Alexandra Kleeman reads her story “Choking Victim,” from the May 2, 2016, issue of the magazine. Kleeman is the author of the novel “You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine,” which was published in 2015. This is her first story in The New Yorker.
The Lede
Trump’s Disgrace
While F.D.R. set a modern standard for the revitalization of a society, Trump seems determined to prove how quickly he can spark its undoing.
By David Remnick
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Tim Walz Might Run for President in 2028 if You Ask Him Nicely
Kamala Harris’s running mate describes losing in 2024, opposing Donald Trump now, and his future.
By David Remnick
The New Yorker Interview
We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”
Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.
By David Remnick
The Weekend Essay
The Imperialist Philosopher Who Demanded the Ukraine War
For decades, Alexander Dugin argued that Russia had a messianic mission, and that destroying an independent Ukraine was necessary to fulfilling it.
By James Verini
The Lede
Geothermal Power Is a Climate Moon Shot Beneath Our Feet
The center of the Earth is so hot that it could satisfy the entire world’s energy needs. But can scientists safely tap into it?
By Brent Crane
A Reporter at Large
The End of Children
Birth rates are crashing around the world. Should we be worried?
By Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Annals of the Sea
Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
By Julian Lucas
Letter from Trump’s Washington
Why Aren’t We in the Streets?
On Trump the Almighty and his so-far quiescent capital.
By Susan B. Glasser
Fiction
“Five Bridges”
Being undocumented at a time when no one bothered much about illegal Irish people had almost suited him.
By Colm Tóibín
Critic’s Notebook
“Paradise” Is Manna for the Moment
The clanking didacticism of Dan Fogelman’s new Hulu series, which involves climate disaster, nuclear war, and the insurgency of the billionaire class in politics, is deeply satisfying.
By Doreen St. Félix
Infinite Scroll
Techno-Fascism Comes to America
The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.
By Kyle Chayka
The New Yorker Interview
Bill Gates and the New Trumpian Tech Oligarchs
The Microsoft founder discusses vaccine skepticism, his fellow-billionaires’ political pivots, and his dinner with the President at Mar-a-Lago.
By David Remnick