The New Yorker Comment

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

  • 8 minutes 6 seconds
    A Climate Change?

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

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    23 September 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 11 seconds
    Trust Me

    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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    16 September 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 12 seconds
    This Is a Test

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

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    9 September 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 30 seconds
    Another Race to Run

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

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    3 September 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 54 seconds
    Hong Kong on the March

    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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    27 August 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 19 seconds
    See Nothing

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

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    19 August 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 5 seconds
    Words and Wounds

    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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    12 August 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 13 seconds
    Lost in Translation

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

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    29 July 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 54 seconds
    No Going Back

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

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    22 July 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 17 seconds
    The Health-Care Defense

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

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    15 July 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 27 seconds
    Margin Call

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

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    8 July 2019, 4:00 pm
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