David Remnick appears in the following:
A Trans Woman Finds Her True Face Through Surgery
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Hormone therapy couldn’t change the characteristically male bone structure of a trans woman’s face, so she underwent facial feminization surgery.
Pope Francis the Disruptor
Friday, April 13, 2018
In a new book, the conservative columnist Ross Douthat compares the progressive Pope Francis to Donald Trump—no compliment intended.
Pope Francis the Disruptor, and the New Law of Baseball
Friday, April 13, 2018
A critic of the pontiff explains why he is surprisingly like Donald Trump, and minor league ballplayers struggle for a living wage.
Frank Oz on Miss Piggy’s Secret Backstory and Jim Henson’s Legacy
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Frank Oz looks back on some of his most iconic roles, and Naomi Fry shares three Internet treasures.
Emma González at Home, and a Crown Prince Abroad
Friday, April 06, 2018
The teenage leader of #NeverAgain takes on the fight for gun control. And the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia launches a political charm offensive.
Emma González at Home, and a Crown Prince Abroad
Friday, April 06, 2018
A teenage leader of #NeverAgain continues the fight for gun control. And the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia launches a political charm offensive.
How Not to Write a Caption
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
On the Tumblr blog “Shitty New Yorker Cartoon Captions,” two guys craft wrong-headed, vulgar, and hilariously inappropriate submissions to the weekly contest.
John Thompson vs. American Justice
Friday, March 30, 2018
John Thompson was nearly executed for crimes he didn’t commit. His case raises a question: when prosecutors hold all the cards, can any defendant get a fair trial?
John Thompson vs. American Justice
Friday, March 30, 2018
John Thompson was nearly executed for crimes he didn’t commit. His case raises a question: when prosecutors hold all the cards, can any defendant get a fair trial?
The American Bombs Falling on Yemen
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
At a funeral in Sana’a, a Saudi plane dropping American bombs took the life of a man who might have helped bring peace.
Account Settings
Monday, March 26, 2018
In "Account Settings," David Remnick reports on Cambridge Analytica and a moral reckoning in Silicon Valley.
Scott Pruitt, the “Originalist” at the E.P.A.
Friday, March 23, 2018
Scott Pruitt made his name as a tormentor of the Environmental Protection Agency, repeatedly suing the agency. Then Trump appointed him to run it.
The American Bombs Falling on Yemen
Friday, March 23, 2018
At a funeral in Sana’a, a Saudi plane dropping American bombs took the life of a man who might have made peace. Plus; a look at Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. nemesis who runs Trump’s E.P.A.
A Homemade Museum in a Refugee Camp
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
A refugee from Yemen’s civil war walks for miles each day in the desert, picking up objects of all sorts and assembling them into a homemade museum.
Armando Iannucci on “The Death of Stalin”
Friday, March 16, 2018
Armando Iannucci mines the comedy of terror under dictatorship in his new film, about the murderous officials who have to deal with life after Stalin.
The Death of Stalin, and Tracy K. Smith in the Woods
Friday, March 16, 2018
Armando Iannucci mines the comedy of terror under dictatorship in his new film, and Tracy K. Smith talks about leaving the city to find peace in the woods.
Illiberal Arts
Monday, March 12, 2018
In "Illiberal Arts," David Remnick writes about Donald Trump and the stress test of liberal democracy.
In Secret, a North Korean Writer Protests the Regime
Friday, March 09, 2018
Bandi is the pen name of a North Korean writer who creates propaganda by day and writes protest fiction in secret.
Christopher Steele and the Russian Dossier, and a North Korean Poet
Friday, March 09, 2018
Jane Mayer on the former spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the notorious dossier on Trump’s ties to Russia. And a dissident poet opens a window on North Korea.
Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Dossier
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
Jane Mayer explains how the former spy Christopher Steele compiled his infamous “Russia dossier,” a secret report on Trump’s ties to Russia.
