Has a desire to protect children put their long-term well-being at stake? “My biggest concern is that we’re going to lose these kids,” one teacher says. “They might never come back.”
By Alec MacGillis
The Stakes
The New Yorker Endorses a Biden Presidency
It would be a relief simply to have a President who doesn’t abuse the office as a colossal grift. But a new President must also address the failures that have been festering in American life for decades.
My problems were never ones of scarcity. I suffered from abundance.
By Ann Patchett
Onward and Upward with the Arts
A Fuller Picture of Artemisia Gentileschi
The pioneering painter survived a rape, but scholars are pushing against the idea that her work was defined by it—and celebrating her rich harnessing of motherhood, passion, and ambition.
By Rebecca Mead
Profiles
Marilynne Robinson’s Essential American Stories
The author of “Housekeeping,” “Gilead,” and, now, “Jack” looks to history not just for the origins of America’s ailments but for their remedy, too.
By Casey Cep
Books
Why Private Eyes Are Everywhere Now
Private investigators have been touted as an antidote to corruption and a force for transparency. But they’ve also become another weapon in the hands of corporate interests.
By Patrick Radden Keefe
Books
How Does Science Really Work?
Science is objective. Scientists are not. Can an “iron rule” explain how they’ve changed the world anyway?
By Joshua Rothman
Humor from The New Yorker
Shouts & Murmurs
The K-Word
“I’m an easygoing, accepting person, despite the restraining orders from multiple parties who tried to argue that street parking spaces are ‘open to everyone.’ ”
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