This Week’s Issue: When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals

Plus: Blood gold in the Brazilian rain forest, Todd Haynes, and liberalism according to The Economist. View in browser | Update your preferences American Chronicles When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way. By Adam Hochschild Personal History My Year of Concussions The thud was thicker than I’d expected. It felt as if my head had been slammed in a car door. By Nick Paumgarten Letter from the Amazon Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest Indigenous people and illegal miners are engaged in a fight that may help decide the future of the planet. By Jon Lee Anderson Profiles Todd Haynes Rewrites the Hollywood Playbook In film after film, including his latest, “Dark Waters,” the director asks viewers to contend with ambiguity. By John Lahr Comment Impeachment Goes Public At stake is what will sway voters more: the Trump machine’s populist propaganda or a sober presentation of damning facts. By Steve Coll Books Liberalism According to The Economist Founded in 1843 to spread the doctrine of laissez-faire, the magazine has wielded influence like no other. But at what cost? By Pankaj Mishra On Television “Evil,” “9-1-1,” and the Appeal of the Network Procedural In the era of cable and streaming, there’s still life in old-school formats. By Emily Nussbaum The Current Cinema End Times in “Terminator: Dark Fate” and “Marriage Story” The Arnold Schwarzenegger franchise finds a novel groove; and Noah Baumbach toys with his audience as one couple dissolves. By Anthony Lane PAID POST A spectacular new edition of Studs Terkel’s Working This iconic oral history of 1970’s America is accompanied with an exclusive introduction by Scott Simon and is illustrated for the first time with over 40 colour photographs in this glorious new edition from The Folio Society. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs The Environmental Impact of Breaking Up with Me Please consider the untold gallons of clean, potable water that would be wasted by my crying in the shower for hours. By Sarah Lazarus 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.