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Letter from Israel

The Arab-Israeli Power Broker in the Knesset

Is Mansour Abbas changing the system or selling out the Palestinian cause?
Q. & A.

Andrew Yang’s Third-Party Aspirations

The entrepreneur turned politician makes the case for his new project, the Forward Party.
Annals of Democracy

Lyubov Sobol’s Hope for Russia

With Alexey Navalny in prison, one of his closest aides is carrying on the lonely work of the opposition.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Joe Manchin Has a Plan

He’s thought it all out, probably.
Self-Narration Dept.

A Cop Campaigning Against the N.Y.P.D.

Edwin Raymond, a police lieutenant and a whistle-blower who alleged racial discrimination and the use of quotas in the force, stumps in Brooklyn for a City Council post.
Georgia Postcard

A Would-Be Opponent Crashes a Marjorie Taylor Greene Rally

Marcus Flowers, a Black Army veteran who has raised more than a million dollars in his bid to unseat the QAnon-friendly congresswoman in 2022, gets kicked out of Greene and Matt Gaetz’s “America First” tour stop in Georgia.
A Reporter at Large

The Murder Scandalizing Brazil’s Evangelical Church

Flordelis became famous as a gospel singer, a pastor, and a politician. Then her husband was killed.
Shouts & Murmurs

I’m a Billionaire Politician, but Here’s Why You, a Regular Person, Have to Save the World

Purchase your world-saving equipment from Amazon. Amazon cares about bringing people together, as long as those people aren’t coming together to form a union.
Letter from Glasgow

Nicola Sturgeon’s Quest for Scottish Independence

The country’s leader asks voters which kind of society they prefer to live in: Brexit Britain or a social-democratic Scotland.
Shouts & Murmurs

Other Projects by Former and Present Politicians

In the spirit of Barack Obama’s podcast with Bruce Springsteen, behold “Macarons with Emmanuel Macron,” “Kiss & Tell with Henry Kissinger,” and more.
Shouts & Murmurs

You Praised Hitler in a Speech? How to Avoid Those “Oops” Moments

Tips for the congresswoman Mary Miller and anyone who might drop an accidental “Sieg heil!” on the lecture circuit.
Satire from The Borowitz Report

Giuliani Says He Cannot Pay $1.3 Billion in Damages Because He Does Not Know Any Real Billionaires

Not only does he not know any actual billionaires, but the people he does know are “just the opposite,” Giuliani said.
Shouts & Murmurs

The Best Days of a Boat Owner’s Life

The day they sell themselves on the notion that anyone who doesn’t own ten boats simply hasn’t worked hard enough to earn them.
Personal History

How a Long Island County Fought COVID-19

A county executive looks back on the first wave.
Annals of Justice

How to Spot a Military Impostor

The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame.
The Front Row

What to Stream: James Cagney Is a Corrupt Demagogue in “A Lion Is in the Streets”

The movie shows how easily a fast-talking rogue with a ravenous ego can win the hearts of the downtrodden while making common cause with their oppressors.
The Political Scene

Pete Buttigieg’s High Hopes

The Presidential candidate wants to win over disaffected Republicans. But can he unite Democrats?
Shouts & Murmurs

On the First-World Campaign Trail

Counterparts Dept.

In Ukraine, a TV President to Rival Trump

Before Volodymyr Zelensky was elected President, he played the part in “Servant of the People,” a genre-bending series that blends Ryan Murphy wackiness with Sorkinian uplift (minus the hubris).
Torch Dept.

Call Him Mr. Loaf

How the SpongeBob-loving star of “Bat Out of Hell: The Musical” wound up as the lead in Meat Loaf’s teen-lust epic.