This Week’s Issue: David Remnick on the January 6th Report—The Case for Wearing Masks Forever—The Year in Quiet Quitting

Plus: a philosophy professor’s final class, how 2022 could have been worse, and “Swagger and Tenderness,” at the Bronx Museum. View in browser | Update your preferences Happy New Year! Because last week’s New Yorker was a double issue, there’s no new print edition this week. In addition to stories from the magazine, below are pieces from newyorker.com, including David Remnick on the January 6th report, a look back at 2022, and Emma Green on the activists making the case for wearing masks forever. American Chronicles The Devastating New History of the January 6th Insurrection The House report describes both a catastrophe and a way forward. By David Remnick Now available: “The January 6th Report,” with a foreword by David Remnick and an epilogue by Representative Jamie Raskin. Order your copy from Amazon or Bookshop. Culture and Commentary Annals of Activism The Case for Wearing Masks Forever A ragtag coalition of public-health activists believe that America’s pandemic restrictions are too lax—and they say they have the science to prove it. By Emma Green Annals of Inquiry A Philosophy Professor’s Final Class This past spring, Richard Bernstein investigated the questions he’d been asking his whole career—about right, wrong, and what we owe one another—one last time. By Jordi Graupera Elements The Fossil Flowers That Rewrote the History of Life Some of the world’s first flowers burned in wildfires more than a hundred million years ago. Else Marie Friis rediscovered them. By Ben Crair Under Review The Writer Who Burned Her Own Books Rosemary Tonks achieved success among the bohemian literati of Swinging London—then spent the rest of her life destroying the evidence of her career. By Audrey Wollen 2022 in Review 2022 in Review The Year in Quiet Quitting A new generation discovers that it’s hard to balance work with a well-lived life. By Cal Newport 2022 in Review 2022 Could Have Been Worse—Much, Much Worse For Biden and a crisis-battered country, an oddly optimistic end to an objectively bad year. By Susan B. Glasser 2022 in Review The Best Things I Ate in 2022 Fifty-fifty Martinis, spiced granola, Nova Scotia sea salt: The New Yorker’s food critic recounts the dishes and ingredients that made this year memorable. By Hannah Goldfield 2022 in Review What the Wars and Crises of 2022 Foreshadow for 2023 Tyrants and thugocrats have tightened their hold amid challenges to democracies, but they face problems, too. By Robin Wright From the Issue The Art World John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres’s Portraits of the South Bronx “Swagger and Tenderness,” at the Bronx Museum, brings back the beauty of a struggling community. By Hilton Als Dept. of Song Todd Rundgren, Renaissance Rocker Besides “Hello It’s Me,” his C.V. includes playing in a Bowie tribute band, producing Meat Loaf as a Springsteen parody, and getting drunk with Mrs. Soupy Sales. By Nick Paumgarten Humor from The New Yorker Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger Daily Shouts Decorative “Sopranos” Home Goods Furnishings for the mafiosos, paisanos, and maybe even goomars in your life. By Mads Horwath and Sarah Kempa Crossword A Moderately Challenging Puzzle “Yours truly” alternative: six letters. By Brooke Husic Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. 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 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.