Watch Live: Greta Thunberg Leads the N.Y.C. Climate Strike

Watch our live stream of today’s protest. Plus: the National Book Awards longlist for fiction. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk Watch Live: Greta Thunberg Leads the N.Y.C. Climate Strike The sixteen-year-old climate activist participates in the New York City protest demanding action on climate change. By The New Yorker Comment Summits, Strikes, and Climate Change There are positive signs that the politics of climate change are shifting in America. And giving up isn’t really an option. By Elizabeth Kolbert Campaign Chronicles Can Tom Steyer Disrupt the Democratic Primary? His candidacy, like Trump’s, rests on the premise that a billionaire who has never held office is well suited to the White House. By Eren Orbey Our Columnists Iran Entrenches Its “Axis of Resistance” Across the Middle East The country’s network has so fundamentally altered the region’s strategic balance that no nation can take it on without enormous risk. By Robin Wright Letter from Trump’s Washington Trump’s Obscure New National-Security Chief How Robert O’Brien flattered his way to the top. By Susan B. Glasser PAID POST A revolutionary new argument against the false promise of meritocracy “A sociological masterpiece. Far too many readers will recognize themselves in this brilliant critique, and they will feel a rush of anger, a pang of regret, and a burning desire to remake the system.” - Franklin Foer, author of World Without Mind Culture and More Page-Turner The 2019 National Book Awards Longlist: Fiction Only one of the ten authors longlisted for this year’s National Book Award for Fiction is a previous honoree, and half of the books are débuts. By The New Yorker Cultural Comment French Women Take On the French-Girl Cliché The popular image of the Parisienne shuts many women out of the national narrative. Female French authors are fighting back. By Lauren Collins Photo Booth Photo Booth The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride Lakin Ogunbanwo’s portraits are an ingenious investigation into the elements of Nigerian wedding traditions, uncompromising in their opulence, that have been taken for granted. By Yemisi Aribisala Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Tools from the Society of Advanced Baseball Philosophy Existential Run Average: This statistic acknowledges that all runs are unearned, because no one really deserves anything. By Jonathan Zeller Daily Cartoon Friday, September 20th By Avi Steinberg 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.