This Week’s Issue: Can the BBC Survive the British Government?

Plus: Elizabeth Kolbert on a lake’s lawsuit; Masha Gessen on how a 1941 massacre in Ukraine is remembered; and Tad Friend asks who gets to tell the family story. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Communications Can the BBC Survive the British Government? In its hundredth year, the broadcaster maintains a near-total reach—and faces a threat to its existence. By Sam Knight American Chronicles A Lake in Florida Suing to Protect Itself Lake Mary Jane, in central Florida, could be harmed by development. A first-of-its-kind lawsuit asks whether nature should have legal rights. By Elizabeth Kolbert Letter from Kyiv The Holocaust Memorial Undone by Another War After eighty years, the site of a mass execution of Jews was about to be commemorated. Then Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. By Masha Gessen Personal History With Father-and-Son Writers, Who Gets to Tell the Family Story? A relationship reconsidered by reading between the lines. By Tad Friend A Critic at Large Race, War, and Winslow Homer The artist’s experiences in the Civil War and after helped him transcend stereotypes in portraying Black experience. By Claudia Roth Pierpont Comment Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Hearings May Be Only the Beginning The final Senate confirmation vote sparked relief that the ugly part was over, at least for Jackson. The rest of the country may not be so lucky. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Books The People Who Decide What Becomes History However fastidious they may be about facts, historians are engaged in storytelling, not science. By Louis Menand The Theatre A “Hamilton” for the Suffrage Movement Shaina Taub’s new musical follows Alice Paul’s tireless quest to win American women the vote. By Alexandra Schwartz Comic Strip The Collective Shame of Putin’s War A Russian artist is caught between dictatorship and Western sanctions. By Victoria Lomasko and Joe Sacco Humor from The New Yorker Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. Shouts & Murmurs Things I Don’t Have Room for as a Mother Now that my mental capacity is sharing space with my son, I’m going to say no to some stuff: Harry Styles, waiting in line for brunch, and TikTok. By Jessi Klein 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.