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# October 8, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 14 October 8, 2018 |  

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October 8th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 14 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Only Tiffany Haddish Could Make _Night School_ Worth Watching

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Bradley Cooper Was Afraid to Direct. Then He Found Lady Gaga

Bradley Cooper reimagines an iconic Hollywood story--and transforms Lady Gaga into a movie star

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How Robyn Beat Depression to Make the Best Music of Her Career

"I'm so much more aware of how unstable the world is"

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 'Stories Remain Our Best Teachers of Empathy. ' Khaled Hosseini on His New Book About Refugees

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### ‘This Is How Rats Work.’ Why Twitter’s Emphasis on Follower Counts Could Be Backfiring

As CEO Jack Dorsey hints that he's rethinking the entire platform

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Monica Lewinsky Was My Intern. Here’s Why the Women Making Accusations Against Brett Kavanaugh Give Me Hope

Even when the future can seem bleak

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Bob Woodward Takes on Trump, and Is Worried About What He Has Found

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Fight Exposes Major Problems With the Nation’s Most Powerful Court

The battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is another blow to America's third branch of government

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### Inside the Republican Plan to Win Hispanic Voters—And Battleground States

Republican Rick Scott is trying to win a key Senate race by wooing Latinos

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Can American Men and Women Ever Really Be Equal? (27 Sep 2018)

[World](/section/world/)

### At the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump Widened the Rift With Europe Over Iran

[World](/section/world/)

### China and the Vatican Reach a Deal in the Battle Over 'Underground Bishops'


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