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The 8.26.18 Issue

Highlights

  1. Feature

    When the Supreme Court Lurches Right

    What happens when the Supreme Court becomes significantly more conservative than the public?

     By Emily Bazelon

    CreditPhoto illustration by Tracy Ma. Source photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, via Library of Congress.
  2. Feature

    How the Trump Administration Is Remaking the Courts

    Thanks to ruthless discipline — and a plan long in the making — the G.O.P is carrying out a sweeping transformation of the federal judiciary.

     By Jason Zengerle

    CreditIllustration by Tracy Ma. Source photograph of chair from Leathercraft Furniture.
  3. Feature

    Naomi Osaka’s Breakthrough Game

    The 20-year-old is poised to burst into the top tier of women’s tennis. Can she also burst Japan’s expectations of what it means to be Japanese?

     By Brook Larmer

    CreditChristopher Griffith for The New York Times. Styling by Paul Frederick; hair by Yoichi Tomizawa; makeup by Lennie Billy.

  1. There’s Less to Portraits Than Meets the Eye, and More

    Photographing faces has become a means of surveillance, but a carefully made portrait can still, like nothing else, remind us of a common humanity.

     By Teju Cole

    ‘‘Young Man at a Tent Revival, Brooklyn, NY, 1989.’’
    CreditDawoud Bey. From Stephen Daiter Gallery and Rena Bransten Gallery
    On Photography

  2. Can I Contact the Grandkids I Discovered on a DNA Website?

    The magazine’s Ethicist column on accidentally finding out online that your child has kids and handling a relative with an addiction.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditTomi Um
    The Ethicist

  3. Letter of Recommendation: Oklahoma City

    It’s as pure a distillation of American weirdness as you can find.

     By Sam Anderson

    The Oklahoma City skyline, circa 1955.
    CreditThree Lions/Getty Images
    Letter of Recommendation

  4. A Superior Pancake

    Made from rice and coconut, surnoli are soft, round and puffy — and perfect for breakfast.

     By Tejal Rao

    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Frances Boswell. Prop stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver.
    Eat

  5. How Do You Explain the ‘Obvious?’

    Americans are always calling on one another to accept obvious truths. But some things we once considered self-evident turn out to be awfully contentious.

     By Nausicaa Renner

    CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney. Ocean: Paul Nicklen/Getty Images. Sign: iStock/Getty Images.
    First Words

  1. Mike Francesa Still Believes in the Power of Radio

    The sports-talk legend on how he connects with listeners, going solo and when to call it quits.

     Interview by Jay Caspian Kang

    Mike Francesa
    CreditCeleste Sloman for The New York Times
    Talk

  2. How to Build a Bat Box

    Make sure the bats can get cozy in there. And don’t hang it too high.

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  3. Hold your breath: a song of climate change

    Selected by Rita Dove.

     By Bob Hicok

    Credit
    Poem

  4. Judge John Hodgman on Coerced Equestrianism

    Can you force a friend to take up competitive horse riding?

     By Judge John Hodgman

    CreditKyle Hilton
    Judge John Hodgman

  5. Readers Respond to the 8.12.18 Issue

    Here’s what they had to say about the Pentagon’s failed campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and Paul Ryan’s retirement.

     

    Credit
    The Thread

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