Donald Trump’s Trial of the Century

Plus: how to publish a magazine in a maximum-security prison; when preachers were rock stars; and the Mexican-ish restaurant Corima.

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Our Local Correspondents

Donald Trump’s Trial of the Century

Manhattan prosecutors have argued that the Stormy Daniels case—the first criminal trial of a former President in American history—is about much more than hush money. And legal experts believe that a conviction is likely.

ByEric Lach

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From the News Desk

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Comment

Donald Trump’s Very Busy Court Calendar

The first criminal trial of a former President starts this week. After all the legal posturing, the action will finally get real—that’s the theory, anyway.

ByAmy Davidson Sorkin

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The New Yorker Radio Hour

How a Republican and a Democrat Carved out Exemptions to Texas’s Abortion Ban

Rare across-the-aisle coöperation in Austin aims to protect some people who need abortions and the doctors who provide them. Plus, a band rehearsal with Maya Hawke.

WithDavid Remnick

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Editor’s Pick

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The New Yorker Interview

How to Publish a Magazine in a Maximum-Security Prison

For decades, Wilbert Rideau investigated America’s prison system—from the inside.

ByJohn J. Lennon

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Culture Dept.

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Page-Turner

When Preachers Were Rock Stars

A classicNew Yorkeraccount of the Henry Ward Beecher adultery trial recalls a time in America that seems both incomprehensible and familiar.

ByLouis Menand

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The Food Scene

Mexican-ish Fine Dining, with Detours

Corima offers attention-grabbing tortillas, Japanese flourishes, and an ambitious tasting menu that hasn’t quite found its stride.

ByHelen Rosner

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Poems

“Love Song, with Removed Cyst”

“He lies on his side, I lie on my back, / he keeps the hand elevated / on my breast.”

BySharon Olds

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Poems

“Stitch”

“There’s nothing so lovely / as a prolonged vanishing.”

ByRae Armantrout

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Fun & Games Dept.

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Shouts & Murmurs

Old-Fashioned Know-How

Kids today! You ever fought a forest fire that you yourself started? You ever had thirteen kids by seventeen different women?

ByAlexis Wilkinson

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