Did Trump and His Supporters Commit Treason?

Plus: the Biden Administration’s landmark day in the climate fight; Denzel Washington; and “Promising Young Woman.” View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Did Trump and His Supporters Commit Treason? Few events in American history have matched the Framers’ definition as clearly as the insurrection of January 6th. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Daily Comment The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate The newly announced actions may well mark the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era. By Bill McKibben Letter from Biden's Washington Did Biden Just Make Everything Normal Again? Reflections on a post-Trump week of refreshingly Presidential behavior and predictably partisan feuding. By Susan B. Glasser The Current Cinema Denzel Washington Sweats “The Little Things” Few actors rise so effortlessly above poor material, but the implausibilities of John Lee Hancock’s film are a challenge for Washington and his co-stars. By Anthony Lane Culture and More Cultural Comment How “Promising Young Woman” Refigures the Rape-Revenge Movie The twisty thriller upends a dark genre’s most familiar tropes, telling the story of a long aftermath and the guilt shared by those in power. By Carmen Maria Machado The Art World The Revelations of an Unlikely Pairing In a show at Zwirner, the soft cosmos of Giorgio Morandi’s domestic tableaux is relieved and refreshed by the architectonics of Josef Albers’s squares. By Peter Schjeldahl Culture Desk A World-Class Guitar-Maker Picks Through the Ashes Fire undid Todd Clinesmith’s way of life in a few moments. By Paul Elie The Pictures Once More, with Feeling: Justin Timberlake’s Sensitive-Guy Role Days before the singer performed for Joe Biden’s Inauguration extravaganza, he checked in with Fisher Stevens, his director in the movie “Palmer.” By Sarah Larson Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Now That I’m Getting Married, I Need a Bamboo Cheese Board We’ve never once invited anyone over to our studio apartment, but now we’re going to start hosting fancy dinner parties, because that’s what married people do. By Claire Friedman Daily Cartoon Friday, January 29th By Kim Warp This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.