The New Yorker

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Contributors

The Mail

Goings On

Comment: Black Votes Matter

Innovations Dept.: Working Properly

Book Report: Sentry Tales

The Boards: Ink

Invitation Only: Girls’ Man

Reflections: As Bad as All That • Donald Trump and the unmaking of America.

Shouts & Murmurs: Cowboy-Dance Future World

Annals of Zoology: Pecking Order • Language is said to make us human. What if birds talk, too?

The Political Scene: The Ascent • Can Kamala Harris defy her doubters—and end the Trump era?

Personal History: Prison Diaries • The Russian opposition leader’s account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.

Poems: Mother

Fiction: My Camp

Poems: Blue Muse of the Unborn Mind

A Critic at Large: The Impresario • Alvin Ailey’s crusade to build a home for himself and other Black dancers.

Books: Origin Story • Ta-Nehisi Coates and the temptations of narrative.

Books: Briefly Noted

On Television: American Attitude • The docuseries “Mr. McMahon” explores the underbelly of the W.W.E.

The Current Cinema: Twerkers’ Comp • “Anora.”

Cartoon Caption Contest

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