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6 | Rolling Stone | July 2019

National

Affairs

33 Trump’s Shadow

Cabinet

How a group of powerful

business leaders drove

Trump’s agenda and have

reaped rewards ever since.

BY ANDY KROLL

Plus: The Long View —

Climate Denialism

37 The Democrats’

Radical Agenda

Play it safe or go bold?

In the race to beat Trump,

party leaders are rolling

out revolutionary policies

for the first time in a

generation.

BY TIM DICKINSON

The Mix

15 Brittany Howard

Gets Real

Why she put Alabama

Shakes on hold to

make a wildly ambitious

solo debut.

BY PATRICK DOYLE

20 Lukas Nelson’s

Ragged Glory

Hanging in Nashville

with Promise of the Real.

BY ANGIE MARTOCCIO

SPOTLIGHT

24 David Crosby

Looks Back

Without Anger

Inside a new documentary

on the singer, produced

by Cameron Crowe.

BY ANDY GREENE

Q&A

26 Jack White

On returning to the

Raconteurs and his advice

for younger musicians.

BY PATRICK DOYLE

Letter From the Editor 10
Correspondence 11
Playlist 18
The Last Word 98

Departments

20

30

Contents

Reviews

Music

85 Taking Rock Back

to the Future

The Raconteurs and the

Black Keys affirm the

undying power of garage-

band thunder.

BY DAVID FRICKE

ALBUM GUIDE

88 Van Morrison

His best LPs, from garage

rock to folk mysticism.

BY HANK SHTEAMER

90

37

TV

90 In a League

of Their Own

The best and boldest

shows of 2019 (including

PEN15, above) have been

centered on — and

created by — women.

BY ALAN SEPINWALL

Movies

92 The Best

of 2019, So Far

At halftime, these fierce,

far-from-unlucky 13 raised

the bar for what’s next.

BY PETER TRAVERS

On the Cover

Halsey photographed in East Lancaster, California, on May 13th, 2019,

by Paola Kudacki.

Styling by Alex Badia. Hair by Florido at Cloutier Remix. Makeup by Denika Bedrossian at Cloutier

Remix. Bodysuit and corset belt by Mugler. Earring by Dalmata. Huggie earrings by Adina’s Jewels.

Necklace by Maria Black.

Random

Notes

30 Gov Ball Brings

the Thunder

A hard rain fell, but

that didn’t stop Tyler, the

Creator (top) and more

from ruling the weekend.