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Barack Obama left office as one of the most popular presidents in American
history — and left behind an underfunded, demoralized Democratic Party that,
even amid a polarizing and clarifying Trump presidency, is struggling to articulate
what, and whom, it stands for. "I love the guy, I miss him," Scott Peters, a
Democratic congressman from California, tells Robert Draper, a writer at large for
the magazine. "But organizationally, the party is in disarray. We're at the lowest
level of elected officeholders since Hoover. We got a bit lazy and found ourselves
relying on Barack Obama's charisma, and it left us in bad shape."
In this week's cover story, Draper details the Democrats' efforts, on public stages
and in YouTube ads and behind closed doors, to fix their problems before Election
Day 2018, when an increasing number of political prognosticators believe the
party might have a reasonable chance of capturing the House of Representatives
— a victory that would throw President Trump's agenda into disarray. "Right now
it's such a target-rich environment for us," one Democratic consultant tells
Draper. But, "We're having trouble explaining why we're the heroes and the
Republicans are the villains."
Elsewhere in the magazine, Burt Helm writes about Facebook's oracular algorithm
that determines the fates of start-ups. Christine Smallwood profiles Greta Gerwig,
in her directorial debut. And Wyatt Mason writes about the first English
translation of the "Odyssey" — by a woman.
Happy reading,
Jake Silverstein
Editor in Chief
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A Post-Obama Democratic Party in
Search of Itself By ROBERT DRAPER
The 44th president left office as one of the most popular in American history. He also left
behind a party struggling to find an identity — and to reconnect with voters in time for the
2018 elections.
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How Facebook's Oracular Greta Gerwig's Radical
Algorithm Determines the Confidence
Fates of Start-Ups By CI I RISTINE SNIALLWOOD
Is BURT I ILLNI In her directorial debut, the writer and actress has
created a character rarely seen onscreen: a young The platform is so good at `microtargeting' that
many small e-commerce companies barely even girl who loves herself.
bother advertising anywhere else.
Beatrice Fihn Thinks We Can
Abolish Nuclear Arms
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The Swiss activist on what it's like to win the Nobel Peace Prize and
how to change people's minds about nuclear weapons.
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Can I Turn In a Bad Fraternity at
My Son's College?
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The magazine's Ethicist columnist on when to betray a confidence
and when to intervene in a relative's private affairs.
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Technologists once told us that social bots would change our lives forever. They were right —
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The First Woman to
Translate the `Odyssey'
Into English
The classicist Emily Wilson has given Homer's
epic a radically contemporary voice. When `Conservatives'
Turned Into Radicals
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The movement's elites may talk about tradition
and order, but the base of voters wants something
else: sudden, uncompromising change.
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and Behavior so Strange?
He swore he was no longer drinking. But something was making
him act oddly.
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