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# September 17, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 11 September 17, 2018 |  

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Vol. 192 No. 11

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Issue name

September 17th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 11 | U.S.

Issue date

September 17, 2018

Location

U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

Related categories

[U.S. Government](/vault/subject/u-s-government/)

[Gender](/vault/subject/gender/)

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

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHistoryIdeasPoliticsWorld

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Why Emerging Markets Are in Crisis Across the Globe

[Business](/section/business/)

### Washington Takes on the Threat of Big Tech

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### J.K. Simmons Remembers the Humanity of Neil Simon’s Humor

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Murphy Brown Is Back. And the Timing Couldn’t Be Better

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Sierra Burgess Is a Loser_ Is a Sweet, Smart Rom-Com

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Paul McCartney’s Boundless Curiosity Is on Display on New Album Egypt Station

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Looks to Past Presidents for Lessons the World Could Use Right Now

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### John McCain Was a Legend Even Before He Was a War Hero. His Legacy Is Vital in Today's World

A remembrance from retired Admiral James Stavridis

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Don’t Let the Loud Bigots Distract You. America’s Real Problem With Race Cuts Far Deeper

This hateful moment offers an opportunity for Americans to finally change our racist ways

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Best-selling Author Beth Macy: “We Need to Treat Addiction as the Medical Problem It Is”

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Care What You Think of Her. And She Isn’t Going Anywhere

Loathed by the right, under fire from the left. Nancy Pelosi says she isn't going anywhere

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Libya’s Recent Violence Is a Reminder the Country Is Still Badly Broken

[World](/section/world/)

### Here Are the Catholic Church Politics Behind That Letter Calling on Pope Francis to Resign

"People are especially upset with the fact that Francis is opening the church on sexuality and homosexuality," says one longtime Vatican watcher


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