The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood

Plus: the crisis of the moderate Republicans, and a transgender asylum seeker’s harrowing, two-year detention. View in browser | Update your preferences Books The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood They played essential behind-the-scenes roles as the American movie industry was taking off. What happened? By Margaret Talbot The Political Scene Will Hurd and the Crisis of the Moderate Republicans The lone African-American in the House Republican caucus will not be running for reëlection, but he seems likely to play a role in the coming inquiry and in the political path of the G.O.P. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Dispatch The Harrowing, Two-Year Detention of a Transgender Asylum Seeker Why was Alejandra Barrera, who, with worsening health, was detained in the country's only ICE unit for trans women, repeatedly denied humanitarian parole? By Murat Oztaskin Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Fiction “God’s Caravan” “ ‘Ride or die,’ the electric mouths shouted. ‘Amen,’ the mouths of the boys shouted back.” By Tiphanie Yanique Culture and More On and Off the Avenue Virtue and Vanity at Reformation The eco-friendly fashion brand has surely pushed many of its customers to think about sustainability. But it is hard to echo its proposition that looking cute is a way of protecting the earth. By Jia Tolentino Postscript The Legacy of Robert Evans, a Vexing Hollywood Legend Evans understood that one must be charming as well as a fine hunk of meat to succeed in the business, and his special power was to flatter and seduce those more powerful than himself. By Naomi Fry Letter from the U.K. The Disastrous Arrival of Video Replay in English Soccer The video-assistant referee system is soccer’s first serious attempt to incorporate technology into the umpiring of the game, but it’s a complicated affair. By Sam Knight Culture Desk The Otherworldly Harmony of Jürg Frey The composer’s work appeals to modern listeners who are overwhelmed with information and saturated in noise. By Alex Ross Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Making Comics: The Face-Jam Exercise Who creates a comic? The person who draws it or the person who sees it? By Lynda Barry Puzzles Dept. The Weekend Crossword Acronym often applied to Simone Biles: four letters. By Erik Agard 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.