The Hate at the Heart of the Jersey City Shooting

Plus: The Democrats’ impeachment strategy, the floating utopia of Salesforce Park, and the “L Word” reboot. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch Untangling the Hate at the Heart of the Mass Shooting in Jersey City Did an influx of Hasidic residents in the Greenville neighborhood spur two assailants to embark on a shooting spree that left six people dead? By Zach Helfand Our Columnists How Nancy Pelosi Is Dictating the Democrats’ Impeachment Strategy Why the House Speaker announced only two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. By John Cassidy Letter from the U.K. Hugh Grant Is Living His Best British Election The actor has lent his support to campaigns in a half-dozen tight parliamentary races, hoping to prevent the Conservatives from winning a majority and finally delivering Brexit. By Sam Knight Letter from Silicon Valley The Floating Utopia of Salesforce Park San Francisco’s newest public space reflects Big Tech’s influence—and a city’s anxieties. By Anna Wiener PAID POST Read the new novel from critically-acclaimed author Olaf Olafsson A young nun is sent to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, a priest falls to his death. Two decades later she returns and must reckon with his death and the abuses of power that may have brought it on. Culture and More The Front Row Speaking for Women’s Art in “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” The very romance of memory and the beautiful melancholy of love and separation are built into the substance of the film, about a painter and her subject. By Richard Brody On Television The “L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins The updated “Generation Q,” it seems, is less concerned with being radical than it is with being inoffensive. By Crispin Long Under Review Can Surrogacy Remake the World? Two new books explore how surrogacy threatens—or deepens—our idea of family. By Jessica Weisberg The New Yorker Documentary An International Advocate for People with Albinism A new film about the Malawian musician Lazarus Chigwandali chronicles his fight against stigma. By Sarah Larson Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts New Slogans for Biden’s Bus “(Incoherent Yelling.) I Challenge America to a Pushup Contest!” and more. By Colin Stokes and Jason Adam Katzenstein Daily Cartoon Wednesday, December 11th By Ander Andreades 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.