The Past and the Future of the Earth's Oldest Trees

Plus: Mass incarceration, ten years after “The New Jim Crow,” and an Australian firefighter who became a folk hero by denouncing the Prime Minister. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Nature The Past and the Future of the Earth’s Oldest Trees Bristlecone pines have survived various catastrophes over the millennia, and they may survive humanity. By Alex Ross As Told To The Firefighter Folk Hero Who Decried Australia’s Prime Minister The response of Australia’s P.M. to the country’s catastrophic bushfires has provoked widespread anger, which Paul Parker, a small-town firefighter, channelled in a video that went viral. By Amanda Schaffer The New Yorker Radio Hour Mass Incarceration, Then and Now Mass incarceration has been profoundly harmful to communities of color. Ten years after “The New Jim Crow” helped to identify the problem, how much headway have we made? Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Food Newsletter Get essays on food, restaurant reviews, and notes for the kitchen, all delivered to your in-box. Culture The Front Row Gilberto Perez’s Philosophy of Cinema In “The Eloquent Screen,” Perez brings together films reflecting a wide range of traditions, in order to unite them with probing analyses of their distinctively cinematic rhetoric. By Richard Brody On Television “Sex Education,” Season 2: The Doctor Is In The show offers the best of teen dramedy through a more enlightened, feminist lens, centering pleasure and mutual respect. By Sarah Larson Pop Music 100 gecs’ Musical Scrap Yard The group’s whirlwind of a record provides as much fun as one can have while receiving an auditory flogging. By Carrie Battan Books Robert Hass’s Inner History of the Decade “Summer Snow,” the poet’s first new book since 2010, arrives right on time. By Dan Chiasson Humor and More Daily Shouts Dating Material: You Might Want to Sit Down for This We’ve compiled a list of the most memorable breakup spots from our twenties, to help inspire the type of magical, dramatic ending that every couple deserves. By Olivia de Recat and Julia Edelman Puzzles and Games Dept. The Weekend Crossword Vodka, pineapple, and champagne cocktail, per “Sex and the City”: eight 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.