October 19, 2015 Issue

Cover art by: Mohammed Abdullah / Reuters

Feature

Philanthrocapitalism: A Self-Love Story

Why do super-rich activists mock their critics instead of listening to them?
David Rieff
Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far?

A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor, minority families have long endured.
Michelle Goldberg
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It?

In a co-epidemic with HIV, it’s raging across much of the world, killing an estimated 2.6 million people in 2013.
Douglas Foster

Editorial

Volkswagen Lied and Cheated 11 Million Times. Will Anyone Go to Jail for That?

If history is any guide—no.
Jamie Lincoln Kitman
How to End the Civil War in Syria

It won’t be easy, but there are concrete measures we can take right now to relieve the agony.
the Editors
Pope Francis Elevates Dorothy Day’s Call For Economic Justice

The pope reminds Congress of an American moral tradition that believes “in an economy based on human needs rather than on the profit motive.”
John Nichols
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Column

The Pope’s Visit

Calvin Trillin
How the Media Gave Carly Fiorina a Free Pass to Lie About Planned Parenthood

In the world according to Fox News, the debate champion is the candidate whose lies are considered to be the most effective. But Roger Ailes always wins.
Eric Alterman

Books & the Arts

Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored?

It shouldn’t be surprising that the museum’s new building looks most like… a building.
Michael Sorkin
A Stage Across the Sea

An unjustly-neglected Libyan novelist captured the twisted logic of colonialism, past and present.
Ursula Lindsey
Literature as Map to Liberty

In John Keene’s ambitious new volume of stories, resistance is required because exile isn’t an option.
Ben Ehrenreich
The Truth Behind the Televised Lie

From the creators of The Matrix, the new Netflix show Sense8 inadvertently tells the saddest story in the world.
Joshua Clover
Memphis

Paul Muldoon
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