This Week’s Issue: A Hollywood Titan Fights Back to the Top

In the Technology Issue: North Korea’s hacking army, brain implants and identity, and e-scooters. View in browser | Update your preferences Profiles Ari Emanuel Takes on the World Hollywood’s most tenacious agent tries to remake himself as a mogul. By Connie Bruck A Reporter at Large The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army The country’s cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the regime by pulling off schemes ranging from A.T.M. heists to cryptocurrency thefts. Can they be stopped? By Ed Caesar Annals of Medicine Do Brain Implants Change Your Identity? As neural devices proliferate, so do reports of personality changes, foundering relationships, and people who want to leave their careers. By Christine Kenneally Our Local Correspondents The E-Scooters Loved by Silicon Valley Roll Into New York Fleets of electric scooters have taken over city streets worldwide. With New York finally climbing aboard, do they represent a tech hustle or a transit revolution? By John Seabrook Comment Biden Inherits F.D.R.’s Supreme Court Problem Roosevelt tried to pack the Court to protect his ambitious agenda from conservatives. Biden, facing a similar threat, has appointed a commission to study options. By Evan Osnos Books The Reorientations of Edward Said Steeped in Western culture, the great critic of Western narratives came to his post-colonialist convictions gradually but with growing intensity. By Pankaj Mishra Books Did Home Economics Empower Women? For pioneers of the field, it was a gateway to the male-dominated world of science; for those it purported to help, it could be yet another domestic trap. By Margaret Talbot Books What Do We Want in a First Lady? Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan grappled with the contradictions of a role that is at once public and private, superficial and serious. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Pop Music The Afrofuturist Sounds of Dawn Richard On her new album, the former Danity Kane singer combines electronic beats with references to the cultural touchstones of New Orleans. By Amanda Petrusich Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Non-COVID-19 Passports That Reduce Your Risk to Society Reply-Guy Passport: Documents the last time you replied to a tweet without even liking it first. By Zach Zimmerman 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.