This Week’s Issue: Can Chile’s Young President Reimagine the Latin American Left?

Plus: Steve Coll on Trump’s primary messages; Rebecca Mead on reënvisioning Shakespeare; and Elizabeth Kolbert on animal cognition. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Santiago Can Chile’s Young President Reimagine the Latin American Left? Gabriel Boric promises sweeping social change. In a nation of duelling political extremes, he’ll need to sell his vision not just to his opponents but also to his allies. By Jon Lee Anderson Cover Story “Out with the Old” This week’s cover artist, Edward Koren, reflects on sixty years at the magazine. By Françoise Mouly Reporting and Commentary A Reporter at Large The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues? By Patrick Radden Keefe Annals of Nature The Strange and Secret Ways That Animals Perceive the World Nonhuman creatures have senses that we’re just beginning to fathom. What would they tell us if we could only understand them? By Elizabeth Kolbert Onward and Upward with the Arts A Hamlet for Our Time In a bold new production, the director Robert Icke finds resonances in Shakespeare’s canonical play which make it feel made for this moment. By Rebecca Mead Comment How Will Trump’s Primary Messages Affect the Midterms? The former President has been sowing white-grievance politics and lies about election corruption from Pennsylvania to Wyoming. By Steve Coll The Critics A Critic at Large The Transformations of Pinocchio How Carlo Collodi’s puppet took on a life of his own. By Joan Acocella Books Andrew Holleran Chronicles Life After Catastrophe “The Kingdom of Sand” portrays one man’s existence in the wake of the AIDS crisis and personal tragedy. By Garth Greenwell The Art World The Importance of Scale Shows of twentieth-century American modernists, at the Whitney, and the contemporary artist Walter Price, at Greene Naftali, test an idea of what makes paintings work. By Peter Schjeldahl The Current Cinema “Crimes of the Future” Could Be Called “Themes of the Past” David Cronenberg’s career-long taste for corporeal horror is as strong as ever in his new film, but the narrative pulse is weak. By Anthony Lane Newsletters Sign up for The New Yorker’s Fiction newsletter Dive into the world of literature with our weekly fiction newsletter. Humor and Puzzles Shouts & Murmurs The History of Group Projects Eve relied on Adam; Julius bet on Ethel; and other tales of group screwups. By Dennard Dayle Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. Crossword A Challenging Puzzle Medium for a message: five letters. By Anna Shechtman Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson More from The New Yorker Infinite Scroll How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines Two new books examine how social media traps users in a brutal race to the bottom. By Kyle Chayka Daily Comment Would Showing Graphic Images of Mass Shootings Spur Action to Stop Them? Returning to an old debate after the horrific killings in Uvalde, Texas. By Jelani Cobb Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for This Week's Issue from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.