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[Letter from the Great Plains] Barn Burners

Can the Democrats harness the new prairie populism?

by Kyle Paoletta,

Current Issue October 2026

[Portfolio] Stargazing

Art and censorship after 9/11

by Hari Kunzru,

[Letter from Panama] At The Edge of Empire

The rise and fall of immigration boomtowns

by Belén Fernández,

[Harper’s Index]

Minimum amount of debris, in metric tons, generated in Gaza since October 7, 2023 : 68,000,000

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Factor by which this exceeds the amount of debris generated in New York City by the 9/11 attacks : 42

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Chances that Israel attacked Gaza on a given day since last October’s ceasefire agreement : 9 in 10

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Percentage of expected aid trucks that Israel has allowed into Gaza since then : 35

[Harper’s Index]

Amount, in tons, of additional CO2 emitted in the United States every day because of speeding : 57,000

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of global rise in total energy-related emissions last year attributable to the United States : 1/3

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change in U.S. coal consumption over the course of Joe Biden’s presidency : –25

[Harper’s Index]

In U.S. coal consumption last year : +10

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Minimum number of times that Donald Trump has publicly complained about wind turbines since 2016 : 124

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of those remarks in which he complained that they were ugly : 32

[Harper’s Index]

That they killed birds : 38

[Harper’s Index]

Minimum amount of federal money spent this year terminating offshore-wind energy contracts : $3.9 billion

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change last year in sales of energy drinks at U.S. eateries : +9

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In sales of hot drip coffee : −3

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Net change last year in the number of attendees at Munich’s Oktoberfest : −200,000

[Harper’s Index]

In the number of stolen beer steins : +18,000

[Harper’s Index]

Minimum number of OpenAI employees who sold their company shares in a tender offer last October : 600

[Harper’s Index]

Collective amount that those employees earned : $6.6 billion

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated number of millionaires that will be created if OpenAI and Anthropic go public : 13,941

[Harper’s Index]

Of billionaires : 16

[Harper’s Index]

Minimum number of homes in San Francisco that sold for at least $1 million over the asking price in 2025 : 25

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of large homes in the United States that are owned by adults 44 and over living without children : 63

[Harper’s Index]

That are owned by adults under 44 living with children : 16

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of U.S. renters who say they fell behind on their rent in 2021 : 1/6

[Harper’s Index]

Who say they fell behind on it last year : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American adults under 34 who live with their parents : 33

[Harper’s Index]

Of American men over 16 who are neither working nor looking for work : 33

[Harper’s Index]

Of American adults who don’t expect to ever be financially independent : 20

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who play video games every week : 67

[Harper’s Index]

Average age of such a gamer : 37

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change in CD sales in the United States in the first half of 2026 : +16

[Harper’s Index]

Rank in 2025 of the United Arab Emirates as a relocation destination for millionaires : 1

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of such purchases that were by adults under 30 who don’t own a CD player : 1/10

[Harper’s Index]

Of those between 14 and 29 who do : 65

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated amount spent in the United States last year on Halloween costumes for children : $1.4 billion

[Harper’s Index]

On Halloween costumes for adults : $2 billion

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Drawings from the book Abel Rodríguez (Mogaje Guihu): The Tree of Life and Abundance, by Abel Rodríguez (Mogaje Guihu), which will be published this fall by the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand and KMEC Books © The artist. Courtesy DAP

Green Wall, a painting by Rebecca Ness, whose work is on view through October 20 at Morgan Presents, in New York City © The artist. Courtesy Morgan Presents, New York City

Strandbad in Ostende (The Baths at Ostend), 1899, an etching by James Ensor, whose work is on view through November 15 at the Villa Zanders Art Museum in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels. Courtesy Villa Zanders Art Museum, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany and Quinensor Collection, Ostend/Belgium

Strangeways, a painting by Robert McNally, whose work is on view through September 19 as part of the group show Tired Horses at Kristin Hjellegjerde, in Berlin © The artist. Courtesy Kristin Hjellegjerde

Piñonesque, a mixed-media artwork (ink and watercolor) by Camila Buxeda, whose work is on view through August 29, as part of the exhibition Cosecha, at Charlie James, in Los Angeles © The artist. Courtesy Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

Minimum amount of debris, in metric tons, generated in Gaza since October 7, 2023 : 68,000,000

Factor by which this exceeds the amount of debris generated in New York City by the 9/11 attacks : 42

Chances that Israel attacked Gaza on a given day since last October’s ceasefire agreement : 9 in 10

Percentage of expected aid trucks that Israel has allowed into Gaza since then : 35

Number of U.S. states with more vehicles than people : 11

Chances that speeding occurs on a drive in the United States : 2 in 5

Average number of seconds that speeding saves on such drives : 54

Amount, in tons, of additional CO2 emitted in the United States every day because of speeding : 57,000

Portion of global rise in total energy-related emissions last year attributable to the United States : 1/3

Percentage change in U.S. coal consumption over the course of Joe Biden’s presidency : –25

In U.S. coal consumption last year : +10

Minimum number of times that Donald Trump has publicly complained about wind turbines since 2016 : 124

Percentage of those remarks in which he complained that they were ugly : 32

That they killed birds : 38

Minimum amount of federal money spent this year terminating offshore-wind energy contracts : $3.9 billion

Percentage change last year in sales of energy drinks at U.S. eateries : +9

In sales of hot drip coffee : −3

Net change last year in the number of attendees at Munich’s Oktoberfest : −200,000

In the number of stolen beer steins : +18,000

Minimum number of OpenAI employees who sold their company shares in a tender offer last October : 600

Collective amount that those employees earned : $6.6 billion

Estimated number of millionaires that will be created if OpenAI and Anthropic go public : 13,941

Of billionaires : 16

Minimum number of homes in San Francisco that sold for at least $1 million over the asking price in 2025 : 25

Percentage of large homes in the United States that are owned by adults 44 and over living without children : 63

That are owned by adults under 44 living with children : 16

Portion of U.S. renters who say they fell behind on their rent in 2021 : 1/6

Who say they fell behind on it last year : 1/4

Percentage of American adults under 34 who live with their parents : 33

Of American men over 16 who are neither working nor looking for work : 33

Of American adults who don’t expect to ever be financially independent : 20

Percentage of Americans who play video games every week : 67

Average age of such a gamer : 37

Percentage change in CD sales in the United States in the first half of 2026 : +16

Rank in 2025 of the United Arab Emirates as a relocation destination for millionaires : 1

Portion of such purchases that were by adults under 30 who don’t own a CD player : 1/10

Of those between 14 and 29 who do : 65

Estimated amount spent in the United States last year on Halloween costumes for children : $1.4 billion

On Halloween costumes for adults : $2 billion

September 15, 2026

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Microplastics were found in sixty-two of sixty-two human placentas from a biobank in Texas.

Toxicity has remained a consistent feature of online interactions since 1989.

Humans are losing their ability to digest cellulose.

A metal scar on the surface of the white dwarf WD 0816-310 indicated that it has cannibalized other bodies in its orbit.

An orca acting alone killed a great white shark and ate its liver.

Genomic analysis indicated that psychedelic mushrooms emerged around the time of the Mesozoic–Cenozoic mass extinction.

The playing speed of a metal guitarist directly correlates with his intrasexual competitiveness but not his mating success.

Depression in humans is correlated with higher body temperature, and cold-water swimming mitigates menopause symptoms.

Researchers warned that, as temperatures rise, humans should prepare for more diarrhea.

Off the Five Finger Islands, a team of cetologists aboard the Glacier Seal conducted an extended conversation with a female humpback named Twain.

Astrophysicists argued that the development of advanced alien technology requires an atmosphere composed of at least 18 percent oxygen.

Onshore wind turbines severely deter German bats from foraging.

An AI that was fed the employment and health data of six million Danes turned out to be more accurate than existing sociological methods at predicting if a given person was about to die.

A mother is 4.6 percent more likely to give birth in the same month she was born, and adjacent siblings are 12.1 percent more likely to be born in the same month as one another.

Electric eel discharge transforms the DNA of zebrafish larvae.

True crabs independently evolved to live out of the ocean up to seventeen times.

The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life.

Scientists were not certain whether the globally synchronized waves observed in the brains of wakeful rats on ketamine or LSD were a cause or a symptom of hallucinations.

Geoscientists were confident that, given access to the oldest barnacles on the flaperon of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, they could help pinpoint its crash site.

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