This Week’s Issue: Is Fandom Becoming as Toxic as Politics?

Plus: Samantha Power and the moral logic of humanitarian intervention, and Margaret Atwood’s sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” View in browser | Update your preferences Dept. of Popular Culture Superfans: A Love Story From “Star Wars” to “Game of Thrones,” fans have more power than ever to push back. But is fandom becoming as toxic as politics? By Michael Schulman Annals of Diplomacy The Moral Logic of Humanitarian Intervention Samantha Power made a career arguing for America’s “responsibility to protect.” During her years in the White House, it became clear that benevolent motives can have calamitous results. By Dexter Filkins Books Margaret Atwood Expands the World of “The Handmaid’s Tale” In “The Testaments,” the novelist examines the kinds of complicity that are required for constructing such a frightening future. By Jia Tolentino Personal History My Terezín Diary What is most striking to me today about the diary I kept in the camp, seventy-five years ago, is what I left out. By Zuzana Justman Comment Back to School Reform The current clashes over the New York City school system, which has been undergoing reform since its founding, are shot through with questions of race and equity. By Jelani Cobb Profiles James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space “Ad Astra” is the filmmaker’s biggest production yet. Is it also his most personal? By Nathan Heller PAID POST Michael Bloomberg’s life sounds like an exaggerated version of the American Story, except his adventures are real. With unprecedented access, a veteran New York Times reporter offers a revealing portrait of one of the richest and most famously private public figures in the country: business genius, innovator, publisher, activist, and sly wit Michael Bloomberg. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs The Metamorphosis: Millennial Edition After I woke up as a bug, I realized that you don’t need a man if you have both male and female bug genitals. By Cirocco Dunlap 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.