This Week’s Issue: Is Amazon Unstoppable?

Plus: Susan Orlean on luxury consignment shopping; the view from Iran’s housing crisis; and a gathering of redheads. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Is Amazon Unstoppable? Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back. By Charles Duhigg Annals of Shopping TheRealReal’s Online Luxury Consignment Shop How the reseller brings designer goods into the “circular economy.” By Susan Orlean Personal History My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both. By Colton Wooten Comment Will Republicans Challenge Trump on Impeachment? A crucial question in the mounting drama is how Republicans in the House and the Senate will shape the process. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Portfolio Ghost Towers The view from Iran’s housing crisis. By Hashem Shakeri Minority Report Night of the Walking Redheads Gingers gather upstate to celebrate the mysterious genetics behind their Day-Glo follicles, curse childhood bullies, and debunk the rumor that they’re going extinct. By Ben McGrath Making It Up Dept. The Beatboxing Brains of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Improv Group Freestyle Love Supreme knows that, when it comes to rhyming on the fly, it’s all about the prefrontal cortex. By Michael Schulman Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs New Releases from the Prince Vault Year 2083: Mass extinctions. Critical opinion of Prince’s newest, “Little Red Electric-Powered Self-Driving Corvette,” questions album’s faithfulness to his vision. By Ian Frazier 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.