| |  A Reporter at Large State Legislatures Are Torching DemocracyEven in moderate places like Ohio, gerrymandering has let unchecked Republicans pass extremist laws that could never make it through Congress. By Jane Mayer | | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story “Summer Walk”The cover artist for this week’s issue, Gayle Kabaker, discusses loosening up and the rewards of keeping a sketchbook. By Françoise Mouly | | | | | | Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » | | | | Reporting and Commentary |  Letter from Washington Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals How Mark Milley and others in the Pentagon handled the national-security threat posed by their own Commander-in-Chief. By Susan B. Glasser and Peter Baker |  Annals of Inquiry The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism William MacAskill’s movement set out to help the global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway A.I. Have they seen our threats clearly, or lost their way? By Gideon Lewis-Kraus | |  Onward and Upward with the Arts Ernst Lubitsch Made the Hollywood Comedy Sublime His acolyte Billy Wilder is better remembered, but Lubitsch’s wit reigns supreme. By Alex Ross |  Comment Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth Americans have long understood the species’ extinction as a warning. But is trying to “de-extinct” it really a good idea? By Jill Lepore | | | | | The Critics |  Pop Music Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Shocks Some Life Into a Culture Gone Inert On her new album, the performer invites us onto the dance floor and jolts us awake. By Carrie Battan |  On Television Don’t Worry, Nathan Fielder Also Hates Himself “The Rehearsal,” on HBO, is a self-portrait of a man trying to reach past his relentless solipsism. By Naomi Fry | |  The Current Cinema Why Does the Comic Nihilism of “Bullet Train” Feel So Labored? With Brad Pitt at its center, David Leitch’s film aims to emulate Tarantino but comes off as a juiced-up version of “Murder on the Orient Express.” By Anthony Lane |  Books Josephine Baker Was the Star France Wanted—and the Spy It Needed When the night-club sensation became a Resistance agent, the Nazis never realized what she was hiding in the spotlight. By Lauren Michele Jackson | | | | | Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction NewsletterBook recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. | | | | | Humor from The New Yorker |  Shouts & Murmurs Why You Shouldn’t Room With James Taylor He leaves guitar picks everywhere, and he has a new song called “Sun’s Shining (and the Dishwasher Don’t Unload Itself).” By Jenn Knott |  Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. | |  Crossword A Challenging Puzzle Tree hugger: five letters. By Wyna Liu |  Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade | | | | | More from The New Yorker |  Daily Comment How Hurricanes Get Their Names In an age of more intense storms, forecasters explain their aims. By Rivka Galchen |  Cultural Comment What We Gain from a Good Bookstore It’s a place whose real boundaries and character are much more than its physical dimensions. By Max Norman | | | | | | | | |
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