David Remnick

A historian looks to the nineteen-thirties—the last time democracy in America seemed so fraught—for insights into our moment.  

David Remnick talks with Susan Glasser, Evan Osnos, Jeannie Suk Gersen, and Amy Davidson Sorkin about the challenges to a peaceful transition of power.

A New York City bus operator recalls the terrifying early days of the pandemic, and reflects on the current state of danger and frayed nerves.

Donald Trump ran as a populist insurgent; he has governed largely according to Republican priorities. If he loses, what will become of his movement? Plus, Carrie Battan on K-pop.

The legendary artist on “Hey Clockface,” his thirty-first studio album.

Two leaders of the progressive left discuss the election and what a Biden Presidency should look like. Plus, the fierce electoral battle in Florida, the largest of the swing states.

Oregon has a unique history of white-supremacist violence. Today’s far-right extremists have made the liberal bastion of Portland their battleground.

Dr. Fauci, discusses his career as a lightning rod for criticism of public health. And the creator of “The Forty-Year-Old Version” talks rap, theatre, and film.

The novelist’s fourth book in her series about Gilead, Iowa, concerns a disgraced ne’er-do-well facing a new predicament: he is in love. Plus, Douglas Stuart on fashion and fiction.

The cartoonist’s political awakening inspired a new show on Hulu. And, at home with a newborn, the writer and voracious cultural critic recommends a book, a record, and a reality show.

Jaime Harrison, a Democrat who’s never held elected public office, is running to unseat a G.O.P. power broker. What’s his strategy? Plus, a review of the boom in Trump literature.

The writer and filmmaker’s third darkly comic feature contains both “silly heist stuff” and a tragically failed family. Plus, David Remnick honors Roger Angell on his centennial.

New Yorker political writers cover the numerous risks to the election: some quite real, and some that could be self-fulfilling prophecies.