Image may contain: Text

The New Yorker Festival goes virtual, October 5th to 11th. See the lineup and buy tickets today.

California Chronicles
A person photographs the San Francisco skyline engulfed by an orange smokey sky

The Crisis in the Skies of San Francisco

The West Coast’s wildfires, and the ecological crisis they portend, have never been more visible.

The Political Scene
Supporters at Trump Rally

How Trump Could Win

The President consistently trails Joe Biden in polls, but political strategists from both parties suggest that he still has routes to reëlection.

Personal History
A lone figure sitting in front of the laptop

Notes on Grief

I last saw my father in person on March 5th, just before the coronavirus changed the world.

Letter from Trump’s Washington
U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions.

Bob Woodward Finally Got Trump to Tell the Truth About COVID-19

Whatever the political consequence, hearing the President’s cynical interview on tape is a revelation.

Search

Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today »

Spotlight
Daily Comment
The sun sets as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in North Carolina.

Trump’s Epic Lies Become His Campaign Coronavirus Story Line

The President has long required that his supporters cease to care about the truth. Now he is asking that they not care about American lives.

Medical Dispatch
A group of scientists bringing down a large coronavirus

It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19

Vaccines are making progress, but they may not defeat the virus completely. Luckily, other therapies are on the way, too.

The Talk of the Town
Rescue workers search through the rubble of the World Trade Center

From 2001: Tuesday, and After

New Yorker writers respond to 9/11.

Our Columnists
Portrait of Svetlana Aleksievich.

Svetlana Alexievich Is Not Going Anywhere

The Nobel Prize winner seeks to represent the will of protesters in Belarus, despite intimidation by Alexander Lukashenka’s regime.

Tables for Two
Image may contain: Vacation, Food, Meal, Leisure Activities, Human, Person, Picnic, Animal, Dog, Mammal, Pet, and Canine

Touchstones of El Salvador in New York

At Pupusas Ridgewood, in Queens, and Mirna’s Pupuseria, in Brooklyn, find griddled masa cakes, cashew-fruit juice, and other transportative treats.

Crossword
Eustace with a crossword puzzle

The Weekend Puzzle

Company that supplies Wile E. Coyote with gizmos: four letters.

Image may contain: Text, and Label

The best of The New Yorker, in your in-box. Sign up for our newsletters now.

The Latest

What to Do with a Confederate Monument?

A Talbot Boys monument being pulled in both directions.

A small town struggles with a statue honoring men who fought for secession and slavery, and with the meaning of its history. Plus, the long shadow of Richard Wagner on modern culture.

September 11, 2020

Quarantine Coping Mechanisms

Person buys Beanie Babies online.

You can never have too many Beanie Babies, right?

September 11, 2020

A Presidential Review of Bob Woodward’s “Rage�

Image may contain: Human, Person, Text, Reading, Art, and Painting

Tricky Dick peruses a galley from the great beyond.

September 11, 2020

Trump Agrees to Be Interviewed for New Book by Joe Biden

Joe Biden talks to neighbors.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for me, quite frankly,� Trump said. “I think Joe is going to make me look really good in it.�

September 11, 2020

Daily Cartoon: Friday, September 11th

Image may contain: Building, Architecture, Housing, Mansion, and House

How Trump views his Presidency.

September 11, 2020
More Stories
From This Week’s Issue
Classical Music
Image may contain: Human, Person, Architecture, and Building

Tragedy and Compassion at the Opera

Joyce DiDonato’s performance in the Metropolitan Opera’s streaming series “Met Stars Live in Concert,� on September 12th, is well suited to our year of high drama.

Books
Yaa Gyasi sitting on bench.

Yaa Gyasi Explores the Science of the Soul

In her second novel, Gyasi examines the forces of repression through a mother and daughter’s shared loss.

Dept. of Hoopla
Image may contain: Human, Person, Face, Drawing, Art, and Performer

Roger Angell at a Hundred

Raising a glass to the New Yorker legend—born ï¬?ve years before the founding of this magazine, and a contributor for the past seventy-six—as he celebrates a milestone birthday.

Fiction
Body and lemons.

“The Englishman�

“His eyes travelled up my bare leg as it emerged from the sleep-twisted sheets. I pretended to be asleep.�

Video

How Will Americans Vote During a Crisis?

Susan B. Glasser breaks down three previous elections where an incumbent sought reëlection during a national catastrophe.

Daily Cartoon

Podcasts

Bette Midler on “Coastal Elites�

An illustrated portrait of Better Midler as her character in the show "Coastal Elites"

The actress, along with the screenwriter Paul Rudnick, talks about playing a character close to their hearts: a New Yorker who is educated, funny, and losing her mind over Donald Trump.

More Podcasts