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# August 31, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 9August 31, 2020 |  

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Vol. 196 No. 9

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 'The Photography, the Poetry, the Fashion.' Hans Ulrich Obrist Remembers the Multi-Dimensional Spirit of Artist Luchita Hurtado

All-embracing artist

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Veep_ Creator Armando Iannucci Says These Times Call for Charles Dickens

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### I've Been Paralyzed Since I Was 3\. Here's Why Kindness Toward Disabled People Is More Complicated Than You Think

Your efforts to help disabled people may not always have the intended effect

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Kamala Harris' Senate Record Reveals What Kind of National Leader She May Be

Her time in the U.S. Senate reveals what kind of national leader the Democrats&apos; VP pick may be

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Far-Right Personalities and Conspiracy Theorists Are Cashing in on the Pandemic Online

A global pandemic, a summer of protests and the 2020 election have led to a windfall for extremists and conspiracy theorists

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### By Embroiling the Postal Service in Controversy and Shaking Americans’ Confidence in Mail Voting, Trump Wins

By embroiling the Postal Service in controversy and shaking Americans&apos; confidence in mail voting, the President wins

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### College Football May Not Happen at All This Year. And Maybe We Don't Deserve It

### U.S.

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

### 'We Don’t Need More Cops; We Need Better Cops.' Why Chicagoans Are Skeptical of Federal Agents in the Fight Against Gun Violence

In a city&apos;s fight against gun violence, do federal agents help or hurt?

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### How the Pandemic Is Reshaping India

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Putin Is Unlikely to Come to Belarusian President Lukashenko's Rescue


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