September 2024

by Jasper Craven,

[Letter from Poland]

The New Age Bible

On the origins of A Course in Miracles

by Sheila Heti,

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[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which the known investments of Democrats in Congress and their spouses outperformed the S&P 500 in 2023 : 28

[Harper’s Index]

By which those of Republicans in Congress and their spouses underperformed it : 38

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of U.S. adults who say that rule by a panel of unelected experts would be a good way to govern the country : 1/2

[Harper’s Index]

Portion who say they have at some point wanted to be president : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Portion who think they themselves would be a worse president than Donald Trump : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Who think they would be as good as him or better : 3/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of likely Trump voters who believe that he has committed serious federal crimes : 18

[Harper’s Index]

Who believe that he should be sentenced to prison : 8

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who say that crime is the most important issue to them in the 2024 election : 3

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase since November in the portion of U.S. adults who say that the country should be more engaged globally : 29

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who say they want Russia to win the war in Ukraine : 7

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage who say they are concerned to any degree about China’s treatment of Uighurs : 62

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who consider North Korea to be the greatest enemy of the United States : 4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage who consider the United States to be its own greatest enemy : 5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of black U.S. adults who say that the government promotes birth control and abortion to limit the black population : 51

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that the government encourages single motherhood for black women to eliminate the need for black men : 55

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that U.S. medical professionals today perform experiments on black people without their knowledge or consent : 55

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that the country’s media intentionally holds back black people : 52

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage of newspaper-publisher employees in the United States in 2000 who were employed by the New York Times : 1

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who say that news from The New Yorker is trustworthy or very trustworthy : 25

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who think that other people should apologize more often : 46

[Harper’s Index]

Who think that they themselves should apologize more often : 11

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase in road-rage shooting incidents in the United States since 2014 : 453

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of road-rage shooting incidents in that period that occurred in Texas : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase in dog attacks on postal workers in the United States reported over the past year : 9

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase in such attacks reported in Los Angeles : 35

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who have chosen not to call an ambulance during a medical emergency because of the potential cost : 23

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage of leading U.S. cancer treatment centers experiencing shortages of at least one chemotherapy drug : 89

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of U.S. adults who contracted COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023 who did not recover within three months : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. funerals in 2005 in which the remains of the deceased were cremated : 32

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which the known investments of Democrats in Congress and their spouses outperformed the S&P 500 in 2023 : 28

[Harper’s Index]

By which those of Republicans in Congress and their spouses underperformed it : 38

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of U.S. adults who say that rule by a panel of unelected experts would be a good way to govern the country : 1/2

[Harper’s Index]

Portion who say they have at some point wanted to be president : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Portion who think they themselves would be a worse president than Donald Trump : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Who think they would be as good as him or better : 3/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of likely Trump voters who believe that he has committed serious federal crimes : 18

[Harper’s Index]

Who believe that he should be sentenced to prison : 8

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who say that crime is the most important issue to them in the 2024 election : 3

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase since November in the portion of U.S. adults who say that the country should be more engaged globally : 29

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who say they want Russia to win the war in Ukraine : 7

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage who say they are concerned to any degree about China’s treatment of Uighurs : 62

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who consider North Korea to be the greatest enemy of the United States : 4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage who consider the United States to be its own greatest enemy : 5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of black U.S. adults who say that the government promotes birth control and abortion to limit the black population : 51

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that the government encourages single motherhood for black women to eliminate the need for black men : 55

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that U.S. medical professionals today perform experiments on black people without their knowledge or consent : 55

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that the country’s media intentionally holds back black people : 52

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage of newspaper-publisher employees in the United States in 2000 who were employed by the New York Times : 1

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who say that news from The New Yorker is trustworthy or very trustworthy : 25

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who think that other people should apologize more often : 46

[Harper’s Index]

Who think that they themselves should apologize more often : 11

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase in road-rage shooting incidents in the United States since 2014 : 453

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of road-rage shooting incidents in that period that occurred in Texas : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase in dog attacks on postal workers in the United States reported over the past year : 9

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase in such attacks reported in Los Angeles : 35

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who have chosen not to call an ambulance during a medical emergency because of the potential cost : 23

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage of leading U.S. cancer treatment centers experiencing shortages of at least one chemotherapy drug : 89

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of U.S. adults who contracted COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023 who did not recover within three months : 1/5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. funerals in 2005 in which the remains of the deceased were cremated : 32

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage in 2023 in which the remains of the deceased were cremated : 61

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of married U.S. adults who believe in the concept of true love : 75

[Harper’s Index]

Who say they have found true love but not with their current spouse : 10

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. adults who describe themselves as realists : 47

Readings

[Essay]

The Instant Monet Enters the Studio

by Jean-Philippe Toussaint,

[Ethnography]

Clockwise from top left: “N31°41.9499' E035°12.4172',” “N31°42.3821' E035°10.7743',” “N31°31.4323' E035°06.1471',” and “N31°42.6640' E035°13.1423',” photographs by Adam Broomberg and Rafael Gonzalez, from their book Anchor in the Landscape, which was published in May by MACK.

“Flag Raising,” a photograph by Debi Cornwall, whose book Model Citizens was published last month by Radius Books. The French edition, Citoyens modèles, was also published in August, by Éditions Textuel.