The Fight for the Future of YouTube

Plus: the U.S. women’s soccer team’s World Cup victory, and new fiction by Mary Gaitskill. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Technology The Fight for the Future of YouTube The video giant’s recent travails underscore a basic question: How “neutral” should social-media platforms try to be? By Neima Jahromi Sporting Scene The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team: A New American Role Model The members of the national team, beating the Netherlands in the World Cup on Sunday, have both inherited their claim to excellence and earned it. By Louisa Thomas Our Columnists The End of the Gay-Panic Legal Defense Seven state legislatures have passed bills banning defendants from blaming their actions on a sudden emotional response to an unwanted advance. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Daily Comment Boris Johnson’s “Looking Glass” Brexit A John le Carré spy novel explains the destructive dynamics behind Britain’s self-defeating attempts to leave the E.U. By Amy Davidson Sorkin New Fiction Novellas “This Is Pleasure” “At first, the suit was not against me but against the publishing house, and all she wanted was a payment, which the company was prepared to make—as long as she kept quiet about her complaints.” By Mary Gaitskill Culture and More Q. & A. What If Life Did Not Originate on Earth? The Curiosity rover recently discovered methane on Mars, which could be a sign of life. By Isaac Chotiner Photo Booth What Do People in Solitary Confinement Want to See? A group asked inmates to fill out a form describing a picture that they would like to receive. A volunteer would then create it. By Doreen St. Félix The Art World Basquiat’s Memorial to a Young Artist Killed by Police Distraught over the death of the graffiti artist Michael Stewart, he repeated, “It could have been me.” By Peter Schjeldahl Puzzles Dept. The Weekday Crossword School where Aldous Huxley taught George Orwell: four letters. By Natan Last Humor Daily Shouts Conversations with Ma: Mad About Mars and Movies “Delete it! I hate that game! I don’t know anything about it, but I hate it!” By Julia Wertz Daily Cartoon Monday, July 8th By Ali Solomon Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.