| |  Onward and Upward with the Arts How Michael R. Jackson Remade the American Musical“A Strange Loop,” a story about a Black, gay theatre nerd, was a surprise success. In his latest work, “White Girl in Danger,” Jackson reimagines the soap opera. By Hilton Als | | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story Mark Ulriksen’s “About Time”The artist discusses spring training, the clock, and the love of baseball. By Françoise Mouly | | | | | | Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » | | | | Reporting and Commentary | Annals of Education The Christian Liberal-Arts School at the Heart of the Culture WarsConservatives like Ron DeSantis see Hillsdale College as a model for education nationwide. By Emma Green | | A Reporter at Large Living in Adoption’s Emotional AftermathAdoptees reckon with corruption in orphanages, hidden birth certificates, and the urge to search for their birth parents. By Larissa MacFarquhar | | Comment The Trump Show Moves to a CourtroomThe former President’s campaigns against officials investigating him have supplied Joe Biden with a favored theme: the need to fortify democratic institutions. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells | | | | | The Critics |  Books How the I.R.A. Almost Blew Up the British Government Four decades ago, a hotel bomb nearly claimed the lives of Margaret Thatcher and her ministers. Can we still feel the aftershocks? By Amy Davidson Sorkin |  The Current Cinema The Funny, Forward, and Bracingly Political “Joyland” The Pakistani director Saim Sadiq’s sensuous film mounts an indictment of misogyny and transphobia without ever lecturing us. By Anthony Lane | |  Books The Profound Surfaces of Preston Sturges For the filmmaker and master of the screwball comedy, how we presented ourselves was far more interesting than our inner feelings. By Rachel Syme |  The Theatre A Sonically Thrilling Revival of “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway Sondheim’s music and lyrics gleam as bright as ever, even when the production loses its edge. By Helen Shaw | | | | | Fiction from the Issue | Fiction “The Ferry”“If you leave silence around any language it starts to sound crazy, or sound like poetry, unhinged from reality.” By Ben Lerner | | | | | Humor from The New Yorker |  Shouts & Murmurs Upstate Fantasy I buy a big Victorian house in the Hudson Valley for a song, chop wood until I get buff, and play poker with the colorful locals. By Evan Allgood |  Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. | |  Crossword A Challenging Puzzle Mammonism: five letters. By Natan Last |  Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Andy Kravis | | | | | Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction NewsletterBook recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. | | | | | More from The New Yorker |  Essay The Unexpected Grief of a Hysterectomy My uterus is causing me nothing but discomfort. So why am I so sad to lose it? By Anna Holmes |  The Political Scene Paul Vallas’s Cops-and-Crime Campaign to Run Chicago In a recent poll, nearly two-thirds of the city’s residents reported feeling unsafe. The mayoral runoff presents two starkly different visions for how to move forward. By Peter Slevin | | | | | | | | |
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