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Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’

So Hillary did SNL. And critics believed she did well. But Democrats, midst all the fun, Still wondered how Joe would have done.

Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A researcher works alongside a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid.

Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters

Life-saving research is collateral damage in the war on Planned Parenthood.

Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Culture That Capitalism Created

The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created

An interview with Boots Riley.

Oct 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control

Gun extremists in Congress, heavily backed by weapons manufacturers and the NRA, wield wildly disproportionate influence.

Oct 8, 2015 / The Editors

Patti Smith

How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age

Her latest memoir, M Train, feels guided simultaneously by determination and serendipity.

Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen Withdraws Jonathan Franzen Withdraws

Why are the agonized liberals in Purity so skeptical of political conviction?

Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin

Who Talks Like That?

Who Talks Like That? Who Talks Like That?

The Narrows is strips of yellow and jade, Verrazano Bridge silver, horizontal lines, here; and here, someone alone, afraid, crying, sad, sunken eyes, emaciated body; and, here, the…

Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence Joseph

The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran

The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran

Problem-solving will only get liars and filmmakers so far.

Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Puzzle No. 3376

Puzzle No. 3376 Puzzle No. 3376

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Clip each part of a bag (barely open)—attire for a guide (9)  6 A fool in a hurry (4) 10 Examining plunder that hol…

Oct 8, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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Letters From the October 26, 2015, Issue Letters From the October 26, 2015, Issue

Papal buzzkill… sister act… Bern, baby, bern… fuzzy math?… Greider the great…

Oct 8, 2015 / Our Readers and Bryce Covert

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