An app cracks a window of free expression, allowing Chinese people to discuss taboo political subjects. Plus, the famed actor on his role in “The Father.”
The Maryland lawmaker on yet another unprecedented moment in our history. Plus, Atul Gawande on pandemic recovery, and the actor Daniel Kaluuya on “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
Mark Zuckerberg has outsourced crucial decisions about content moderation to a new body called the Oversight Board. Now it must decide whether Donald Trump can ever get back on the platform.
Sarah Stillman explains how seemingly bureaucratic changes made asylum almost unobtainable under Donald Trump. Plus, a live performance from the Weather Station.
The prominent liberal pastor talks about bringing religious principles back into policy. And we consider how Biden’s Catholic faith might affect his leadership.
Two New Yorker political writers on the early days of President Biden’s agenda, and the limits of the Democrats’ control. Plus, a lesson in digital archeology.
The New Yorker’s reporters and writers reflect on the convulsive end to the Trump years. And a game designer explains why the fiction of QAnon has been so appealing and so dangerous.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the U.S.’s failures in dealing with COVID-19. Plus, a molecular biologist answers questions about the virus’s worrisome new strain.
