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# September 2, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 8 September 2, 2019 |  

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Vol. 194 No. 8

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Issue name

September 2nd, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 8 | U.S.

Issue date

September 2, 2019

Location

U.S.

Related categories

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

[Economy](/vault/subject/economy/)

[Labor](/vault/subject/labor/)

[Business](/vault/subject/business/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Low Wages, Sexual Harassment and Unreliable Tips. This Is Life in America’s Booming Service Industry

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Remembering Peter Fonda as a Counterculture Star

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Behind the Scenes of _The Goldfinch_, a Rare and Delicate Hollywood Specimen

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Salman Rushdie’s _Quichotte_ Is a Fantastical Dream Within a Dream

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### A New Novel Sees Beyond the Abstraction of Today's Refugee Stories

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate on How Poetry Can Counter Hate

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Yes, the Market Has Been Volatile. No, a Recession Is Not Imminent

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Economy Under Trump Is Very Good. But Don’t Get Too Comfortable

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### We Need Bipartisanship to Fix the Economy. That Seems Impossible Right Now

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Vote for the Woman Because She’s a Woman

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Troops Are Not the Answer to the Crisis at the Border

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### For Teen Tennis Phenom Coco Gauff, Wimbledon Is Just the Beginning

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### “It's Time.” The Cleveland Browns Are Ready to Start Winning

### U.S.

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

### A Police Officer Killed Their Mother, and Her Sons Want to Know Why He Hasn't Faced Trial

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

### 'What Do People Want Me to Do? Wear Black Every Day?': How Child Star JoJo Siwa Built Her Sparkly Empire

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Tensions Simmer Between Brazil and Europe Over Amazon Deforestation

[World](/section/world/)

### Volatile Politics Rattle the Global Economy


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