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Vol. 188 No. 21

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Issue name

November 21st, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 21 | U.S.

Issue date

November 21, 2016

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[Government](/vault/subject/government/)

[U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/)

[Politics](/vault/subject/politics/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsWorld

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Donald Trump, the Markets and Economic Growth—What to Expect

Donald Trump’s presidential victory has turned the markets upside down. That’s actually not surprising

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

###   _Elle_’s Belle: Huppert Resounds In Verhoeven's Latest

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In the Gilmore Girls' Hometown, Things Are (Mostly) the Same

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Want to Go to Mars? Ron Howard's New Series Gives Red Planet Fever a Boost

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Past Goes to the Hospital

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In   _Arrival_, Amy Adams Takes a Listening Tour of the Universe

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Donald Trump and the Abyss of the Value Gap

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Unexpected Way Donald Trump Is Like Barack Obama

Millions of Americans voted for Trump, now commentators are asking what comes next

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### In Zadie Smith's New Novel, Performance Is the Tie That Binds, and Divides

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Making of President Donald Trump

All the data. All the models. All wrong

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Covering History

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What Comes Next With President Trump

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What’s Next for Democrats After the Clintons?

What does the future look like for a post-Clinton Democratic Party?

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Donald Trump Will Face Unprecedented Ethics Decisions as President

The 45th President will face unprecedented ethics decisions

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Inside Donald Trump’s Stunning Upset

Inside Donald Trump's stunning upset

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Hillary Clinton Lost

Hillary Clinton built a machine. The nation wanted a movement

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Hillary Clinton Collides Again With Highest Glass Ceiling

Her loss may be as good a sign as any that we’re not ready for glass breaking yet

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Was the 2016 Campaign Really the Dirtiest Election Ever?

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Results: President

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Results: Congress

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Is a Black Box

His supporters want the U.S. to pull back from the world

[World](/section/world/)

### States Lean Left on Local Votes

[World](/section/world/)

### How to Recover from This No Good, Very Bad Election Season and All Its Spooky Horrors

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (10 Nov 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### 'The Forgotten Men and Women of Our Country Will Be Forgotten No Longer.'


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