The New Yorker’s reporters and writers reflect on the convulsive end to the Trump years. And a game designer explains why the fiction of QAnon has been so appealing and so dangerous.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the U.S.’s failures in dealing with COVID-19. Plus, a molecular biologist answers questions about the virus’s worrisome new strain.

In an intimate conversation, the music legend discusses his triumphant career, his personal struggles, and why he waited decades to put out a memoir.  

Dhruv Khullar, Anna Wiener, Simon Parkin, and Kevin Young reflect on the events of 2020. And the indie musician talks with a fan, the surgeon and writer Atul Gawande. 

The Georgia G.O.P. is at war with itself, as its U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs in critical runoff elections. And citizens in Nigeria are rising up against a brutal police unit.

Two prominent representatives on a debate roiling the Democrats: did a leftward turn cause losses in the November election?  

The staff writer on some of the challenges to vaccination. Plus, the film critic Richard Brody talks with the director Steve McQueen about his new film series, “Small Axe.”

John Legend and Phoebe Bridgers perform live from their houses for a special episode of the New Yorker Radio Hour.

An author’s début novel, about a politician's secret daughter, draws on her own complex past. Plus, the organizers working toward a Democratic Georgia.