A Rookie Reporter Covers the Vietnam War, and Maggie Haberman’s White House


Illustration by Ping Zhu

A rookie reported from Vietnam in 1967, and his eyewitness report on the planned destruction of a village helped change how we saw the Vietnam War. Maggie Haberman tells David Remnick about reporting from a White House where the press is the enemy. And Bob Odenkirk shares some exercise tips for sculpting truly unbelievable abs.


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