A Year Without a Name

Cyrus Grace Dunham on gender and identity. Plus: Stacey Abrams's next electoral battle. View in browser | Update your preferences Personal History A Year Without a Name Was the problem gender—or me? By Cyrus Grace Dunham The Political Scene Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote As the 2020 elections approach, the progressive politician and advocate is leading the battle against voter suppression. By Jelani Cobb Dispatch What Dayton’s Mayor Wants America to Learn from Her City After a local resident killed nine people, Nan Whaley navigates the politics of gun control and a visit by President Trump. By Paige Williams Letter from the U.K. Revisiting Sutton Hoo, Britain’s Mythical Ship Burial Thinking about Britain’s deep past, I am always struck by how fluid it was. Our inheritance is nothing like the banal nationalism of the Brexiteers. By Sam Knight The Front Row “One Child Nation,” an Investigation of a Chinese Policy’s Personal Toll The bold, probing, painfully intimate film traces the one-child policy’s consequences, as well as the attitudes underlying it. By Richard Brody More from The New Yorker Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Newsletters Get the best of The New Yorker, in your in-box. Culture and More Page-Turner William Gardner Smith’s Exile in Paris Richard Wright saw the city as a sanctuary for African-Americans. “The Stone Face” novelist distrusted it. By Adam Shatz Cultural Comment Toni Morrison and Nina Simone, United in Soul “She saved our lives,” the writer said of the singer, who turned social exclusion into superlative beauty and style. By Emily Lordi On Television The Glorious Depravity of “Love Island” On the British dating show and its American counterpart, young people are dispatched to a sunny villa, where, goaded by a lack of single beds, they set about finding true love. By Lou Stoppard Puzzles Dept. The Weekday Crossword BoSox rivals: five letters. By Patrick Berry Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Men I’ve Gone Out With and the T-Shirts I Borrowed from Them A closet full of memories. By Pia Mileaf-Patel Daily Cartoon Monday, August 12th By Jason Adam Katzenstein 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.