The World’s Most Wanted Man Is Dead

The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a major advance against jihadi extremism. Also: a clarifying, upending week in the impeachment inquiry. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists ISIS’s Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Is Dead Though Baghdadi’s death does not end the threat of the Islamic State, experts called it a major advance in the decades-long campaign against jihadi extremism. By Robin Wright Comment A Clarifying, Upending Week in the Impeachment Inquiry Republicans can protest all they want, but the facts increasingly indicate that the President committed impeachable violations. By Jelani Cobb Our Columnists Trump’s War on the Government Is an “Autocratic Attempt” The difficulty with absorbing the news lies, in part, in the words we use, which have a way of rendering the outrageous ordinary. By Masha Gessen PAID POST “Reads as if a John le Carré character landed in ‘Eat Pray Love.’ ”—The New York Times Exhilarating, intimate, and fiercely intelligent, “Life Undercover” chronicles the extraordinary decade that Amaryllis Fox spent working in the most élite clandestine-ops unit of the C.I.A., while simultaneously navigating allegiance to country, family, and self. News and Culture Dispatch Chicago’s Striking Teachers Test a Progressive New Mayor The central sticking point between educators and Lori Lightfoot has not been salaries but teachers’ demands for expanded support services and limits on class size. By Peter Slevin Daily Comment Franco’s Body Is Exhumed, as Spain Struggles to Confront the Past The controversy surrounding the Valley of the Fallen, the mausoleum that housed Franco’s remains, has as much to do with its past as with its present. By Stephania Taladrid Page-Turner A Century of T. S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” What makes the poet’s 1919 manifesto such a durable touchstone? By Kevin Dettmar Photo Booth The Mysterious Relationship Between Pets and Their Owners In the photographs from Sage Sohier’s book “Animals,” cartoonish wit, crowded domesticity, and a faintly sinister air are common. By Brian Dillon Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Cult-Activities Coördinator Seeking New Gig No one knows better than I do the positive effects that a fun and engaging group activity can have on a band of zealous joiners. By Elliott G-B 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.