This Week’s Issue: The Afghans America Left Behind

Plus: Eli Reed on bell hooks, Calvin Trillin on the art of the newspaper lede, and more from the Cartoons & Puzzles Issue. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of War The Afghans America Left Behind The U.S. promised protection to the locals it relied on during the war. When it withdrew, it abandoned thousands to the Taliban. By Eliza Griswold Personal History Escaping Into the Crossword Puzzle If, by the dumb logic of my eating disorder, I was losing something special about myself by gaining weight, I was bolstering my self-esteem by creating crosswords, something I knew to be difficult, precocious, and exceptional. By Anna Shechtman Comment Mark Meadows and the Republican Response to the January 6th Investigation It’s tempting to dismiss the vitriol of some House Republicans as overblown, but their rhetoric points to a potentially dangerous shift within the Congress. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Postscript The Power of bell hooks’s Gaze The feminist writer and activist bell hooks as the photographer Eli Reed saw her, in his contact sheets from a 1996 shoot. By Eli Reed The Wayward Press Florida Woman Bites Camel Some thoughts on the art of the newspaper lede. By Calvin Trillin The Art World When Pop Culture Raids Art—and the Reverse The Met’s show on Walt Disney and French decorative arts and also the Cooper Hewitt’s on the modernist poster designer E. McKnight Kauffer reveal the power of influence. By Peter Schjeldahl The Theatre The Bad Trip of “Flying Over Sunset” James Lapine’s new musical, at the Vivian Beaumont, sets the LSD hallucinations of three nineteen-fifties celebrities to song. By Vinson Cunningham More from the Cartoons & Puzzles Issue Comic Strip The Story of Noah’s Ark, Retold God’s love of her creations had eroded imperceptibly over time. But the way she felt about Noah—it was a new way to feel. By Liana Finck Shouts & Murmurs Yelp Reviews of Xmas “I’m allergic to nuts! One star.” “Christmas is too loud! Two stars.” And other holiday beefs. By David Sedaris Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. Puzzles & Games Dept. The Impossible Crossword Cover up the set of clues labelled “Easy” to impress people looking over your shoulder. By Megan Amram and Paolo Pasco 2021 in Review 2021 in Review The Best Jokes “Ted Lasso,” Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse, and more of the year’s comic relief. By Ian Crouch 2021 in Review Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons As the year winds down, I’m noticing that I encountered several topics that we touched upon in our most popular cartoons. This is all quite suspicious. By Colin Stokes 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.