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Thursday, Nov. 19 will see the release of one of the biggest, most anticipated entertainment properties of the year: The video game Grand Theft Auto VI. The first Grand Theft Auto game was released in 1997, and immediately stoked controversy with its aggressively satirical portrait of amoral, criminal American culture. Over the past 30 years, the franchise has continued to keep a sharp satirical eye on American society, and its often unpleasant excesses. The sixth installment promises to touch on hot-button issues like the war on drugs, police violence, conspiracy theories and influencer culture. And yet, even though the game has already made one billion dollars in pre-order sales, it might be the last time we ever see one of this scale. In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” Michael Barbaro talks with reporter Zachary Small, who covers video games for The Times, about Grand Theft Auto and how it became one of the biggest video game franchises of all time.

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The number of students in America’s public schools is shrinking. In some cases, the declines have been so drastic that districts are facing empty classrooms, painful budget cuts and angry debates about whether to close schools. Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter at The New York Times, discusses what the enrollment crisis looks like, why it’s happening and how one school district hopes to fix it.