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Special issue · 3 November 2026

An American Night on the Scale of Pushback

A tilted balance with two pans, beside fifty squares for the states, some of them lit
Editorial

Editorial: Sixteen Minutes

  1. A sling and a stone arcing toward a leaning monolith about to fall
    Texas

    James Talarico — Texas: The Sling and Goliath

  2. A door ajar with light spilling through, and two facing quotation marks
    Michigan

    Abdul El-Sayed — Michigan: A Door Opens, and a Character Is Tested

  3. A timeline breaking at its end, with a pulpit above it
    Kansas

    Adam Hamilton — Kansas: A Century Pushed from Inside Its Own Ground

  4. Three arched doors, two of them lit with a gold frame
    The states

    Hinojosa and Bottoms — Doors Pushed Open in the States

  5. A wave advancing, a rock standing against it, and an arrow pointing the other way
    Florida

    Florida — The Counter-Current

  6. A row of short pillars and one tall leaning pillar, with water running beneath
    Maine

    Maine — The End of an Era, and Those Not Meant by the Push

  7. A tilted balance with two pans, beside fifty squares for the states, some of them lit
    Closing

    Closing: How Does the Victor Win?