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A weekly reading of the magazine’s “Comment” essay.

A Climate Change?

In “A Climate Change?,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes about climate change and the new age of extinction.
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Trust Me

In "Trust Me," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how last week's debate was largely about how radical, or just how ambitious, the Party and its candidate...
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This Is a Test

In "This Is a Test," Jelani Cobb delves into the clashes over the New York City school system's reforms.
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Another Race to Run

In "Another Race to Run," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the complexities of the Senate race.
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Hong Kong on the March

In "Hong Kong on the March," Evan Osnos reports on how the mass demonstrations are in bold defiance of Chinese authority, but a crackdown could be inc...
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See Nothing

In "See Nothing," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on the failure to see what Jeffrey Epstein was doing.
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Words and Wounds

In "Words and Wounds," David Remnick writes about how President Trump is bearing out Toni Morrison's warnings about the violence of language.
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