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By Sarah VarneyOn the Cover:

Photograph by Douglas Friedman/Trunk Archive. Lettering by Joel Holland.

The Green Monster | 16

How the Border Patrol became America’s

most out-of-control law enforcement agency.

By Garrett M. Graff

Mississippi, Burned | 36How the poorest, sickest state got

left behind by Obamacare.

Mayor Hurt Locker | 10Rahm Emanuel is blowing up Chicago’s problems.

But are they blowing up his political future?

By James Warren

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Mr. MillerDoesn’t Go

to Washington | 70A candidate’s memoir.

16 for ’16 | 84Top pols pick the

words that will define the next race.

16 Charts That Explain 2016 | 50By Kyle Kondik and David Foster

By Matthew Miller

How to Back Hillary Into a Corner | 56A report from the secret

race to answer 2016’s most pressing question.

By Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush

Text by Katelyn Fossett

Extremely Ready for Hillary | 64

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