The New Yorker Comment

The New Yorker Comment

A weekly reading of the magazine’s “Comment” essay.

Episodes

September 23, 2019 8 mins

In “A Climate Change?,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes about climate change and the new age of extinction.

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In "Trust Me," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how last week's debate was largely about how radical, or just how ambitious, the Party and its candidates are prepared to be.

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September 9, 2019 8 mins

In "This Is a Test," Jelani Cobb delves into the clashes over the New York City school system's reforms.

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September 3, 2019 7 mins

In "Another Race to Run," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the complexities of the Senate race.

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August 27, 2019 8 mins

In "Hong Kong on the March," Evan Osnos reports on how the mass demonstrations are in bold defiance of Chinese authority, but a crackdown could be incalculably costly.

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August 19, 2019 8 mins

In "See Nothing," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on the failure to see what Jeffrey Epstein was doing.

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August 12, 2019 9 mins

In "Words and Wounds," David Remnick writes about how President Trump is bearing out Toni Morrison's warnings about the violence of language.

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July 29, 2019 8 mins

In "Lost in Translation," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Robert Muller's testimony.

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July 22, 2019 8 mins

In "No Going Back," Jelani Cobb writes about Trump's racist agenda.

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July 15, 2019 8 mins

In "The Health-Care Defense," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the battle for healthcare.

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July 8, 2019 8 mins

In "Margin Call," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the Democratic Party's moving margins.

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June 24, 2019 8 mins

In "Belligerence," Robin Wright delves into Donald Trump's four Iran options.

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June 17, 2019 8 mins

In "The Don and Joe Show," Amy Davidson Sorkin delves into what a Biden-Trump presidential race might look like.

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June 3, 2019 8 mins

In "Continental Shift," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the European elections.

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May 28, 2019 8 mins

In "No Mercy," Margaret Talbot writes about the fate of immigrant children at the border.

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May 20, 2019 8 mins

In "The Threat to Roe," Jeffrey Toobin writes about the abortion fight and the pretense of precedent. 

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May 13, 2019 8 mins

In "Last Chances," Elizabeth Kolbert reports on climate change and the new age of extinction. 

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May 6, 2019 8 mins

In "No Rules," Margaret Talbot writes about Trump, Barr, and the rule of law.

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April 22, 2019 8 mins

In "What Mueller Found," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about President Donald Trump's brush with accountability.

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April 15, 2019 8 mins

In "Partners in Division," David Remnick writes about the Trump-Netanyahu alliance.

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