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Voter Suppression in the Twenty-First Century November 30, 2018

A professor explains how “white rage” shaped, and continues to shape, our democracy. Plus, an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon, whose encounter with outside society may prove fatal. (article)
The Culture of Fermentation, and the Problem of Voting November 30, 2018

A food correspondent tinkers with an ancient culinary tradition, and a scholar analyzes the resurgence of voter suppression as a form of white rage. (episode)

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- Voter Suppression in the Twenty-First Century November 30, 2018
  
  A professor explains how “white rage” shaped, and continues to shape, our democracy.
- Dexter Filkins on the Ruthlessness of Mohammed bin Salman November 30, 2018
  
  When he took power, the Saudi crown prince had a reputation as a modernizer and reformer of his nation, but Filkins traces the dark side of his rise.
- Helen Rosner on the Culture of Fermentation November 30, 2018
  
  The New Yorker’s food correspondent gets a lesson in fermentation from the celebrity chef René Redzepi, and brings David Remnick some microbial snacks.
- A Dangerous Encounter with an Isolated Amazon Tribe November 30, 2018
  
  The Mashco Piro tribe is among the world’s most isolated people, but they have recently started coming out of the Amazon rainforest. Will contact with society be fatal?

Voter Suppression in the Twenty-First Century November 30, 2018