This Week’s Issue: Ukrainian Refugees’ Journeys Have Just Begun

Plus: Joshua Yaffa reports from across Ukraine; Jill Lepore on curriculum fights; and Peter Schjeldahl on art and war. 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 » Portfolio Ukrainian Refugees’ Journeys Have Just Begun On arriving in Poland, people fleeing the Russian invasion weigh where to go next. Photography by Rafał Milach Letter from Ukraine What the Russian Invasion Has Done to Ukraine After thwarting a quick victory for Russia, Ukrainians are galvanized—and facing a punitive assault. By Joshua Yaffa American Chronicles Why the School Wars Still Rage From evolution to anti-racism, parents and progressives have clashed for a century over who gets to tell our origin stories. By Jill Lepore A Reporter at Large Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses? The U.S. government arrested Chinese professors, implying that they were foreign agents. The professors say that they’ve been caught up in a xenophobic panic. By Gideon Lewis-Kraus Comment The Trumpist Ukraine Blame Game After the invasion, there may or may not be room for Putin apologists in the Republican Party, but there is certainly room for Trump apologists. By Amy Davidson Sorkin The Art World Art in a Time of War The images produced by artists historicize war’s sick seductiveness while concentrating the mind on past, present, and, ineluctably, future calamity. By Peter Schjeldahl Books Literature’s Most Controversial Nobel Laureate Peter Handke’s defenders argue that his views on Serbia are extraneous to his literary achievement, but a close reading of his output suggests otherwise. By Ruth Franklin Books Solmaz Sharif Refuses to Fill in the Gaps In “Customs,” the poet displays a thrilling contempt for literature’s vaunted ability to elicit empathy. By Elisa Gonzalez On Television “Bel-Air” and “Abbott Elementary” Reboot and Revive the Network Sitcom The former, on Peacock, is a humorless remake of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” while the latter, an original series by Quinta Brunson, has rejuvenated the form. By Doreen St. Félix Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Crossword-Puzzle Newsletter Never miss another New Yorker crossword again. Humor from The New Yorker 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.