President Biden can justifiably claim a mandate for his agenda. Yet Democratic majorities in Congress are slim, and the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, remains a force to be reckoned with. The staff writers Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos talk about the balance of power as a new day dawns in Washington. And we unlock the mysterious secrets of an ancient artifact: an Atari 2600 video game from 1982.
Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos on the Balance of Power at the Start of the Biden Administration
Two New Yorker political writers on the early days of a new agenda, and the limits of the Democrats’ control.
Unearthing Entombed
A programmer’s epiphany led to an innovation in game design that is still in use today. Supposedly, he was so drunk that he couldn’t remember how it worked. We explore the origin of the myth.
