This Week’s Issue: Will Trump Be Prosecuted?

Plus: behind the scenes at a five-star hotel in Manhattan; Louis Menand on the New Left; and Graham Greene. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Can Cyrus Vance, Jr., Nail Trump? Insiders say that the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation has dramatically intensified since the former President left office. By Jane Mayer Our Local Correspondents Behind the Scenes at a Five-Star Hotel For years, employees of the Pierre enjoyed some of the most enviable union jobs in New York City. How much of that will survive the pandemic? By Jennifer Gonnerman American Chronicles The Making of the New Left The movement inspired young people to believe that they could transform themselves—and America. By Louis Menand Comment The Stimulus Bill Is the Most Economically Liberal Legislation in Decades Biden’s bill is a sign that our democracy isn’t completely broken, and may convince Americans that government can solve problems. By Nicholas Lemann Annals of Domestic Life How Polyamorists and Polygamists Are Challenging Family Norms From opposite sides of the culture, parallel campaigns for legal recognition may soon make multiple-partner marriages as unremarkable as same-sex marriages. By Andrew Solomon Books Graham Greene’s Dark Heart Although the novelist grappled with the meaning of faith and with the global politics of his time, his true achievement is one of pure sensibility. By Joan Acocella The Current Cinema Cold War Connections in “The Courier” Dominic Cooke’s drama lacks the emotional and moral punch of a truly great spy movie. By Anthony Lane Musical Events Conjuring the Music of Proust’s Salons Two French musicians have recorded an homage to a 1907 concert organized by the writer. By Alex Ross Books In Sarah Moss’s Fiction, There’s No Holiday from History In her latest novel, visitors at a Scottish campground can’t escape one another—or current tensions. By Leo Robson Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Crossword-Puzzle Newsletter Never miss another New Yorker crossword again. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs How to Write a TV Police Procedural On the rare show that centers on a female detective, that character will express her gritty competence by wearing her hair in a ponytail. By Paul Rudnick Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for This Week's Issue from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.