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Feature
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry
Our leaders thought fracking would save our climate. They were wrong. Very wrong.
Bill McKibben
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How Do You Decide to Have a Baby When Climate Change Is Remaking Life on Earth?
Any child born now could, by midlife, see massive storms inundate coastal cities and the Great Plains turn to dust. Could I have one, knowing I might not be able to keep her safe?
Madeline Ostrander
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America, the Unaffordable
There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?
DW Gibson
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Editorial
Keep On Running, Bernie!
An active Sanders campaign through June is good for the party and for democracy.
D.D. Guttenplan
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Trump’s Immigration Plan Would Have a Tiny Effect on Wages
The liberal agenda is huge in comparison.
Mike Konczal
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What’s Obscured by the Fight Over Merrick Garland
The real battle for the future of the Supreme Court is not his nomination but the presidential election—the winner will determine the shape of constitutional law for generations.
David Cole
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Column
Obama and the Cult of ‘Credibility’
As his tenure draws to a close, the president is finally ready to challenge the foreign-policy establishment.
Eric Alterman
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How Trump Keeps Us Talking, Even When He Disappears
His absence signifies as much as his presence.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
Joseph Brodsky, Darker and Brighter
A spellbinding new biography rescues the poet from sentimentality and kitsch.
Cynthia Haven
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Confidence in Mexico
Nothing is more important for Mexicans than regaining a sense of security in their own lives. But the threat of moral decomposition is growing.
Enrique Krauze
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Letters
Letters From the April 11-18, 2016, Issue
The United States of Trump… The real realist… The “P” is for propaganda… Philosophy of convenience…
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