“President Trump’s weak pushback to hate groups—as if he was trying not to alienate them as voters—compelled me to take up my pen,” David Plunkert, the artist behind next week’s issue, said. Plunkert seldom takes on political subject matter, but felt moved to do so in light of Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville. “A picture does a better job showing my thoughts than words do; it can have a light touch on a subject that’s extremely scary.”
Françoise Mouly has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993.
Video
Are Trump Supporters Racist?
In the first of an ongoing series of panel discussions called “Public Forum: A Well-Ordered Nation,” David Remnick talks to Salman Rushdie, Tony Kushner, and Claudia Rankine about bigotry among Trump voters and political apathy in America.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Historical Epic of the Chinese in America
Chinese immigrants in the U.S. have been fighting for centuries against racial prejudice, the author Michael Luo says; their story should be seen as an American epic.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”
The senator talks with David Remnick about his record-breaking speech in Congress, and why he resists calls for Democrats to act alone in standing up to Donald Trump.
Photo Booth
A Long, Hard Look at America
As the transatlantic alliance falters, a major exhibition of U.S. photography offers Europeans a dizzying array of perspectives.
By Anthony Lane
Humor
Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 25th
“I have nothing positive to cheers to, so I don’t think I should cheers at all.”
By Polly Adams
Goings On
Rema and the Evolution of the Afrobeats Sound
Also: reviews of Broadway’s “Smash” and “John Proctor Is the Villain”; New York’s financial crisis of 1975 in “Drop Dead City”; and more.
By Marina Harss
Persons of Interest
The Conservative Lawyer Defending a Firm from Donald Trump
Paul Clement complained that Big Law was becoming “increasingly woke.” Now he’s defending one firm’s right to do just that.
By Ruth Marcus
Crossword
The Mini Crossword: Friday, April 25, 2025
Midwestern state where Toni Morrison was born: four letters.
By Kate Chin Park
Letter from Trump’s Washington
Waiting for Trump’s Big, Beautiful Deals
Whether a trade pact with China or a peace accord with Russia, the President doesn’t seem to know what he’s actually asking for, never mind how to actually achieve it.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Lede
The Show Can’t Go On
Funding shifts at three of the largest philanthropic foundations have brought turbulence and uncertainty to the intricate New York support system for the performing arts.
By Helen Shaw