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Letter from Florida
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Who Gets to Vote in Florida?

With the election hanging in the balance, Republican leaders continue a long fight over voting rights.

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The Republicans’ Conspiratorial Convention

Trump and his supporters claimed that his opponents are seeking to deceive and subdue Americans. It’s a dangerous path.

On Religion
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How Black Lives Matter Is Changing the Church

Brenda Salter McNeil used to think that it was not the place of a pastor to talk about systemic racism. Ferguson changed her mind.

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Back to School with Mario Dedivanovic

Kim Kardashian West’s makeup artist, known for his Masterclass series, launches a new line.

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Grace Lynne Haynes’s “Trendsetters”

The artist discusses her cover for the September 7, 2020, Style & Design Issue and the role that color and pattern play in her work.

This Week in Fiction
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Susan Choi on How Much She Can Leave Out

The author discusses “Flashlight,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.

Annals of Technology
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Jonathan Rothberg’s Race to Invent the Ultimate Rapid At-Home COVID-19 Test

Rothberg prophesies a future in which self-testing is one more morning ritual, between brushing teeth and putting on a pot of coffee.

Our Columnists
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Will Trump’s Scare Tactics Work Against Biden?

The President is trying to transform the election from a referendum on his own abject performance to a contest centered on Biden, radical Democrats, and unrest in the streets.

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Investigations Provide a Window Into How Trump Does Business

The New York attorney general is probing an alleged pattern of financial misstatement in which the Trump Organization inflates the value of property to secure favorable loan terms but then deflates the property’s value to ease its tax obligation.

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A Challenging Puzzle

Singer Erykah whose 1997 début album went triple platinum: four letters.

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America!: New Country Songs from Tech C.E.O.s

Mark Zuckerberg laying a banjo.

This tune is about a boy with a dream: to create an online space so withering and toxic that even your banjo gets depressed.

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Concerned Citizens Urge Trump to Stay Away from United States

Donald Trump walks onto Air Force One.

“What the country needs now is calm, and your presence here would be counterproductive,” the public statement said.

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Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 31st

“It’s days like this that make me wonder if I should be tweeting more or golfing more. . . .”

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Give Me a Smile, Bro

Karl in a pink light on a black background, looking confused.

“For the first time in my life, I didn’t know what to do.”

August 30, 2020

Sunday Reading: Conventional Wisdom

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From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of pieces about the role of political Conventions in America.

August 30, 2020
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Tables for Two
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Caribbean Flavors to Shift the Palate, from Yardy

During the pandemic, the event company founded by the artist, model, and chef DeVonn Francis has pivoted to Instagram Live gatherings and takeout with tropic-inspired ingredients like chayote, tamarind, and culantro.

A Critic at Large
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Is Staying In Staying Safe?

Indoor life has its dangers, too, but building-design specialists have big plans for us.

Matchmaking Dept.
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Sima Taparia’s Matchmaking Business Booms in Lockdown

The star of the Netflix reality series “Indian Matchmaking” is actively trying to match more than a hundred clients, who come with such demands as “good-natured,” “not a lawyer,” and a working knowledge of geographic phenomena.

Fiction
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“Flashlight”

“Such naked wanting to be wanted made Louisa’s mother even more repellent to Louisa than she generally was.”

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A Farmworker Who Sees His Family Only Once a Year

Though he grows vegetables on a Connecticut farm, Winny Contreras's life remains in Guanajuato, Mexico, with the family he leaves behind.

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Podcasts

Will Ahmaud Arbery Get Justice?

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We try to explain why prosecutors let a young man’s killers walk free. Plus, a conversation with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross about their score for “Watchmen.”

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