Will Argentina Return to Peronism?

Plus: a Palestinian lawyer on Netanyahu’s strategic errors; the Sackler family’s empire of pain; and more. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk Argentina Considers a Return to Peronism The results of recent voting cast doubt on the ambitious reform agenda of the incumbent President, Mauricio Macri. By Stephania Taladrid Q. & A. A Palestinian Lawyer on Netanyahu’s Strategic Errors Raja Shehadeh discusses the decline of the Israeli left and how changes in American politics may affect the fate of Palestinians. By Isaac Chotiner From the Archive A Reporter at Large The Family That Built an Empire of Pain The Sacklers have offered to pay billions of dollars to settle opioid-related claims. From 2017: How their ruthless marketing of painkillers created millions of addicts. By Patrick Radden Keefe PAID POST A new novel from the author of the national bestseller The Submission Amy Waldman, who reported from Afghanistan for the New York Times after 9/11, has written a taut, propulsive novel about an idealistic young woman’s pilgrimage to an Afghan village, the complicated truths she finds there, and her confrontation with America’s longest war. Culture and More Onward and Upward with the Arts Vija Celmins’s Surface Matters The artist produces relatively little work and vigorously resists all forms of self-promotion. But, as she enters her eighties, her attitudes may be changing. By Calvin Tomkins Under Review Caleb Crain’s “Overthrow” and the Power of Literary Form In a novel about Occupy, hacking, and telepathy, the author of “Necessary Errors” makes an unfashionable case for style. By Garth Greenwell Culture Desk “Jawline,” a Look at the Making of a Teen Influencer The documentary follows Austyn Tester, an aspiring live-streaming star, as he navigates a social-media economy that has monetized anxiety, depression, and fragility. By Doreen St. Félix On This Day The Talk of the Town The Hours Before “I Have a Dream” A survey of the March on Washington in the lead-up to Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s most famous words, which he uttered on this day in 1963. By Calvin Trillin Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Honest iPhone Updates We see that you haven’t bought a new phone yet! Don’t worry, your battery now lasts a maximum of twenty minutes. By Blythe Roberson Daily Cartoon Wednesday, August 28th By Emily Flake 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.