The Bitter Fruits of Trump’s White-Power Presidency

Plus: Ben Taub on the cruelty of Omar Ameen’s case; Masha Gessen on the conversation around trans care; and the most hated man in the Rockies. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists The Bitter Fruits of Trump’s White-Power Presidency The events of January 6th make clear a growing unity between the Republican Party and white supremacists. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Daily Comment Biden’s Path to Winning Back Blue-Collar Workers The incoming President recognizes the need to demonstrate that his party—not Trump and the Republicans—are the champions of the working class. By Steven Greenhouse News Desk Omar Ameen’s Cell-Phone Records Reveal That He Was Framed The special bureaucratic cruelty of Ameen’s case is that the U.S. government never charged him with a crime. By Ben Taub Q. & A. Learning from the Failure of Reconstruction The storming of the Capitol was an expression of the antidemocratic strands in American history. By Isaac Chotiner Our Columnists We Need to Change the Terms of the Debate on Trans Kids What if we saw ourselves as always changing, always uncertain, but always capable of making choices? By Masha Gessen Letter from Colorado Trolling the Great Outdoors As the wilderness gets overrun, the most hated man in the Rockies finds an audience of emulators and antagonists. By Nick Paumgarten Culture and More The New Yorker Documentary Life After Lynching in “Ashes to Ashes” The artist Winfred Rembert and the activist and physician Shirley Jackson Whitaker reckon with the living legacy of racist violence in America. By Rachel Riederer The Waves Surfing into the Montauk Sunset To raise money for a local food bank, Jeremy Grosvenor stayed on his board for nine hours and nineteen minutes on the shortest day of 2020. By Adam Green Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Crossword Sherlock’s sleuthing sister, in a 2020 film: eleven letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Daily Shouts The Best Days of a Boat Owner’s Life The day they sell themselves on the notion that anyone who doesn’t own ten boats simply hasn’t worked hard enough to earn them. By Reuven Perlman Daily Cartoon Wednesday, January 13th By Ward Sutton 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.