The Week USA – August 31, 2019

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ARTS 22 Books P.T. Barnum, America’s showman and con man 23 Author of the Week Javier Marías’ fi ght against fascism 24 Art & ...

What happened Attorney General William Barr vowed this week to “get to the bottom” of serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s appa ...

What happened Fears were mounting this week that China would launch a military crackdown in semi- autonomous Hong Kong, after pr ...

6 NEWS Controversy of the week Shaming Trump donors: Fair game or out of bounds? Since when did it become acceptable “to target ...

The U.S. at a glance ... NEWS 7 Washington, D.C. Background checks: Congressional Democrats raced to advance several gun control ...

8 NEWS The world at a glance ... Warsaw Nazi collaborators honored: Top Polish offi- cials this week honored a partisan group th ...

The world at a glance ... NEWS 9 Stockholm A$AP Rocky goes free: A Swedish court this week found American rapper A$AP Rocky and ...

10 NEWS People Cage’s cultivated weirdness Nobody plays unhinged wackos like Nicolas Cage, said David Marchese in The New York T ...

Why does this matter? America is in the midst of a profound demo- graphic transformation that will render its population signifi ...

12 NEWS Best columns: The U.S. He ath er^ Kh alif a/T he Ph ilad elp hia In qu ire r/A P QA French bulldog survived a six-story ...

“ Everything was always very tidy. Then my family noticed how disorganized I had become.” —Theresa, living with Alzheimer’s When ...

14 NEWS Best columns: Europe ITALY Being designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site should be a boon for any locality, said Paolo M ...

Best columns: International NEWS 15 NEW ZEALAND RUSSIA New Zealanders have an unhealthy obsession with greasy meat pies, said Ma ...

“A really exceptional work of obscenity, like a really exceptional work of beauty, exceeds the ability of its viewers to fathom ...

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“If you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem.” Toni Morrison, quoted in MotherJo ...