This Week’s Issue: What We Owe Our Trees

Plus: Netflix’s “High on the Hog”; the history of nepo babies; and Amy Davidson Sorkin on Trump and guns. View in browser | Update your preferences The Control of Nature What We Owe Our Trees Forests fed us, housed us, and made our way of life possible. But they can’t save us if we can’t save them. By Jill Lepore This Week’s Cover Cover Story “Open House” The cover artist for this week’s issue, Marcellus Hall, discusses rent, real estate, and making a home in the city. By Françoise Mouly Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » Reporting and Commentary Annals of Gastronomy Stephen Satterfield Puts Black Cuisine at the Center of U.S. History The host of Netflix’s “High on the Hog” draws seductive stories from a bittersweet legacy. By Dorothy Wickenden Comment Guns, Trump, and the G.O.P. The right’s push to loosen restrictions is resulting in a judicial and legislative free-for-all that is intersecting, disastrously, with the 2024 Presidential race. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Letter from Ukraine Two Weeks at the Front in Ukraine In the trenches in the Donbas, infantrymen face unrelenting horrors, from missiles to grenades to helicopter fire. By Luke Mogelson Profiles The Tortured Bond of Alice Sebold and the Man Wrongfully Convicted of Her Rape For Anthony Broadwater and for the author of “The Lovely Bones,” justice is a difficult dream. By Rachel Aviv The Critics Books The History of Nepo Babies Is the History of Humanity From ancient dynasties to modern fortunes, family has long defined our past, present, and future. By Maya Jasanoff The Current Cinema “You Hurt My Feelings” Doesn’t Hurt Enough Feelings Nicole Holofcener has made a career sharply observing an oversensitive subset of society, but her new film goes surprisingly easy on its troupe of fools. By Anthony Lane Books The Graceful Rebellions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The poet Patrick Mackie hears Mozart’s music as impropriety, as ambition—and even as revenge. By James Wood Fiction from the Issue Fiction “The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz” “For Bragonzi, the only beautiful thing in the sad life of the boarding school in Quarto dei Mille was the soccer matches.” By Michele Mari Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Participation Trophy I gazed at you from my gold-colored plastic podium, as you pumped your fists in triumph. Then you read the engraved words: “If you had fun, you won.” By Simon Rich Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. Crossword A Challenging Puzzle Jacobi of “Last Tango in Halifax”: five letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski 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 The New Yorker Interview Tinx Explains Why We’re Dating All Wrong The influencer Christina Najjar, a.k.a. Tinx, discusses modern relationship etiquette and her new book, “The Shift.” By Sheila Yasmin Marikar Page-Turner A History of Incarceration by Women Who Have Lived Through It The members of the Indiana Women’s Prison History Project are able to scrutinize official records not only for what they reveal but also for what they omit. By Rachael Bedard 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.