"Like a lot of anxious people, I’ve been obsessively watching all the forecasts, predictions, and computer models, hoping for a break in this feverish political season,” Barry Blitt says. "It’s finally looking like we may be getting some blessed relief.” Blitt's cover for the new issue is the fifth featuring Donald Trump since the Republican nominee announced his candidacy.
Françoise Mouly has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993.
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Culture Desk
Cover Story: Barry Blitt’s “Belly Flop”
Dept. of Medicine
How to Die in Good Health
The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.
By Dhruv Khullar
Infinite Scroll
The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher
Byung-Chul Han, in treatises such as “The Burnout Society” and his latest, “The Crisis of Narration,” diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age.
By Kyle Chayka