David Remnick

The President-elect is on the verge of beating most, if not all, of the criminal charges against him. What will be the consequences of having brought them in the first place?

The actress stars as Rose in a Broadway revival of “Gypsy.” She shares that, throughout her career, some people have been upset when she plays characters conceived for white actors.

The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer on the rhetoric and the reality of deporting “millions”—and why immigrants in the country legally are likely to be targeted.

From the daily newsletter: the philosopher L. A. Paul on transformative experiences. Plus: Instagram’s favorite New Yorker cartoons; ingenuity and daring in “Nickel Boys”; and the coming purge of Trump 2.0.

Also: The ambient gospel of Laraaji, a new Annie Leibovitz exhibition, a louche lineup at Joe’s Pub.

Scientists don’t yet understand why temperatures have been steadily spiking above the projections. But what they do understand is bad enough.

The historian discusses events that have weakened supposed allies of the Palestinians, and the idea of settler colonialism that has taken hold on the left. Critic Adam Kirsch responds.

Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s novel, starring Amy Adams, omits most of the protagonist’s inner life and shrinks the outer life, too.

From the daily newsletter: David Remnick on a surreal year. Plus: a cancer-causing virus hiding in millions of Americans; learning from the failures of the Arab Spring; and the afterimage of Arlene Croce.

In 1979, a minister received a telegram from Iranian militants who had taken hostages in the American Embassy, inviting him to perform Christmas services. Two days later, he was inside.