Isaac Chotiner

Above my desk, I keep a Post-it note with a quote from the play: “The worst is not so long as we can say ‘This is the worst.' ”

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Hey, it’s Kamala. Should we do a tiny insurrection? Quick poll: Y/N? No worries if not!

From the daily newsletter: Jelani Cobb, George Saunders, Jane Mayer, and others on what Trump’s reëlection reveals about America. Plus: the Democratic Party gets a wake-up call; a new film that transcends the holiday-movie genre; and celebrating Charles Ives’s 150th birthday.

David Remnick joins Evan Osnos, Jane Mayer, and Susan Glasser to explain how Trump won the race, and what his rhetoric of vengeance and retribution portends for his return to power.

“Social Studies,” a documentary series by Lauren Greenfield, follows a group of young people, and screen-records their phones, to capture how social media has reshaped their lives.

“This is the pivotal four years,” Susan B. Glasser says. “We’re going to understand whether something like an American strongman can arise within our system right now or not.”

Whether you're horrifying your teen with nauseating sex-ed analogies or watching TikToks while your toddler eats a bagel from the subway floor, face

Eighty-five-year-old Marvin Schneider and his seventy-four-year-old apprentice have staged a five-year-long protest against the landmarks commission over a famous clock tower.

Just how bad a second Trump Administration will be for climate policy remains to be seen, but the most likely scenarios are all pretty bleak.