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Matt Bors

The Free-Marketeers Take Over in Brazil—and the US Applauds

Washington has been preparing for the inevitable “social explosions” by tripling Pentagon spending on special operations in Latin America.

Greg Grandin

Asking for a Friend: A Charismatic Dude Is Claiming Credit for Everything My Organization Does—Can I Make Him Stop?

And another reader wonders how to stay true to her radical politics and still get laid.

Liza Featherstone

What Should Happen to Edward Snowden? A Q&A With His Lawyer

Ben Wizner speaks on what would happen in an espionage trial and why Obama should issue a pardon.

Jon Wiener

Trump Doesn’t Want to Lead the Country—He Wants to Lead a Culture War

And for you to shut up and listen.

Patricia J. Williams

Trump’s Black Outreach

Calvin Trillin

The Story Behind the Maternal Mortality Rate in Texas Is Even Sadder Than We Realize

We don’t know exactly why these women died—but we know that they were poor and lacked medical care.

Katha Pollitt

Letters From the September 26-October 3, 2016, Issue

Strength in weekness… Making herstory?… Private pain, public shame… Departure from the norm?… To The Nation, with love…

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