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September 10-17, 2018, Issue

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Editorial

Kara Eastman Nebraska's Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Representative

The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas

Some of its candidates have won, others have lost. But the movement is succeeding where it counts.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General of New York

She has the experience, independence and toughness needed to transform the office and combat corruption at all levels.

The Nation

The Shareholder Revolution Devours Its Children

The economy has been rigged to channel wealth to a tiny elite.

Mike Konczal

Comix Nation

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Matt Bors

Column

‘White Voice,’ Blackface, and the Ethics of Representation

When is it fair to speak with someone else’s voice?

Patricia J. Williams

The Right Is Working the Ref Yet Again. This Time on Facebook—and It’s Working.

Facebook caves to conservative critics by embracing Fox-friendly “news.”

Eric Alterman

Manafort and Gates

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue

Poetry, wide open… The poetry editors reply…

Our Readers and Stephanie Burt and Carmen Giménez Smith

Feature

The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Effect

The Democratic party’s new rock star is storming the country on behalf of insurgent populists.

John Nichols

Worse Than Lead?

Special Investigation: The chemical industry strikes again, shifting from lead to flame retardants that also sicken and kill.

Jamie Lincoln Kitman

Books & the Arts

The World of Eduardo Galeano

The writer's radical commitments made him an intimate witness to many of the major turning points in Latin American politics over the last 75 years.

Mark Engler

The Promise of a Universal Basic Income—and Its Limitations

Guaranteed income would help address issues of basic subsistence, but it's not the panacea its advocates claim it to be.

Bryce Covert

The Rise and Fall of Kanye and Drake

The genres that West and Drake once defined are now the domain of a new generation of musicians.

Bijan Stephen

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