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October 23, 2017, Issue

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Editorial

Is This What We Stand For?

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Stephen Kroninger

When I Can No Longer Work, I Will Be Destitute. What Can I Do?

Reader, you have far more options than you realize.

Liza Featherstone

The Spanish Government Just Energized Catalonia’s Independence Movement

The image of black-visored riot police clubbing peaceful citizens will long haunt Catalonia’s collective memory.

Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Stephen Paddock Bought 33 Guns in 12 Months. That Should Be Illegal.

How much lethal firepower should citizens be allowed to possess?

George Zornick

Column

Trump Thinks Protest Is a Worse Offense Than Treason

He has suggested that those who desecrate the flag should lose their citizenship.

Patricia J. Williams

Feminism, Not Hugh Hefner, Liberated Sex

“Can man be free if woman be a slave?” the poet Shelley asked. Hefner’s answer was: Absolutely!

Katha Pollitt

Thoughts Brought On by Trump’s Puerto Rico Tweets

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Letters From the October 23, 2017, Issue

Calling out the climate criminals… A dangerous savior complex…… Carrying a tune…

Our Readers and Rafia Zakaria

Feature

Why Europe Needs a New Deal, Not Breakup

The EU is facing a crisis of legitimacy—but retreating to the nation-state will only benefit the far right.

Yanis Varoufakis and James K. Galbraith

Special Investigation: How America’s Biggest Bank Paid Its Fine for the 2008 Mortgage Crisis—With Phony Mortgages!

Alleged fraud put JPMorgan Chase hundreds of millions of dollars ahead; ordinary homeowners, not so much.

David Dayen

Is Nonviolence—or Fighting Back—the Answer to Far-Right Thuggery?

As Trump incites violence, the left needs a counter-strategy.

Sasha Abramsky

Books & the Arts

The War to End All Wars

The ardent but flawed movement against World War I.

Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Barbarian Virtues

James Scott's search for the origins of the state.

Samuel Moyn

The Many Worlds of Nicole Krauss

In her new novel, Forest Dark, fact and fiction blur.

Sue Halpern

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October 23, 2017, Issue

Editorial

Is This What We Stand For?

When I Can No Longer Work, I Will Be Destitute. What Can I Do?

The Spanish Government Just Energized Catalonia’s Independence Movement

Stephen Paddock Bought 33 Guns in 12 Months. That Should Be Illegal.

Column

Trump Thinks Protest Is a Worse Offense Than Treason

Feminism, Not Hugh Hefner, Liberated Sex

Thoughts Brought On by Trump’s Puerto Rico Tweets

Letters

Letters From the October 23, 2017, Issue

Feature

Why Europe Needs a New Deal, Not Breakup

Special Investigation: How America’s Biggest Bank Paid Its Fine for the 2008 Mortgage Crisis—With Phony Mortgages!

Is Nonviolence—or Fighting Back—the Answer to Far-Right Thuggery?

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The War to End All Wars

Barbarian Virtues

The Many Worlds of Nicole Krauss

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