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November 12, 2012

Cover Story

The City and the Storm

After Sandy, powerful and powerless have taken on new—and familiar—meanings.

On the Cover: New York City on October 31. Photograph by Iwan Baan for New York Magazine.

Features

Jr.

The eldest son of the Reverend Jesse Jackson was supposed to fulfill his father’s political ambitions. Now he’s under investigation.

By Jason Zengerle
A Brain With a Heart

Oliver Sacks became the most celebrated brain doctor in the world by exploring neurological curiosities that science has struggled to explain.

By David Wallace-Wells

What We Saw When the Lights Went Out

Culture

Columns

Sandy and the Suitors

The storm swept one candidate toward the finish. But whoever loses has only himself to blame.

Departments

Strategist

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