribing interrogation notes and doing basic bookkeeping. Beatings were common, especially if a detainee was suspected of dealings with South Koreans or Chinese. Ryu remembers a woman six months pregnant arriving at the camp. The baby's father was Chinese. Four guards grabbed the woman's limbs and threw her toward the ceiling over and over until the woman aborted the fetus. Ryu helped clean up the blood afterwards. "The guards said they hated Chinese babies," says Ryu. "The North Koreans hate...