Jay Inslee Would Like Your Attention, PleaseWashington's governor must use the first debate to emerge from obscurity—and prove that his climate plan is better than the Green New Deal. By Amy Westervelt
White Mom’s BurdenFor years, Cindy McCain warned of dangerous men coming to enslave American women and girls. Now Trump is running with it.By Melissa Gira Grant
Why It Matters How Powerful Men Treat WomenA rape allegation for Donald Trump, a domestic abuse allegation for Boris Johnson, and a filmed assault by Mark Field—all in the same week.By Laurie Penny
The Polling Industry Is in CrisisEveryone knows the numbers are as unreliable as ever, and yet the political press still hypes every little rise and fall.By Walter Shapiro
Remembering Stonewall as It Actually Was—and a Movement as It Really IsBy Scott W. Stern and Charles O’Malley
Fire John BoltonTo avoid war with Iran, the president needs to haul out his Apprentice-era catchphrase.By Tyler Bellstrom
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