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From the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Ali Hortacsu and Chad Syverson (Chicago): The Ongoing Evolution of US Retail: A Format Tug-of-War; and Bart J. Bronnenberg (Tilburg) and Paul B. Ellickson (Rochester): Adolescence and the Path to Maturity in Global Retail. Indian man “divorces wife with text message after she was gang raped”. Richard Kreitner on the Blue and the Gray zone: Your average reenactor tends to worship war. The Leo Frank lynching: Steve Oney on how a century-old crime foreshadowed today’s polarized politics. Robert Reich on the perils of circus politics. Red states begin to see the light on Medicaid expansion. Maria Bustillos reviews Death by Video Game: Tales of Obsession from the Virtual Frontline by Simon Parkin and A Brief History of Video Games by Richard Stanton. Spike Lee says it’s time to stop taking violence lying down.