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October 10, 2018

One Year of #MeToo

David Remnick introduces a series of essays reflecting on the state of the #MeToo movement on the first anniversary of the day that The New Yorker published Ronan Farrow���s article about sexual-assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
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Published on October 10, 2018 02:00

October 8, 2018

The Dire Warnings of the United Nations��� Latest Climate-Change Report

Carolyn Kormann on a new report from the I.P.C.C., which states that global climate change will have catastrophic consequences once the planet surpasses 1.5 degrees of warming, which could happen in just a few years.
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Published on October 08, 2018 15:30

October 7, 2018

Did the Saudis Murder Jamal Khashoggi?

Robin Wright writes on the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post, who was last seen on Tuesday entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, where Turkish officials claim he was murdered.
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Published on October 07, 2018 13:55

October 4, 2018

Russia���s Image Tanks in the West, but So Does Donald Trump���s

Robin Wright writes on the West���s co��rdinated stand against Russia and a new Pew Research Center poll that shows approval in Donald Trump plummeting around the world.
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Published on October 04, 2018 15:46

Russia���s Image Tanks In the West, but So Does Donald Trump���s

Robin Wright writes on the West���s co��rdinated stand against Russia and a new Pew Research Center poll that shows approval in Donald Trump plummeting around the world.
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Published on October 04, 2018 15:46

Why the Tsunami in Indonesia Struck Without Warning

Doug Bock Clark on the tsunami that hit Palu, Indonesia, and the ways in which the government failed to prepare the region to withstand the disaster.
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Published on October 04, 2018 09:10

October 3, 2018

The F.B.I. Probe Ignored Testimonies from Former Classmates of Kavanaugh

Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow on the former classmates of Brett Kavanaugh who have tried to give the F.B.I. information for its investigation into sexual-abuse allegations against the Supreme Court Nominee by Deborah Ramirez and Christine Blasey Ford.
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Published on October 03, 2018 19:55

The F.B.I. Ignores Testimonies from Kavanaugh���s Former Classmates

Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow on the former classmates of Brett Kavanaugh who have tried to give the F.B.I. information for its investigation into sexual-abuse allegations against the Supreme Court Nominee by Deborah Ramirez and Christine Blasey Ford.
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Published on October 03, 2018 19:55

Trump���s Rebrand of NAFTA

Sheelah Kolhathar writes about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or U.S.M.C.A., which Donald Trump has touted as a revamped version of NAFTA.
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Published on October 03, 2018 12:36

October 1, 2018

The United States and Iran: It���s Like ���50 First Dates���

Robin Wright writes about recent diplomatic tensions between the United States and Iran.
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Published on October 01, 2018 10:14

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