Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says customers are exhibiting ''stressed behaviors''—and it''s already tanked the company''s valuation by 22 billion (news.google.com)
The Greater Scandal of Signalgate - The spectacle of incompetence and the attempts to smear a reporter are a misery; even worse is the encroaching threat of autocracy that cannot be concealed or encrypted. (www.newyorker.com)
Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.” (www.newyorker.com)
Women Who Made Amanda Seyfried Feel Less Alone - The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress discusses four books that examine some of the struggles that come with being a daughter, wife, and mother. (www.newyorker.com)
“Airless Spaces” Captures the Nadir of the Second Wave - If Shulamith Firestone’s last work haunts the feminist movement, it may be because it suggests something disturbing about feminism itself. (www.newyorker.com)
Deadlifting in Your Nineties, in “Strong Grandma” - An elderly powerlifter trains for competition, in Cecilia Brown and Winslow Crane-Murdoch’s short documentary. (www.newyorker.com)
How John Roberts Has Empowered a Lawless Presidency - The Chief Justice’s rebuke of Donald Trump over his calls to impeach judges obscures Roberts’s own role in fostering the destruction in Washington. (www.newyorker.com)
Resisting Trump 2.0 with Brain-Rot Memes - We participate in political memes to express our anxiety that whatever is coming next might be even more chaotic than what is already happening. (www.newyorker.com)
Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America? - After purging the judiciary, cracking down on the media, and jailing political opponents, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces protests on a scale not seen in a decade. (www.newyorker.com)
The Zambian Sensibility of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” - Our art reflects a commitment to the pleasant, a subtlety and delay in how we communicate, and an easygoing acceptance of contradiction. (www.newyorker.com)
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fight the Oligarchy - In Arizona, a crowd of thousands suggested that the left still has a pulse. (www.newyorker.com)
The Government’s Rock Librarian - Her work was so quiet and fundamental—to academia and industry, all over the world—that she believed her job would be safe. (www.newyorker.com)
The Long Shadow of the Kennedys - The latest release of J.F.K. assassination files so far doesn’t show much—except for the Kennedy name’s continued hold on the country. (www.newyorker.com)
How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away - When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams? (www.newyorker.com)
Carol Leifer Can Make You Funny - In a new book, the “Seinfeld” and “S.N.L.” writer shares the secrets to the perfect toast: don’t drink too much, and, remember, the Gettysburg Address was only two minutes long. (www.newyorker.com)
Story Time with the Man Who Oversaw SEAL Team Six - After a military career that included helping take out bin Laden, Admiral William McRaven has assembled a new squad: Caring Cow, Persevering Penguin, and Forgiving Frog. (www.newyorker.com)
Don’t Believe Trump’s Promises About Protecting the Social Safety Net - The Social Security Administration is shuttering offices, and the Republicans’ own math suggests that they are planning big cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. (www.newyorker.com)
Alabaster DePlume Grapples with It - The saxophonist and jazz poet (real name Angus Fairbairn) hit the jujitsu mat at a Wall Street dojo. (www.newyorker.com)