Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 29th
“What’s your most normal human food? Am I nailing this interaction?”
Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein
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Kamala Harris’s Closing Arguments
A conversation with Charlamagne tha God. Plus: Trump and the F-word; the problem with young male voters; and the New Yorker softball coaches on the World Series.
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The Political Scene Podcast
The Lies Are Winning
“We’ve moved from a moment of alternative facts with Kellyanne Conway to now embracing the idea of lies,” Jane Mayer says.
The Daily
Why the Democrats Can’t Sell Bidenomics
From the daily newsletter: Nicholas Lemann on Biden's Big Deal. Plus: the politics of a murder in Georgia; the haunting world of Japanese puppet theatre; and can steampunk save us?
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Poems
“Pregnancy on Street-Cleaning Day”
“I am dumbstruck by all those of us / who evade true grandeur and the crimson / calypso of feeling.”
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The Daily
Why Harris and Trump Were in Texas
From the daily newsletter: a report on some surprising campaign stops. Plus: baseball is for the losers; the megachurch that tried to confront racism; and the radio station that Latinos trust.
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The Pictures
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The hairstylist Michelle Côté built the towering mid-eighties dos worn by Ivana and Mary Anne Trump, and for the title character she whipped up a tonsorial turducken.
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Gut Check
Conjuring the Worst Case
As the election nears, along with the potential mess to ensue, an apprehensive citizen retraces the steps of a man who chronicled New York’s Draft Riots.
By Nick Paumgarten
Dancing
The Haunting Otherworld of Japanese Puppet Theatre
In two piercing works, the National Bunraku Theatre’s puppets—floating, airy creatures weighted by earthly human spirits—explore the clash between duty and passion.
By Jennifer Homans
Books
The Brothers Grimm Were Dark for a Reason
Their version of “Cinderella” or “Rapunzel” could be disturbing. But turning Germany into a unified nation, they believed, meant unearthing its authentic culture.
By Jennifer Wilson
Fault Lines
The Perils of the Good-Enough Candidate
Despite Kamala Harris’s strong start, the race is now a tossup. Whatever happens, a sober reckoning with the limitations of her campaign is essential for Democrats going forward.
By Jay Caspian Kang
A Reporter at Large
The Shipwreck Detective
Nigel Pickford has spent a lifetime searching for sunken treasure—without leaving dry land.
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