Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On? Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On?
Another reader asks how to respond to an alt-right wedding invitation.
Oct 5, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
Richard Ojeda’s Politics of Regret Richard Ojeda’s Politics of Regret
Can a reformed Trump voter win over West Virginia?
Oct 5, 2018 / Feature / Rowan Moore Gerety
Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate
Six things he’s done to turn it into a weak arm of Trump’s White House.
Oct 4, 2018 / John Nichols
How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy
Everything—even support for human-rights atrocities—has a price.
Oct 4, 2018 / Benjamin Freeman
Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons
The avoidable Scott County epidemic may reveal a terrifying future for public health in America.
Oct 4, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher
We Should Be Grateful to Activists Confronting Politicians Directly We Should Be Grateful to Activists Confronting Politicians Directly
As our crisis in democratic accountability intensifies, there’s often no other way to make elected leaders listen.
Oct 4, 2018 / Joshua Holland
Letters From the October 29, 2018, Issue Letters From the October 29, 2018, Issue
The Gore-y truth…
Oct 4, 2018 / Our Readers and Jason Mark
Kavanaugh’s Testimony Kavanaugh’s Testimony
He whined, he bullied and he wept— Behaving like an unhinged lout. The White House saw a grand display— Judicial temperament throughout.
Oct 4, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3478 Puzzle No. 3478
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Composer taking and retaking ingredients of Advil? Not! (7,7) 10 What remains after a fire: a tree (3) 11 Herb’s te…
Oct 4, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto