Latterly magazine

In northern Vietnam, young men regularly kidnap women into the hills and across the border to China. With authorities unable or unwilling to save them, a group of rescuers has decided to kidnap them back.

This is Lupe Anguiano. She used to be a nun. Now she raises hell against agribusiness and Big Oil.

She's in the current issue, under "Life, Death and Chemicals." http://latterlymagazine.com/life-death-and-chemicals/

Subscribe to Latterly by 6 p.m. EDT. A little later, we'll send you a 10% discount to Stack. (That's well over 60% off cover price for hard-to-find independent magazines.)

Here's the deal: Tomorrow evening, we're going to send our subscribers a code for 10% off a Stack subscription. They deliver high-quality, hard-to-find indie mags to your doorstep for much less than the cover price.

But, only our paid subscribers get the deal. That means you have 24 hours. You know what to do. (And our journalists, whose work you fund, will be ever grateful.)

Dear readers:

Six months ago, we told you about an idea for a magazine. In April, that idea will manifest itself for a sixth time. We've published 18 longform stories and two photo essays. We've paid for every single one.

This is significant. All the money we have comes from readers — not businesses or grants or anything else. The contributions of hundreds of people who believe Latterly is important enable our storytellers around the world to do what they do. On behalf of them, thank you for a great six months. I'm excited about the next six.

Sincerely, Ben Wolford editor

Remember our first post back in November? We said there would be a better community down the road, one where subscribers would be free to post their own stories and ideas in a true forum. Well, it's here now, as part of our transformation from beta I to beta II. Go ahead; have a look around; say what's on your mind about journalism, storytelling or anything you think the community might care about: