Table of Contents

November 17, 2014

Cover Story

Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji

Are words on the way out? The rapid evolution of a wordless tongue. By Adam Sternbergh

On the Cover: Illustration by Michael Pangilinan

Features

Benedict and the Cumberbitches

… And the Cumberbros. No one is immune to the actor’s charms.

By Jada Yuan
Suicide at the Y

Did Sol Adler die because of the 92nd Street Y, the very institution he lived for?

By Steve Fishman
Babysitting the Bomb

The missileers who watch over our aging, oft-forgotten, frequently persnickety, and potentially world-destroying nuclear arsenal.

By Reid Cherlin

Intelligencer

Culture

The Cut

Departments

Strategist

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