Harry Reid Misses George W. Bush and Always Kind of Liked Bernie Sanders

View in browser | Update your preferences Caucuses are taking place in Nevada today in the race for the Democratic nomination, beginning at noon P.T. (3 P.M. E.T.). Follow our live results. The New Yorker Interview Harry Reid Misses George W. Bush and Always Kind of Liked Bernie Sanders The former Senate Majority Leader talks about Nevada politics, the election, the Democratic Party, the Senate, impeachment, and U.F.O.s. By Eric Lach Our Columnists The Delegate Math Now Favors Bernie Sanders Many professional observers—inside and outside of the campaigns—believe that, by the end of Super Tuesday, the Vermont senator may have racked up an irreversible lead. By John Cassidy Cultural Comment The Search for New Words to Make Us Care About the Climate Crisis The essays in “An Ecotopian Lexicon” seek to expand the language we use to describe life in the Anthropocene. By Hua Hsu Campaign Chronicles The Union at the Center of the Medicare for All Fight in Nevada The Culinary Workers Union Local 226—representing guest-room attendants, food-and-drink servers, porters, bellhops, and laundry and kitchen workers in Nevada—is as locally significant as any union in the country. By Eric Lach The New Yorker Radio Hour Stephen Miller, the Immigration Extremist in the White House How one adviser almost single-handedly engineered the Trump Administration’s nativist policies. Plus: a conversation with Pam Grier, the first action heroine of blaxploitation cinema. PAID POST From the world-renowned physicist and author of The Elegant Universe A captivating exploration of the cosmos and humanity’s search for purpose. “Greene remains one of our best living intermediaries between the sparkling, absolute-zero world of mathematics and the warm, clumsy world of human language.” –Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe Culture The Sporting Scene How Wilder-Fury II Became the Biggest Boxing Match in the World Most people would never dream of spending eighty dollars to watch boxing on TV, but, if ever there was a good time to contemplate such a thing, this is it. By Kelefa Sanneh Daily Comment Reading a Lost Wartime Letter from Albert Camus in 2020 In Camus’s vision—as expressed in a letter on the philosophical crisis of the French Resistance—justice, including economic justice, is meaningless without an equally passionate commitment to liberty. By Adam Gopnik Watch “Cause for Alarm!,” a Film Noir That Feels Accidentally Feminist Though it was written and directed by men, the movie feels like a cry for help sent telepathically from the fifties. By Margaret Talbot Humor and More Daily Shouts The Climate Crisis: What to Really Worry About I’ve learned that it’s no longer just an issue for hippies, science dweebs, and conspiracy theorists. This affects us all. By Marc Philippe Eskenazi Puzzles and Games Dept. The Weekend Crossword: Friday, February 21, 2020 Thompson who’s slated to play Marvel’s first out L.G.B.T.Q. superhero: five 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.