Andrew Marantz writes about the alt-right ideology of anti-Semitism that is popular with posters on Gab, the social network that Robert Bowers, the shooter at the Pittsburgh synagogue Tree of Life, frequented. [Source www.newyorker.com] ...

John Cassidy writes about the threat to American democracy; the massacre, by Robert Bowers, at a Pittsburgh synagogue; and Cesar Sayoc, Jr.,’s mail-bomb campaign against opponents of Donald Trump. [Source www.newyorker.com] ...

Here’s Ian Hislop on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You revealing he’d been asked to appear on Strictly Come Dancing – and why he said no.Strictly speaking, Ian Hislop isn’t a fan of judges. @haveigotnews ...

Dan Chiasson on a new volume of Plath’s correspondence, which is suffused with a sense of foreboding—portents of the looming tragedy that has come to define the poet’s legacy. [Source www.newyorker.com] ...

Tekashi 6ix9ine can never use the phrase “TREYWAY” again – or he’ll be sent to prison. Yesterday the rapper was spared jail time, as a NY judge decided to give the rapper 4 years of probation, instead of 1 to ...

Lately, there’s been a lot of focus on all the amazing women who have become their own girlbosses – all of these badass ladies took life by the horns and created something amazing! And that’s why I want to celebrate ...

Masha Gessen writes about Matthew Shepard’s internment at the Washington National Cathedral and the history of violence against the gay community. [Source www.newyorker.com] ...

Françoise Mouly talks to the artist Mark Ulriksen about “Boo!,” his cover for the November 5, 2018, issue of The New Yorker. [Source www.newyorker.com] ...

Michael Schulman goes inside a custom control booth where a team of specialty puppeteers operates a twenty-foot-tall animatronic ape. [Source www.newyorker.com] ...

Emily Lordi on the musician Lauryn Hill’s current tour, designed to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of her classic 1998 hip-hop album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” [Source www.newyorker.com] ...