Trump Still Faces a Reckoning in New York

Plus: Trigger warnings; TikTok’s Americancore meme; and a song for preventing overthinking in a new relationship. View in browser | Update your preferences Wednesday, September 29, 2021 News Desk Trump Still Faces a Reckoning in New York Court documents and interviews indicate that the Manhattan District Attorney is accumulating evidence of pervasive tax fraud. By Andrea Bernstein Our Columnists What If Trigger Warnings Don’t Work? New psychological research suggests that trigger warnings do not reduce negative reactions to disturbing material—and may even increase them. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Infinite Scroll America as an Internet Aesthetic TikTok’s Americancore meme critiques cultural appropriation by exoticizing the familiar. Who has the last laugh? By Kyle Chayka The New Yorker Live Field Notes from Afghanistan’s Future, and Our Own Tune in on Thursday as four journalists with extensive reporting experience in Afghanistan discuss the chaotic U.S. withdrawal and the lives of Afghans under the Taliban. The New Yorker Documentary The Flawed Idea of the Perfect Immigrant In Maya Cueva’s film “Ale Libre,” the community organizer Alejandra Pablos fights both her deportation case and a broader idea that only some immigrants are deserving of legal status. Video by Maya Cueva Text by Danielle Mackey Culture and More Profiles Neo Rauch’s Antagonistic Art German painting’s arch-traditionalist has a brush with controversy. By Thomas Meaney A Critic at Large Gayl Jones’s Novels of Oppression In the author’s work, colonization and racial hatred turn mother against child, Black against white, man against woman. By Hilton Als Listening Booth A Song for Preventing Overthinking in a New Relationship Esperanza Spalding’s “Songwrights Apothecary Lab” imagines music with very specific healing properties. By Sheldon Pearce Annals of Gastronomy The Underrated Pleasures of Eating Dinner Early From 2019: Despite its connotations of denture-friendly fare and penny-pinching, early dinner is the most decadent meal there is. By Lauren Collins Humor and Games Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Crossword The Crossword Sauce often served with crab cakes: five letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Daily Shouts Will You Marry Me? (No Pressure) This isn’t about the forty thousand fans currently watching us, in mounting anticipation. By Evan Waite and River Clegg Daily Cartoon Wednesday, September 29th By Maddie Dai You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily 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.