“Pretty Much a Big Mess”: The Iowa Caucuses

Plus: Big business and the climate crisis; Brittany Smith’s Stand Your Ground hearing; and Taylor Swift in “Miss Americana.” View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles The Unreality of the Iowa Caucuses The day after the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, the only result that anyone seemed confident about was the turnout, which was uninspiring. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Campaign Chronicles “Pretty Much a Big Mess”: One Iowa Caucus Precinct’s Drama-Filled Night All across the state, precincts were having trouble reporting their results. Pleasantville was no exception. By Eric Lach Annals of a Warming Planet Will Big Business Finally Reckon with the Climate Crisis? A new report on climate risks in the coming decades highlights the financial sector’s fundamental misunderstanding of climate change. By Carolyn Kormann PAID POST “One of the strongest and most affecting works in [Allende's] long career.” —The New York Times Book Review Spanning decades and crossing continents, this sweeping novel follows two people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a new place to call home. A Long Petal of the Sea shows bestselling author Isabel Allende at the height of her powers. News Desk Brittany Smith Loses Her Stand Your Ground Hearing The subject of a feature published in The New Yorker last month now faces life in prison for killing the man she said raped her. By Elizabeth Flock Cultural Comment Taylor Swift’s Self-Scrutiny in “Miss Americana” The Netflix documentary is a compelling portrait of an artist reckoning with what she’s capable of, and, more interestingly, what the culture will accept from her. By Amanda Petrusich Letter from the U.K. Brexit’s Passport to Nowhere On Friday night, for the last time, we were all just Europeans. By Rebecca Mead From the Magazine Chengdu Postcard China’s L.B.J. Cliffhanger! Fans can’t wait for the next installment of Robert Caro’s Lyndon Johnson biography in translation. Why is the Chinese publisher holding it up? By Peter Hessler Trump Country No Impeachment Talk at Daytona Up the coast from Mar-a-Lago, thousands of Trump supporters talked guns, slavery, and Oreo pudding shots as they watched twenty-four hours of auto racing. By Antonia Hitchens Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Suggested Revisions to Etiquette Instead of receiving a “bless you,” the sneezer apologizes. Sure, sneezes are involuntary, but you could at least have the decency to be ashamed of them. By Jonathan Zeller Daily Cartoon Tuesday, February 4th By Christopher Weyant 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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.