Kamala Harris's Last Stand in Iowa

Plus: The Supreme Court’s key Justice, border-town life, and the actor Dax Shepard’s podcast. View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles Kamala Harris’s Last Stand in Iowa The state, with its big platform for small retail politics, offers the California senator a chance to reintroduce herself to voters. By Eric Lach Profiles Is the Supreme Court’s Fate in Elena Kagan’s Hands? She’s not a liberal icon like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but, through her powers of persuasion, she’s the key Justice holding back the Court’s rightward shift. By Margaret Talbot Our Columnists Nikki Haley Embodies What’s Wrong with the Republican Party In adopting a see-no-evil posture when it comes to the President, the former Ambassador to the U.N. is confirming Trump’s belief that the normal rules don’t apply to him. By John Cassidy Video Dept. Border-Town Life Defies the Wall in “Borderlands” A short documentary shows how commuters, city planners, and kids deal with the wall that divides their cities. By Stephania Taladrid PAID POST #1 bestselling author Lee Child returns with a new Reacher thriller Once in a BLUE MOON things turn out right . . .especially when Reacher’s on your side. In this heart-stopping novel, discover why Ken Follett calls tough guy Jack Reacher “a thriller hero we can’t get enough of.” Culture and More A Critic at Large From Little Englanders to Brexiteers How Britain’s imperial decline led to today’s populist eruption, and to a crisis that may never fully be resolved. By Isaac Chotiner Page-Turner Amos Oz and the Politics of the Hebrew Language Oz delighted in Hebrew’s expanding resonances, but he was also alive to the ways in which language can be abused. By Gal Koplewitz Culture Desk Reframing Modernism at the New MOMA In a gallery at the museum, the principle of shape challenges the hierarchies of Modernism. By Andrea K. Scott Listening Dept. Dax Shepard, Anthropology Major On his podcast, “Armchair Expert,” the actor unpacks the slippery chaos of human behavior. By Amanda Petrusich Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Emily Dickinson, Freelancer I’m Nobody! Who are you? / Are you—Unverified—too? By Emma Brewer Daily Cartoon Tuesday, November 12th By Elisabeth McNair 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.