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The United States is nearly drought-free for the first time in decades and is experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding.

Marilynne Robinson on poverty; Alexander Chee, T Cooper, Garth Greenwell, T Kira Madden, Eileen Myles, Darryl Pinckney, Brontez Purnell, and Michelle Tea on Stonewall; and more

“The Times has used every opportunity to present Sanders as an obstacle to Trump’s eventual overthrow.”

Olive branch as a club: a former president of Doctors Without Borders outlines how the justifications for war have evolved

A fund-raiser for a charter school in California was canceled after QAnon conspiracy theory believers bombarded the school with threats on the basis of their interpretation of a tweet by former FBI director James Comey, in which he listed five jobs he had held in the past.

Olivier Assayas’s latest film holds on to the old world while recognizing the new

Men-children desperately want to grow up, and the world would be better for it. But they’ve got to do more than make their beds.

Bad neighbor policy: Did the United States’ influence over El Salvador countermand a solution to gang violence?

At a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Trump criticized the alleged support among Democrats, including that of Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, for what he called “extreme late-term abortion,” in which “the baby is born, the mother meets with the doctor, they take care of the baby, they wrap the baby beautifully, and then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby,” before making a chopping guillotine motion with his hands.

Individuals and corporations have donated over $1 billion to rebuild Notre Dame, a sum that has drawn international criticism and prompted protests by the Yellow Vests.

Time and tide: among the residents of abandoned boats just outside Sausalito

The Cairo, New York, police department advised drivers to “overcome the fear” after a woman crashed her car when she saw a spider.

Pierre Jarawan explores the evolution of identity and home in his debut novel

Kevin Baker on the (Green) New Deal; Daniel Castro meets the negotiator of a historic gang truce in El Salvador; Joe Kloc encounters full-time boat residents in Sausalito

Green-Wood Cemetery, where objectionable statues are laid to rest

A student at the University of Iowa asked Robert Francis O’Rourke, who was speaking on campus that day, “Are you here to see Beto?”

Family history: the phenomenon of widespread, wrongful international adoption in Guatemala, and its long shadow

“It appeared that everyone wanted to talk to a journalist from the United States with no visible axe to grind.”

Japan’s government announced that the new imperial era will be called “Reiwa,” but have not specified its meaning.

Olive farmers confront climate change in the West Bank

Teachers in Indiana were shot execution-style by pellet guns as part of an active-shooter training session conducted by the White County sheriff’s department.

What gets lost in the age of the algorithm