This Week’s Issue: The Ultra-Wealthy Who Want to Pay Higher Taxes

Plus: V. S. Naipaul on the strangeness of grief, a translation crisis at the border, and Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women.” View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large The Ultra-Wealthy Who Argue That They Should Be Paying Higher Taxes In an age of historic disparity, Abigail Disney and the Patriotic Millionaires take on income inequality. By Sheelah Kolhatkar Annals of Immigration A Translation Crisis at the Border For migrants who speak Mayan languages, a grassroots group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum. By Rachel Nolan Personal History The Strangeness of Grief A writer reckons with the different forms of loss. By V. S. Naipaul Comment Storytelling Across the Ages From our earliest times of uncertainty, it seems, we have searched for a happy ending. By Adam Gopnik The Current Cinema Greta Gerwig’s Raw, Startling “Little Women” What emerges from Gerwig’s adaptation is a strong sense that indignation is not just the natural lot of women but their rousing right. By Anthony Lane Portfolio A Radical Restaging of “West Side Story” In the new Broadway production, avant-garde choreography incorporates salsa and hip-hop. By Collier Schorr Miami Postcard A Street Artist Goes Corporate Shepard Fairey, who designed the “HOPE” portrait of Obama, has gotten in legal trouble for his guerrilla art. His latest project? A solo show at a venue sponsored by Citibank. By Sheila Marikar Books The Asian-American Canon Breakers Proudly embracing their role as outsiders, a group of writer-activists set out to create a cultural identity—and a literature—of their own. By Hua Hsu Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Einstein: The Untold Story When Einstein got remarried, to his cousin Elsa, in 1919, he discovered the true meaning of relativity. By Hart Pomerantz 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.