This Week’s Issue: A Murder Trial in Reverse

Plus: how Stephen Miller manipulates Trump, survivor’s guilt in the mountains, and a grim take on “West Side Story.” View in browser | Update your preferences This week, we’re launching The Climate Crisis, a weekly newsletter from the environmental activist and author Bill McKibben. Sign up here. Our Local Correspondents A Murder Trial in Reverse Two men were sent to prison for killing a French tourist in Manhattan in 1987. Can they overturn their convictions? By Jennifer Gonnerman Profiles How Stephen Miller Manipulates Donald Trump Donald Trump’s senior adviser has been the true driving force behind this Administration’s racist agenda. How far will he go? By Jonathan Blitzer A Reporter at Large Survivor’s Guilt in the Mountains Alpinists are intimately familiar with death and grief. A therapist thinks he can address the unique needs of these élite athletes. By Nick Paumgarten Personal History Unbuttoned On wills, words, and wearing my father’s shirt. By David Sedaris Comment How Did the Democrats End Up Here? An entirely white slate of candidates is called on to explain their records on criminal justice, creating, in an unimaginable irony, an opportunity for a President as cynical as Donald Trump. By Jelani Cobb The Theatre A Grim Take on “West Side Story” Ivo van Hove’s new interpretation of the iconic musical is an infuriating example of what happens when a powerful style calcifies into shtick. By Alexandra Schwartz Books Big Tech Is Testing You Large-scale social experiments are now ubiquitous, and conducted without public scrutiny. Has this new era of experimentation remembered the lessons of the old? By Hannah Fry Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs X-Treme Rules of the X.F.L. We have created this helpful guide to usher you through the X-Citing, X-Cessive football game play that revolutionizes the boring old No Fun League. By Eli Coyote Mandel 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.