The Perils of Semi-Legal Poker

Plus: Clarence Thomas’s radical vision of race, and the promising young designers of New York Fashion Week. View in browser | Update your preferences The Sporting Scene The Perils of Semi-Legal Poker By exploiting a legal loophole, two friends tried to build gambling businesses in Texas. They were dealt very different hands. By Kashmir Hill Essay Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race The Supreme Court Justice has moved from black nationalism to the right. But his beliefs about racism, and our ability to solve it, remain the same. By Corey Robin Our Columnists Trump’s Stunt with the Taliban Was Not About Negotiating Peace In a furious series of tweets, the President both revealed and cancelled a summit with the militant group. By Robin Wright Q. & A. The Buried Promise of the Reconstruction Amendments The historian Eric Foner discusses the ways in which we misunderstand the legacy of slavery. By Isaac Chotiner Our Columnists The Release of Oleg Sentsov and the Plight of Those Left Behind The journalist’s story shows that a concerted international effort on behalf of one man can yield results, but it also highlights the limitations of such efforts. By Masha Gessen PAID POST Michael Bloomberg's life sounds like an exaggerated version of The American Story, except his adventures are real. With unprecedented access, the veteran New York Times reporter offers a revealing portrait of one of the richest and famously private public figures in the country: business genius, innovator, publisher, activist, and sly wit Michael Bloomberg. More in Culture Personal History The Horror of Such a Love They told me: “Your child is dead.” It was an hour after the birth. By Marguerite Duras On and Off the Avenue A Message of Useful Beauty from New York Fashion Week I am optimistic about the futures of some of the very youngest designers, precisely because they are palpably pessimistic about the future at large. By Troy Patterson Cultural Comment The Chicago Band Whitney and the Fear of Being “Too Indie” The bandmates Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek discuss how to make music that transcends the Spotify playlists dictating how people discover them. By Peter C. Baker The Front Row Revisiting “Moment by Moment” The superb 1978 romance should have propelled its writer and director, Jane Wagner, into the front ranks of Hollywood directors. By Richard Brody From the Archive Profiles John Bolton on the Warpath The national-security adviser has left the Trump Administration. Read this piece from May on the Republican Party’s most militant foreign-policy thinker. By Dexter Filkins Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts My Typical New York Day I work a pretty standard day of between nineteen and thirty-seven hours. By Eddie Small Daily Cartoon Tuesday, September 10th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst 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.