Instead of a necktie, we’re bringing you a collection of memorable pieces—from David Sedaris, Zadie Smith, and others—about some Father’s Day honorees. #NewYorkerArchive nyer.cm/epfeTVt
The author Michael Chabon writes about his ongoing conversations with his father about childhood, adolescence, and memory. nyer.cm/PK3PItD
David Sedaris writes about his more-than-a-little-complicated relationship with his father and how it transformed as time ran out. nyer.cm/vmIIMNK
In “Waugh Stories,” Joan Acocella considers the father-son relationships in a literary dynasty. nyer.cm/p86Wf9k
Zadie Smith recalls her father’s wit in the face of some of the hardest challenges that life can present. nyer.cm/wURdR8W
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Last summer, shortly after a date to Six Flags Over Texas, an eighth grader in Dallas was falling in love for the first time. This spring, the teen—whom we’ll call Laura—found out she was pregnant. nyer.cm/HQ0w7AQ
Her father understood intimately what teen parenthood entailed. Laura was born when he was in high school. It had taken him a decade, and at times three jobs, to get his family off public assistance. nyer.cm/HQ0w7AQ
Within a day, Laura decided that getting an abortion might be the best option. Her father, who worked in a factory on a 4 A.M.-to-2:30 P.M. shift, would use his next day off to take her to a doctor to get abortion medication. The question was: where? nyer.cm/HQ0w7AQ
To tune up for tonight’s broadcast of the #TonyAwards, we’ve curated a selection of pieces about nominated productions and the artists who created them. #NewYorkerArchive nyer.cm/NcY4BJ1
John Lahr profiles Sam Mendes, the film and stage director behind “The Lehman Trilogy,” nominated in eight categories. nyer.cm/mDPCY2p
“Shange realized that she. . . . had something to say, not only about the fragility of her own existence but about the lives of the other colored girls she knew and loved and imagined.” Hilton Als explores the career of the playwright Ntozake Shange. nyer.cm/YhsXp4C
In 2017, WikiLeaks launched a series of disclosures that were catastrophic for the C.I.A. As much as 34 terabytes of classified data had been taken from the agency. Who could have stolen it? nyer.cm/ymjrMXB
In a statement after the colossal breach, WikiLeaks suggested that the person who leaked the intelligence wished “to initiate a public debate” about the use of cyberweapons. nyer.cm/ymjrMXB
But as the F.B.I. investigated, a suspect from inside the C.I.A. came into focus: Joshua Schulte, a hot-headed coder who left the agency in November, 2016, and was said to have been disgruntled. nyer.cm/ymjrMXB
Jon Lee Anderson profiles Chile’s 36-year-old leftist President, Gabriel Boric, who has promised sweeping social changes. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…
Today we’re bringing you a selection of pieces that explore the progress of gay rights over the past several decades—and the challenges that may lie ahead. #NewYorkerArchive nyer.cm/RIvwzHU
Michael Specter profiles the revolutionary playwright and activist Larry Kramer, who helped transform the public’s understanding of AIDS and the politics of treatment and research. nyer.cm/FWqNaz5
.@mashagessen remembers Lorena Borjas, the Mexican American activist whose legacy was one of building community and of taking close, personal, physical care of people. nyer.cm/C16HWbi