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June 25, 2018

Cover Story

Where Is Barack Obama?

As the former president continues to hold his tongue, some allies shake their heads. By Gabriel Debenedetti

On the Cover: Former president Barack Obama. Photography by Daniel dal Zennaro/ANSA via AP.

features

Henry Taylor’s Wild Heart Can’t Be Tamed

The genius painter works fast — he has to.

By Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
Rape at Rosie’s

The crime that is Rikers’ women’s jail.

By John H. Tucker

INTELLIGENCER

DEPARTMENTS

To Do: June 27–July 11, 2018

Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Comments: Week of June 25, 2018

Readers sound off on the inner workings of Netflix, Vice Media, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of June 25, 2018

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
On the Cover: Where Is Barack Obama?

New York Magazine’s national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti spoke to former and current Obama staffers about his post-White House life.

THE CUT

Plant People

Ecoartists in comfort coveralls.

THE STRATEGIST

CULTURE

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