Today from The New Yorker

The New Yorker Tuesday, December 29, 2015 John Cassidy Donald Trump, Know-Nothing Some are suggesting the G.O.P. front-runner is exhibiting Fascist tendencies, which obscures rather than illuminates what he is really about. By John Cassidy Daily Comment Tamir Rice and America’s Tragedy In this country, and this year, skin is a uniform, too. By Jelani Cobb Annals of Activism An Iranian Woman’s Battle to End Stoning The poet and journalist who risked everything by challenging Sharia law. By Laura Secor Cultural Comment Reconsidering the Groupie We’re all grownups. Let’s not pretend that sex was not at the forefront of this scene, and a particular kind of sex. By Amanda Petrusich