| |  Profiles Justice Alito’s Crusade Against a Secular America Isn’t OverHe’s had win after win—including overturning Roe v. Wade—yet seems more and more aggrieved. What drives his anger? By Margaret Talbot | | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story “Morning Music”The cover artist for this week’s issue, J. J. Sempé, passed away earlier this month. The French artist’s widow describes Sempé’s decades-long relationship with the magazine. By Françoise Mouly | | | | | | Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » | | | | Reporting & Commentary | U.S. Journal A Brewery’s Anti-Violence Mission, Complicated by a KillingTRU Colors attracted interest—and investment—by employing active gang members. But a double murder last summer has prompted criticism of its approach. By Charles Bethea | | Onward and Upward with the Arts Amy Schumer’s Mom ComA comic adapts her bawdy, bodily routines to marriage and parenthood. By Ariel Levy | | Comment It’s Time for Salman Rushdie’s Nobel PrizeHis literary accomplishments richly merit recognition from the Swedish Academy—and the prize would be a symbolic rebuke to the enemies of the free word. By David Remnick | | | | |  | Final week! Get the Eustace Pass, our all-in ticket for The New Yorker Festival. See details » | | | | The Critics |  The Current Cinema “Three Thousand Years of Longing” and the Perils of Unworldliness Starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton as djinn and mistress, George Miller’s film is a frantic treat for the retina but also oddly inactive. By Anthony Lane |  Books Jonathan Escoffery’s Surprising Stories of Desperation In “If I Survive You,” the author brings a fresh, wry vision to the literature of self-determination. By Katy Waldman | |  Musical Events How Radical Was Rachmaninoff? The Bard Music Festival examines whether the arch-romantic composer was more modern than he seems. By Alex Ross |  A Critic at Large Liberals, Radicals, and the Making of a Literary Masterpiece Ivan Turgenev achieved greatness with a novel detested by almost everyone he cared about. By Keith Gessen | | | | |  | | | Humor from The New Yorker |  Shouts & Murmurs When I Was a Boy, Back Before Earth Got Too Hot to Live On . . . Great-grandfather Simon reminisces about the olden days. By Simon Rich |  Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. | |  Crossword A Lightly Challenging Puzzle Epitome of busyness: three letters. By Will Nediger |  Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger | | | | | More from The New Yorker | As Told To Trying to Find Places for Asylum Seekers in N.Y.C.’s Homeless SheltersAn immigrants’-rights advocate describes receiving busloads of migrants from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. By Eric Lach | | Dispatch The Afghan Women Left BehindAfter the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, a U.S. organization shut down the country’s largest network of women’s shelters. Its founders think that it made a huge mistake. By Rozina Ali | | | | | | | | |
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