The second issue of Overture magazine covers elections--not just the American midterms, but election features from Malaysia to Nicaragua to Australia, and in-depth features on election technology and policy worldwide. Our cover story is an exclusive interview with CNN anchor Don Lemon, and the issue also includes interviews with Antonia Hylton of Vice News Tonight on HBO, Lucy Freeman of the Media Legal Defence Initiative, acclaimed novelist Rick Moody, and other global agents of change.

 Other election-focused stories include an examination of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s mastery of social media, the below-the-radar influence of political data trusts, and the perils of technological influence on voting mechanics.

 Elsewhere in this issue, features detail the amazing contributions of women to space programs worldwide, Brexit’s impact on food in the United Kingdom, sustainable coffee in Costa Rica, the coming global sand shortage, Estonia’s push for digital citizenship, high- and low-tech approaches to cleaning up the Ganges River in India, and how legal cannabis farming may disrupt corporate agriculture. In closing we visit with singer-songwriter Victoria Canal, artist Shantell Martin, and artist-photographers Espen Rasmussen and Mandy Barker.

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