This Week’s Issue: Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote

How the former gubernatorial candidate is leading the battle against voter suppression. View in browser | Update your preferences The Political Scene Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote As the 2020 elections approach, Abrams is leading the battle against voter suppression. By Jelani Cobb Personal History A Year Without a Name Was the problem gender—or me? By Cyrus Grace Dunham A Reporter at Large The Radical Transformations of a Battered Women’s Shelter Transition House had to be true to its principles and then it had to leave them behind. By Larissa MacFarquhar American Chronicles The Fight to Redefine Racism In “How to Be an Antiracist,” Ibram X. Kendi argues that we should think of “racist” not as a pejorative but as a simple, widely encompassing term of description. By Kelefa Sanneh Comment What Toni Morrison Understood About Hate President Trump bears out the author’s warnings about the violence of language. By David Remnick On Television “Sherman’s Showcase” Celebrates a Lost TV Genre Each episode is a loving homage to a fake “Soul Train”-like show and its iconic host. By Emily Nussbaum Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Recent Articles of Mine “Why Rubbing Sand Into a Drag Burn Is Not as Crazy as It Sounds” —Men’s Health. By Jack Handey 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.