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How Trump Is Helping Tycoons Exploit the Pandemic
The secretive titan behind one of America’s largest poultry companies, who is also one of the President’s top donors, is leveraging the coronavirus crisis to strip workers of protections.
The High-Finance Mogul in Charge of Our Economic Recovery
How Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin became one of the most consequential policymakers in the world.
“Many a Little Makes”
“Why was Bree the bad apple? The one needing to be banished? How could a girl of fourteen be the one held responsible?”
How Can the Press Best Serve a Democratic Society?
In the nineteen-forties, a panel of scholars struggled over truth in reporting, the marketplace of ideas, and the maintenance of a free and responsible press. Their deliberations are more relevant than ever.
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Marilynne Robinson on Expanding the World of “Gilead”
The author discusses “Jack and Della,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.
How Pandemics Wreak Havoc—and Open Minds
The plague marked the end of the Middle Ages and the start of a great cultural renewal. Could the coronavirus, for all its destruction, offer a similar opportunity for radical change?
HAIM Is Talking About Everything It Wasn’t Talking About Before
The new album “Women in Music Pt. III” sounds coherent and yet pleasantly disjointed—like a band purposefully trying to wriggle free of its past.
What Do College Students Think of Schools’ Reopening Plans?
They should be taking the lead in reimagining what higher learning can look like during the pandemic.
How COVID-19 Swept Through the Texas Panhandle
No matter what, the meatpacking plants had to stay open. The rest of the world was distanced, but workers had to keep coming in.
A Challenging Puzzle
First Schwarzenegger film to reuse the catchphrase “I’ll be back”: eight letters.
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