The New Yorker, August 25, 2025

The New Yorker is a weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

In This Issue: Fall Culture Preview 

• Pam Bondi's Politics of Revenge: The Attorney General has been aggressive in firing personnel and defending Trump's hard-right agenda, causing anger on both sides ofthe aisle. Is she just getting started? Ruth Marcus reports
• Bill Belichick at Carolin: Paige Wiliams on the college's efforts to revamp its footbal program.
• R.F Kuang's Otherworldly Ambition: Hua Hsu on the fantasy writer's extraordinary output.
• Who's Your Daddy? Jennifer Wilson on the cottage industry that has sprung up around DNA-test surprises. 

New York, USA; 210mm x 290mm; 70 pages