Maraú Península: Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback

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Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback

Years ago, she gave up music for activism. Now she’s back, with a long-awaited third album.

Charred ships seen from the shore in the aftermath of the Maui wildfire.

The Invisible Fire on Maui

For those on the Hawaiian island whose jobs depend on tourism, a period of mourning and recovery has also brought fear for their livelihoods.

By Jack Truesdale

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From the News Desk

The remains of a neighborhood in Lahaina, Maui after being destroyed in a wildfire.

Comment

The Burning of Maui

The governor called the fires Hawaii’s “largest natural disaster” ever. They would more accurately be labelled an “unnatural disaster.”

By Elizabeth Kolbert

News Desk

Surviving the Phoenix Heat

Researchers at Arizona State University are bringing relief to the residents who need it most.

By Geraldo Cadava

Newton's cradle with Earth as its marbles, as a red fiery one is about to collide with the rest.

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Talking to Conservatives About Climate Change

A congressional Republican and the head of the Sierra Club talk about the search for common ground on climate action. Plus, the fiction writer Tessa Hadley.

With David Remnick

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The Political Scene Podcast

Will the Summer of Trump Indictments Shake Up the Election?

Donald Trump received his fourth criminal indictment this week, yet Republican primary voters appear unmoved. Can anything stop his apparent glide toward the G.O.P. Presidential nomination?

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Editor’s Pick

The New Yorker Interview

Wanda Sykes Is Taking It All In

The actor and comedian on what’s at stake in the writers’ strike, why politics are central to her standup, and how the scene has changed during her thirty-plus-year career.

By Inkoo Kang

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Culture Dept.

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Poems

“A Film in Which I Play Everyone”

“In scene two, silence is a sleeve, I’m an arm in it.”

By Mary Jo Bang

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Poems

“My Grandmother’s Dictionary”

“It must have arrived in the hands / of a salesman whose name / shall remain unrecorded.”

By Matthew Zapruder

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Fun & Games Dept.

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Name Drop

Play the Quiz

Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer?

By Will Nediger

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Cryptic Crossword

The Cryptic Puzzle

Does perhaps reject grass: four letters.

By Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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Daily Shouts

Supreme Court Bombshell: Anybody Can Rain on Fanny Brice’s Parade

Justice Brett Kavanaugh reminded the press of his two L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ friends (both “L,” according to him), and stressed that the ruling was not anti-gay.

By Stephen Karam