THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features “Nicole Rifkin’s “Pure Gold” – We will always love you.

Dolly Parton, Honky-Tonk Angel

Dolly Parton belonged to a beloved category: the outlaw Christian, who loved Jesus and refused to hate anyone else.

Cinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie Auteur

Why do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference.

The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause

Flash floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed little to climate change but is disproportionately affected by it. By Ishaan Tharoor

How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet

Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children. By Nathaniel Lubin

New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State

The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant.