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.

Contributors

The Mail: The Mail

Goings On: Goings On • What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week.

Tables for Two: Roscioli

Comment: Control

Repair Dept.: Step Right Up

Wind on Capitol Hill: Low Notes

Vroom Vroom Dept.: Dames

Manhattan Transfer Dept.: Harmonist

Annals of Disaster: Through the Smoke • The aftermath of the Maui wildfires.

Shouts & Murmurs: Thanksgiving Rider

American Chronicles: Last Watch • In a technological age, lighthouse devotees renew an ancient tradition.

Letter from Israel: In the Cities of Killing • The Hamas massacre, the air strikes in Gaza, and what comes after.

A Reporter at Large: On the Line • The future of American labor politics.

Poems: Prayer for My Daughter

Fiction: The Ghosts of Gloria Lara

Poems: The Future Anterior

Books: Boxed Out • The passing of prestige TV.

Books: Briefly Noted

Books: A Dangerous Man • Why Congo’s independence leader Patrice Lumumba had to die.

Books: The Believer • Did Mitt Romney save his soul?

The Theatre: The Brunch Bunch • Stephen Sondheim’s last musical, “Here We Are,” at the Shed.

On Television: Loose Lips • Clandestine affairs in “Fellow Travelers.”

The Current Cinema: Mastering • “The Killer” and “The Holdovers.”

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST

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