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May 20, 2024

Cover Story

Miriam Adelson’s Unfinished Business

Sheldon Adelson bent the GOP to his will. Now, all eyes are on his widow. By Elizabeth Weil

On the Cover: Miriam Adelson receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018. Photograph by Alex Wong/Getty Images.

features

Chess Brat

Hans Niemann was the enfant terrible of chess even before the world’s best player accused him of cheating.

By Jen Wieczner
How to Criminalize a Protest

Does the prosecution of demonstrators in Atlanta signal the end of an era of tolerance?

By Zak Cheney-Rice

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