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From: NYTimes.com <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: The New York Times Magazine: Why Can't the Democrats Turn the Page? Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 21:07:10 +0000 View in Browser Add [email protected] to your address book. (The New York limes 2,The New York Times Friday, November 3, 2017 NYTimes.com » Barack Obama left office as one of the most popular presidents in American history — and left behind an underfunded, demoralized Democratic Party that, even amid a polarizing and clarifying Trump presidency, is struggling to articulate what, and whom, it stands for. "I love the guy, I miss him," Scott Peters, a Democratic congressman from California, tells Robert Draper, a writer at large for the magazine. "But organizationally, the party is in disarray. We're at the lowest level of elected officeholders since Hoover. We got a bit lazy and found ourselves relying on Barack Obama's charisma, and it left us in bad shape." In this week's cover story, Draper details the Democrats' efforts, on public stages and in YouTube ads and behind closed doors, to fix their problems before Election Day 2018, when an increasing number of political prognosticators believe the party might have a reasonable chance of capturing the House of Representatives — a victory that would throw President Trump's agenda into disarray. "Right now it's such a target-rich environment for us," one Democratic consultant tells Draper. But, "We're having trouble explaining why we're the heroes and the Republicans are the villains." Elsewhere in the magazine, Burt Helm writes about Facebook's oracular algorithm that determines the fates of start-ups. Christine Smallwood profiles Greta Gerwig, in her directorial debut. And Wyatt Mason writes about the first English translation of the "Odyssey" — by a woman. Happy reading, Jake Silverstein Editor in Chief EFTA00653048 A Post-Obama Democratic Party in Search of Itself By ROBERT DRAPER The 44th president left office as one of the most popular in American history. He also left behind a party struggling to find an identity — and to reconnect with voters in time for the 2018 elections. Illtw!ration by Pablo Del Erik Madigan Fleck for The New York Times How Facebook's Oracular Greta Gerwig's Radical Algorithm Determines the Confidence Fates of Start-Ups By CII RISTINE SNIALLWOOD Is BURT I ILLNI In her directorial debut, the writer and actress has created a character rarely seen onscreen: a young The platform is so good at `microtargeting' that girl who loves herself. many small e-commerce companies barely even bother advertising anywhere else. Beatrice Fihn Thinks We Can Abolish Nuclear Arms horn ter. ii CAI 11.IN ROPER The Swiss activist on what it's like to win the Nobel Peace Prize and how to change people's minds about nuclear weapons. EFTA00653049 Can I Turn In a Bad Fraternity at My Son's College? IS) Kn.% AM E AN-1.1 JONI' APPIAI I The magazine's Ethicist columnist on when to betray a confidence and when to intervene in a relative's private affairs. ADVERTISEMENT ri Lr Ion Han Not the Bots We Were Looking For Technologists once told us that social bots would change our lives forever. They were right — but not in the way they expected. EFTA00653050  Geordie Wood for The New York Times Photo illustration by Derek Brahney The First Woman to When `Conservatives' Translate the `Odyssey' Turned Into Radicals Into English ISyJAV 1 ()‘• t ()\ The movement's elites may talk about tradition and order, but the base of voters wants something The classicist Emily Wilson has given Homer's else: sudden, uncompromising change. epic a radically contemporary voice. Why Was Their Brother's Memory and Behavior so Strange? He swore he was no longer drinking. But something was making him act oddly. Letter of Recommendation: VJ Cabbages and Kings Bc DAN kOIS A game that's actually fun to play with your children. ADVERTISEMENT EFTA00653051  GJ GJ FOLLOW NYTimes Tw @nytmag Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. Subscribe ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYlimes.com's The New York Times Magazine newsletter. Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change Your Email Privacy Policy Contact Advertise Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 rr EFTA00653052