August 14-21, 2017, Issue

Features

Britain Is in the Grip of Its Most Turbulent Political Time in More Than 30 Years

Can a strong left rise from the chaos of Brexit, austerity, and the 2017 election?

John Harris
Can This Muslim Community Create a Model for Rebuilding Detroit?

Dream of Detroit is uniting Muslims across race and background to rebuild one of the city’s long-neglected neighborhoods.

Jenna Krajeski
How America Is Failing Native American Students

Punitive discipline, inadequate curriculum, and declining federal funding created an education crisis.

Rebecca Clarren

Editorials

Comix Nation

Matt Bors
Realism on Russia

We must investigate claims of Russian interference in the election, while also de-escalating a dangerous crisis.

Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Small Regulation Shows Us How the Economy Could Work for Everybody

We know how to control monopolies, and we’ve done it before.

Mike Konczal
The Republican Coup to Trash Health Care

Mitch McConnell is relying on secrecy and chaos to pass a bill—any bill.

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Books and the Arts

The Impending Crisis

Omar El-Akkad’s debut novel imagines a future America riven by civil war.

Madison Smartt Bell
Mal Waldron’s Ecstatic Minimalism

The jazz pianist’s style was simple, but the themes that gave shape to his music were not.

Adam Shatz
The Left’s Opportunity in Wisconsin

Progressive politics once thrived in the state, and the need for it still exists.

Sarah Jones
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