The New Yorker

Founded in 1925, The New Yorker publishes the best writers of its time and has received more National Magazine Awards than any other magazine, for its groundbreaking reporting, authoritative analysis, and creative inspiration. The New Yorker takes readers beyond the weekly print magazine with the web, mobile, tablet, social media, and signature events. The New Yorker is at once a classic and at the leading edge.

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Comment: War Games

Airwaves Dept.: Muzzled

Irl Dept.: Phone-Free

Dig It Dept.: Shedding

The Pictures: The Fifth Sun

Letter from Helsinki: Out of Office • Can a Prime Minister have work-life balance? Sanna Marin tried.

Shouts & Murmurs: These Black Boots Are Different from Those Black Boots

A Reporter at Large: The Hague on Trial • Political intrigue—and a lurid scandal—rocks the International Criminal Court.

Annals of Justice: Locked In • Two murders, a strike, and an explosive year inside New York’s prisons.

Poems: Bird Song

Profiles: Third Act • Keri Russell’s emotional transparency has anchored three decades of television.

Poems: Shapeshifter

Takes: Rebecca Mead on Mary Ellen Mark’s Photo from the Puerto Rican Day Parade

Fiction: Coconut Flan

A Critic at Large: Continental Dreams • African independence was a time of high hopes. What happened?

Books: Briefly Noted

Pop Music: Don’t Blame Me • Taylor Swift’s new album eschews vulnerability for revenge.

Musical Events: Season of Discontent • Gustavo Dudamel at the New York Philharmonic; “Kavalier & Clay” at the Met.

The Current Cinema: Alma Mater • “After the Hunt.”

Cartoon Caption Contest

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A moderately challenging puzzle.