How to Deal With North Korea
There are no good options. But some are worse than others.
July/August 2017
In This Issue
The threat of North Korea, the Democrats’ immigration mistake, and attempting to treat mental illness through smartphones. Plus: surrealist TV, Evan McMullin’s renegade status in the GOP, and more.
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What’s Wrong With the Democrats?
If the party cares about winning, it needs to learn how to appeal to the white working class.
How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration
In the past decade, liberals have avoided inconvenient truths about the issue.
The Smartphone Psychiatrist
Frustrated by the failures in his field, Tom Insel, a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, is now trying to reduce the world’s anguish through the devices in people’s pockets.
Hunting for Antibiotics in the World’s Dirtiest Places
“Compost bin. Pig trough. Dog-food bowl. Laptop keyboard.”
An Artist for the Instagram Age
Is Yayoi Kusama’s new participatory-art exhibit about seeking profound experiences—or posting selfies?
Dispatches
Edmon De Haro The Conservative Case for Unions
How a new kind of labor organization could address the grievances underlying populist anger
John Cuneo Evan McMullin’s War
How Trump and Twitter gave rise to the GOP’s leading dissident
Justin Renteria Power Causes Brain Damage
How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise
Christopher DeLorenzo How Vanity Could Save the Planet
Worrying about social status is a surprisingly good motivator for people to go green.
Alvaro Dominguez Beyond the Five Senses
Telepathy, echolocation, and the future of perception
Brad Ogbonna Black Gotham
Memorializing Manhattan’s earliest African residents
Joe McKendry Inhumane Society
A very short book excerpt
The Culture File
Sam Taylor What Inspired the Summer of Love?
Mostly drugs.
Shyama Golden Arundhati Roy’s Fascinating Mess
Being an activist and an artist is trickier than it sounds.
Bettmann / Getty The Architect of the Radical Right
How the Nobel Prize–winning economist James M. Buchanan shaped today’s antigovernment politics
Miles Donovan; HBO The Dizzying, Surreal Journey of ‘The Leftovers’
A pioneer among recent surreal shows, HBO’s series brilliantly balanced the ordinary and the bizarre.
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The Conversation: The Politics of Late-Night Comedy
Readers respond to articles in the May issue.
Graham Roumieu
Poetry
I Am Not Italian
A poem
