This Week’s Issue: On Ukraine’s Front Line

Plus: Lawrence Wright on animal personhood; Andrew Marantz on the Sunrise Movement; and James Somers on biologists who are discovering the true nature of cells. View in browser | Update your preferences Get the in-depth analysis and on-the-ground reporting you need to understand the war in Ukraine. Subscribe today » A Reporter at Large The Elephant in the Courtroom A curious legal crusade to redefine personhood is raising profound questions about the interdependence of the animal and human kingdoms. By Lawrence Wright Portfolio In Ukraine, Daily Life in the Face of War Through years of conflict, people in eastern Ukraine have sought a semblance of normal existence—one that’s now under siege. Photography by Mark Neville Comment Putin’s Bloody Folly in Ukraine The Russian leader’s assault on a sovereign state has not only helped to unify the West against him; it has helped to unify Ukraine itself. By David Remnick Annals of Activism The Youth Movement Trying to Revolutionize Climate Politics Sunrise wants to create a mass movement, combining street protest with policy negotiation, while there’s still time. By Andrew Marantz Dept. of Science A Journey to the Center of Our Cells Biologists are discovering the true nature of cells—and learning to build their own. By James Somers The Theatre Shifting Identities in Sanaz Toossi’s “English” In a play about a TOEFL class in Iran, speaking a second language isn’t just a way to say the same things differently but a way to be different. By Alexandra Schwartz The Art World Making Way for Faith Ringgold At ninety-one, the veteran American artist is sorely overdue for canonical status. By Peter Schjeldahl Books The Crisis That Nearly Cost Charles Dickens His Career The most beloved writer of his age, he had an unfailing sense of what the public wanted—almost. By Louis Menand Books Claire-Louise Bennett’s Women Without a Story In “Checkout 19,” the author once again wages war against narrative, filtering experience through thoughts, textures, and the dark core of the self. By B. D. McClay 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 Executive Orders to Get the World Back on Track If student loans can be forgiven, why not age? By David Kamp 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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.