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That silence you hear

Manuel Worsdorfer (Frankfurt): The “Societal Crisis of the Present” as a Neoliberal Leitmotif. Jens David Ohlin (Cornell): The Right to Exist and the Right to Resist. From The Economist, a special report on The Pacific Age: Under American leadership the Pacific has become the engine room of world trade — but the balance of power is shifting. Obama’s following Bush in helping poor countries fight climate change — suddenly that’s controversial. Roaming the land: Josh Barfield on the immigration crisis and The Walking Dead. Some Central American children will now be able to legally join families in the US. Conor Friedersdorf on why a shirt with scantily-clad women caused an Internet fight: Digital norms are making the culture wars worse. The Anti-Obamacare FAQ: Reihan Salam on everything you need to know about why conservatives want to repeal the president’s health care law. That silence you hear is the sound of Healthcare.gov working just fine. Rebecca Traiser on how no one wanted to talk about Bill Cosby's alleged crimes because he made white America feel good about race. Chris Cillizza on why Elizabeth Warren would be a very dangerous candidate in 2016. Remember Ebola? The outbreak in Liberia is in rapid retreat. The culture wars are not nastier because people on the internet don't have to face their adversaries — they're nastier because even minor blowups seem huge. Seven of the 30 largest corporations in US paid more to their CEOs than they did in taxes, study finds. Ulf Bohmann and Dario Montero interview Charles Taylor on history, critique, social change and democracy. Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, the Duchess of Alba and the world's most titled aristocrat, dies at 88.