THE TALK OF THE TOWN
David Remnick on the cost of Trump’s war on the press;
The value of a life; the treasures of Frank Zappa’s vault;
A Coney Island school’s COVID lawsuit; Tobias Menzies.

A REPORTER AT LARGE
Solomon’s Dilemma - Larissa MacFarquhar
Families split by a clash of Hasidic and secular values.

The Hard Crowd - Growing up in a different San Francisco.

Life Hacks - Could gene editing protect the environment?

Structure and Flow - El Anatsui’s monumental sculpture.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN : Adam Gopnik on keeping our Republic; tracking problematic statues; high-school C.E.O.s; Roman Coppola; Anthony Weiner’s new gig, The Plague Year: With only four per cent of the world’s
population, the United States accounts for twenty per cent of all COVID deaths. How did we go so wrong?...

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on the First and Second Spouses; herd rebellion; good vibes; a Harlem romance; testing times.

Some Notes on Funniness - Calvin Trillin
Lessons in humor from grade school to Johnny Carson.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jelani Cobb on Georgia’s Warnock-Loeffler battle;
the odds of pardon season; still too young to vote;
“Feliz Navidad” turns fifty; how to curate kid art.

Radical Alienation - Calvin Tomkins
Arthur Jafa brings Black life to the screen.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on the long COVID winter;
the wonk-rock Secretary; inside the actor’s stable;
defending outdoor dining; Andrew Bird’s holiday cheer.

Rereading “Lolita” - Ian Frazier
The transgressive novel and the open road.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on Biden’s coronavirus mission;
Georgia’s election audit as spectator sport; team Trump;
the accent is key; Green-Wood Cemetery’s living resident.

OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS
Building the Impossible - Burkhard Bilger
A carpenter’s guide to New York’s high-end homes

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Steve Coll on why Trump is still refusing to concede;
ballot-counting in Philly; wreckage on the 7 train;
a missing Jacob Lawrence; Cazzie David’s anxiety.

A REPORTER AT LARGE
Follow the Leader - Suki Kim
A mysterious mission to liberate North Korea.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
David Remnick on the prospect of a Biden Presidency;
waiting for Joe; boarded up and protest-proof;
Missouri’s progressive star; a new face of justice.

ANNALS OF POLITICS
The Violent Style - Evan Osnos
Is conversation across America’s divide still possible?

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jill Lepore on election predictions then and now;
Blinkist and Ghislaine Maxwell; Black votes in Florida;
Wisconsin’s cookie psephology; Shepard Smith’s new gig.

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
Dancing Through the Dark - Michael Schulman
City Ballet’s socially distanced choreographies.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on lessons from the final debate;
pandemic comedy; putting a price on Trump’s Bible;
mining the mother lode; does it come with plexiglass?

ANNALS OF THE PRESIDENCY
The Health of a Nation - Barack Obama
How the Affordable Care Act was passed.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on the Barrett hearings;
QAnon at the ballot box; learning the Reels deal;
judged by the cover; socially distant Halloween.

Privacy Settings - Anna Wiener
A cryptographer’s vision for a better Internet.

A CRITIC AT LARGE - Daniel Alarcón
Rita Indiana’s anthems of discontent.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Steve Coll on Trump’s coronavirus incompetence;
uniforms without classrooms; a misfit producer’s passing;
Trump’s flag-bearer; a cool kid tries motherhood.

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
Opened Up - Amanda Petrusich
The spine-tingling songwriting of Adrianne Lenker.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
David Remnick on Trump’s diagnosis;
psychedelic medicine; Luis Miranda and son;
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s clerks; toxic superheroes.

LETTER FROM SANTIAGO
Chile at the Barricades - Daniel Alarcón
A popular movement challenges the legacy of Pinochet

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
The Editors on the need for a Biden Presidency;
Atul Gawande, Elizabeth Kolbert, Jeffrey Toobin, Jelani Cobb,
and Susan B. Glasser on confronting the American crisis.

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
A Brush with Violence - Rebecca Mead
The life of the painter Artemisia Gentileschi.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on climate-crisis politics;
Kennedys vs. Trumps; Travis Fimmel, remotely;
schoolkids hit the road; a temple during COVID.

THE POLITICAL SCENE
What Comes Next - Jeffrey Toobin
Will the battle continue after Election Day?

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Steve Coll on the Electoral College;
the game is rigged; Woodward’s next scoops;
Rhode Island famous; please don’t visit.

A REPORTER AT LARGE
The Man Who Wouldn’t Spy - Laura Secor
An Iranian scientist and his struggle for justice.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jelani Cobb on political violence and the election;
the lockdown porta-potty boom; Jason Scott Lee;
Calamityware; Roger Angell at a hundred.

ANNALS OF POLITICS
Believe It or Not - Joshua Yaffa
Assessing the threat of Russian disinformation

The Uncounted - Who gets to vote in the Republican-led state?

Back to School - Mario Dedivanovic and the art of maquillage.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on a remote Convention;
renegade ice-cream man; lawyer turned troll;
quarantined movie star; Gore Vidal’s grave.

Man in the Middle - Evan Osnos
Will Joe Biden’s balancing act succeed?

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Margaret Talbot on the Vice-Presidential pick;
the emoji explainer; acting “Normal”;
within the bubble; record-store elegies.

The Art of Return - Raffi Khatchadourian
Michael Rakowitz imagines an Iraq he never knew.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on reopening schools;
a Fred Trump memorial; making COVID mice;
renting from de Blasio; Bloomsbury bolt-hole.

A REPORTER AT LARGE - Peter Hessler  
How China Controlled the Virus
Teachable moments amid the pandemic.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Margaret Talbot on the Nineteenth Amendment;
assessing the West-Tidball ticket; deplorables, ahoy!;
do the toddlers approve?; summer writing assignment

Urgent Care
-Paige Williams
The Army Corps of Engineers responds to the pandemic

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
David Remnick on the legacy of John Lewis’s bravery;
Langston Hughes remembered; N.Y.C. abortion battles;
COVID takes the mother of a trans Latinx community.

THE POLITICAL SCENE
Jelani Cobb
The Matter of Black Lives
How a movement found its moment.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jeffrey Toobin on William Barr’s response to protests;
the enemy of my enemy; changing of the guard;
uncommon front man; flying into the unknown.

A REPORTER AT LARGE
Back to the Jungle - Jane Mayer
A meat-processing company puts its workers at risk.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on the new COVID-19 spikes;
the fireworks conundrum; Bill Nighy’s threads;
problematic wallpaper; prepper real estate; summer evening.

AMERICAN CHRONICLES
The Dollar-Store Deaths
A business model that harms vulnerable communities.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jelani Cobb on the significance of Juneteenth;
birding while black; any questions?;
the real Shirley Jackson; the Mooch shouts out.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jelani Cobb on what protests mean for America;
George Floyd’s lawyer; public hearings, on Zoom;
Brooklyn postcard; marching as a black immigrant.

A REPORTER AT LARGE
Punishment by Pandemic - The chaos of the coronavirus in prison.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jelani Cobb on the protests in Minneapolis;
a nuclear-age time capsule; playing Staten Island;
when Zoom seems passé; not invited to the party.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on reopening schools;
Grim Reaper at the beach; a world without people;
getting through it with guitars; Zoom table read.

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