How does a young woman go from canvassing for Obama to carrying a tiki torch in Charlottesville? Plus, a new Netflix show imagines the backstory of the classic antihero Nurse Ratched.

William Finnegan on what the repeal of an arcane law reveals about the conflict among police, protesters, and politicians. Plus, an interview with the mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot.

The children of Black immigrants in Italy are dispossessed by a country that doesn’t offer birthright citizenship. Plus, an economist on whether—and how—to reopen schools.

David Remnick talks with the hip-hop star about political change at the local and national levels. And two prison abolitionists talk about reforms that may do as much harm as good.

Staff writers discuss how the Democratic Presidential candidate is handling one of the most tumultuous periods in modern times. Plus, a conversation with Coel about dramatizing sexual assault on television.

In the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s new book, she asserts that racism in the United States is best understood as a caste system, not unlike the one that dominated in India.

Harris was long expected to emerge as Biden’s running mate, but that doesn’t mean her selection won’t shake up the Presidential race.

Two filmmakers gained unprecedented access to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. What they found isn’t pretty.

How a social-media platform best known for its lip-synching teens became a stand-in for Republicans’ concerns about China’s growing power.

President Trump is deploying two hundred federal agents to “drive down violent crime” in Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives David Remnick her take on the situation.

The author reads his story from the August 24, 2020, issue of the magazine.

The author reads her story from the August 17, 2020, issue of the magazine.

The author reads his story from the August 3 & 10, 2020, issue of the magazine.

Homes reads and discusses Jackson’s story from 1948, which was republished in the July 27, 2020, bonus archive issue of the magazine.

The author reads his story from the July 6 & 13, 2020, issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Years of My Birth,” by Louise Erdrich, from a 2011 issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “No Place for You, My Love,” by Eudora Welty, from a 1952 issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “U.F.O. in Kushiro,” by Haruki Murakami, from a 2001 issue of the magazine.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Afternoon in Linen,” by Shirley Jackson, from a 1943 issue of the magazine.

The New Yorker fiction editor reads and discusses “Good People,” by David Foster Wallace, from a 2007 issue of the magazine.

In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson, and Terrance Hayes join Kevin Young to read their work, and to discuss its relationship to protest and liberation.

Clarence Major joins Kevin Young to discuss “Downpour,” by Billy Collins, and his own poem “Hair.”

Gonzalez joins Kevin Young to discuss “Gathering Apricots,” by Milosz, and her own poem “Failed Essay on Privilege.”

Purkert joins Kevin Young to discuss “Notes on the Reality of the Self,” by Graham, and his own poem “News.”

Dawes joins Kevin Young to discuss “The Season of Phantasmal Peace,” by Walcott, and his own poem “Before Winter.”