This Week's Issue: Kamala Harris Makes Her Case

Dana Goodyear profiles the Presidential candidate. Plus: The promise and price of cellular therapies. View in browser | Update your preferences Profiles Kamala Harris Makes Her Case The Presidential candidate has been criticized as a defender of the status quo. Can she prove that she’s a force for change? By Dana Goodyear Annals of Medicine The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies New “living drugs”—made from a patient’s own cells—can cure once incurable cancers. But can we afford them? By Siddhartha Mukherjee American Chronicles Kicked Off the Land Why so many black families are losing their property. By Lizzie Presser Comment The Battle for Health Care The latest Republican effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act appears likely to reach the Supreme Court in the heat of the 2020 Presidential race. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Onward and Upward with the Arts A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal Jakub Józef Orliński brings a swooning sultriness—and a bunch of break-dancing moves—to the Baroque-music revival. By Rebecca Mead Books The Art of Aphorism Why are these fragments of wisdom—empirical or mystical, funny or profound—such an enduring form? By Adam Gopnik PAID POST An Amazon Best Book of 2019 Hans-Peter’s macabre interests and inventions are pure Thomas Harris—and Cari Mora, a woman who has already survived unspeakable things, is a worthy opponent… in this complex cat-and-mouse thriller.”—Amazon Book Review* Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs This Password Is Invalid Mydogismybestfriend1? Yeesh. Password must be less sad. By Claire Friedman Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. 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.