The Mind of Donald Trump
Narcissism, disagreeableness, grandiosity—a psychologist investigates how Trump’s extraordinary personality might shape his possible presidency.
June 2016
In This Issue
A psychological guide to a Trump presidency, a different Trump on Pennsylvania Avenue, teaching children resilience, the rise and fall of UFC champ Conor McGregor, Proust on a cellphone, and much more
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The False Promise of DNA Testing
The forensic technique is becoming ever more common—and ever less reliable.
How Kids Learn Resilience
In recent years, the idea that educators should be teaching kids qualities like grit and self-control has caught on. Successful strategies, though, are hard to come by.
There’s No Such Thing as Free Will
But we’re better off believing in it anyway.
Reading Proust on My Cellphone
I glided through sentence after sentence, volume after volume, on my Android in the nighttime darkness. The experience was remarkably ... Proustian.
Dispatches
Doug Chayka China’s Twilight Years
The country’s population is aging and shrinking. That means big consequences for its economy—and America’s global standing.
Guillermo Buelna Big in Mexico: The Migrants’ Saint
“I prayed and he got me to the other side.”
John Cuneo The Apprentice
One way or another, there will be a Trump on Pennsylvania Avenue next year.
James Walton Life Isn’t Fair
So why do people behave as though it is?
Justin Renteria The Energy Interstate
A national system of electricity transmission could cut power-plant emissions by 80 percent.
Alvaro Dominguez The Future of Getting High
Scientists are working on nonaddictive opiates, pills that sober you up, and pot designed to produce certain moods.
Joe McKendry Bicycle Face
Wide, wild eyes, a migration of facial features toward the center—could you be suffering from this grim condition? A very short book excerpt.
The Culture File
Mike Roach / Zuffa / Getty The Rise and Fall of Ultimate Fighter Conor McGregor
A fantastically entertaining—and bankable—athlete shies away from the chance to reclaim MMA glory.
Russell Lee / Library of Congress The Destructive Legacy of Housing Segregation
Less visible than the rise of income inequality in America is its impact in shaping the country’s urban neighborhoods. Two books—by Matthew Desmond and Mitchell Duneier—could help change that.
Pierre Mornet The Brontës’ Secret
The sisters turned domestic constraints into grist for brilliant books.
Illustration by Julien Pacaud; Dennis Galante / Corbis Genes Are Overrated
Their discovery wasn’t predestined, nor do they dictate our destinies—and current ideas about them may die.
McSweeney's Satire and Shtick Against a Backdrop of ‘Glorious Dust’
A mother and daughter wade through the loss of father and son in Olja Savičević’s bleakly bizarre novel Adios, Cowboy.
Graywolf Finding the ‘Beautifully Chaotic’ in Grief
Max Porter’s debut novel careens between mocking hilarity and heartbreaking sorrow.
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Graham Roumieu What Is History’s Most Influential Feud?
A big question
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