A Pennsylvania Mother’s Path to Insurrection

Ronan Farrow unmasks “Bullhorn Lady.” Plus: corporate America reckons with its role in enabling Trump; Russia’s race to immunity; and an all-virtual Sundance. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk A Pennsylvania Mother’s Path to Insurrection How claims by Rudy Giuliani and Alex Jones spurred a parent of eight to become one of the Capitol riot’s biggest mysteries, and a fugitive from the F.B.I. By Ronan Farrow Our Columnists Pro-Navalny Demonstrations Continue to Build Momentum The Russian opposition leader’s incantation of “Do not be afraid!” does not mean “There is nothing to fear.” By Masha Gessen Currency Corporate America Reckons with Its Role Enabling Trump Are the changes that companies are currently making simply emergency measures to repair reputational damage, or something more lasting? By Sheelah Kolhatkar Letter from Moscow The Sputnik V Vaccine and Russia’s Race to Immunity When the pandemic struck, scientists in Moscow set out to beat the West. By Joshua Yaffa Culture and More Onward and Upward in the Garden A Novelist’s Turn on the U.K.’s Nerdiest Quiz Show “University Challenge” is a TV competition so difficult, so unlucrative, and so snobbishly acceptable that even the most camera-shy cannot resist. By Charlotte Mendelson The Front Row Highlights from an All-Virtual Sundance Film Festival Three filmmakers find inspiration at the intersection of politics and personal experience. By Richard Brody Books Who Was Mike Nichols When He Wasn’t Playing Mike Nichols? An intuitive storyteller, the director perfected narratives—including his own. By Louis Menand Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Quarantine Brain: A Self-Diagnostic Guide Symptoms may include an excessive interest in dinner planning and losing all sense of time and purpose. By Kat Radley Daily Cartoon Tuesday, February 2nd By Jared Nangle 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 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.