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“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” – The New Yorker
Letter from Trump’s Washington “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798. By Susan B. Glasser, February 12, 2026 During the 2024 campaign, after years of attacking the media as “enemies of the people,”…
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Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight – The New Yorker
The Daily Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight By David Remnick, February 8, 2026 You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. It’s truly impossible to keep up, isn’t it? Last week—after the Wall Street…
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How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post – The New Yorker
Editor’s Note: My apologies to The New Yorker for publishing the entire article, which is under their copyright. I believe this is very important reporting for people to read, and consider. –DrWeb Annals of Communications How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a…
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Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion – The New Yorker
A Reporter at Large Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned. By David D. Kirkpatrick, January 31, 2026 At the start of Donald Trump’s first term, he promised…
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Is the Dictionary Done For? – The New Yorker
A Critic at Large Is the Dictionary Done For? The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution. By Louis Menand, December 22, 2025 Wars over words are inevitably culture wars, and debates over the dictionary have raged for as long as it has…
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The Biggest Threat to the 2026 Economy Is Still Donald Trump – The New Yorker
The Financial Page The Biggest Threat to the 2026 Economy Is Still Donald Trump Many analysts are predicting an election-year upturn, but they aren’t accounting for the President’s ability to cause more chaos. By John Cassidy, December 22, 2025 You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. In a prime-time…
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History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along – The New Yorker
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience. By Michael Luo, December 14, 2025 The second Presidency of Donald Trump has been unprecedented in myriad ways, perhaps above all in the way that he has managed to cajole, cow, or simply…
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What Did Men Do to Deserve This? – The New Yorker
The Weekend Essay What Did Men Do to Deserve This? Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.” By Jessica Winter, November 9, 2025 Bald, white, and jacked, Scott Galloway is an action figure of the tech-and-finance overclass. He’s…
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Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump – The New Yorker Radio Hour – WNYC Studios
Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump Download October 31, 2025 By David Remnick Share Share this via Email Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’s “The…
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The New Yorker Daily Newsletter – October 10, 2025
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/ Jon AllsopA contributing writer who covers politics. Yesterday, April M. Perry, a federal judge, barred the Trump Administration from deploying the National Guard in Illinois, for at least the next fourteen days. “I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state,” Perry noted from the bench. J.…
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Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It – The New Yorker
Annals of Technology Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again. By Julian Lucas, September 29, 2025 Tim Berners-Lee may have the smallest fame-to-impact…
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The New Yorker – Donald Trump’s First 100 Days
Editor’s Note: Some of this content and links likely behind a paywall. This Wednesday marks Donald Trump’s hundredth day back in the Oval Office. It’s been a tumultuous and shocking few months, characterized by the Administration’s flurry of executive orders, defiance of court orders, multiple about-faces on tariffs, and so much more. For today’s newsletter,…