“It’s a celebration of love–it’s just that simple,” the artist and designer Frank Viva says of his cover for the June 27th issue. Viva originally conceived of a silhouetted couple a few years ago as a celebration of the Supreme Court ruling that struck down the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act. (See the first iteration of the image below.) He returned to the thought in the wake of the massacre in Orlando.
Françoise Mouly has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993.
Been There Dept.
Living Through the Market Crash? Ask a Centenarian
Charlie Duncan, a hundred-and-five-year-old Georgia resident, recalls the mood in 1929.
By Charles Bethea
The Weekend Essay
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
By Ami Fields-Meyer
Critic’s Notebook
Can Reality TV Redeem Jake and Logan Paul?
On their new show, “Paul American,” the controversial influencers try to show a softer side.
By Naomi Fry
The Political Scene Podcast
Trump Gets a “Spanking” from the Bond Market
“His tolerance for chaos is perhaps going to end up running up against China’s tolerance for pain,” the staff writer Evan Osnos says.
Photo Booth
The Miraculous Fate of a Photographer of Miracles
Kate Friend set out to make a series about the places where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared. Her pilgrimage took a curious turn.
By Sam Knight
The Lede
What the World Learned from Donald Trump’s Tariff Week
The danger behind the President’s posturing is that, by so emphatically insisting on America’s indispensability, he may be undermining it.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Ryan Coogler on “Sinners”
The director talks with the staff writer Jelani Cobb about his influences and mentors, and how he made a vampire story “uniquely personal.”
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Will the Supreme Court Yield to Donald Trump?
The contributor Ruth Marcus looks at federal judges’ resistance to executive orders—and whether the Supreme Court will ultimately allow the President to remake the government in his image.
Humor
Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 11
“Sure, the superintelligence has its flaws. But think about how much the technology will improve even just a year from now.”
By Ellis Rosen