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From: To: [email protected] Subject: The New York Times Magazine: The Last Line of Defense Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 22:38:04 +0000 View in Browser Add RThe New York Times ;,,'The New York Times Friday. July 28. 2017 NYTimestom » "Flee at once," read one desperate message. Liang Xiaojun was trying to pretend it was a normal day, even as his cellphone rumbled to life with bleak new warnings. As a human rights lawyer in China, he had come to accept that periodic spams of repression were an unavoidable risk of his profession. But this day was an unprecedented one: By late afternoon, nearly 6o of his colleagues had vanished. For this week's cover story, Alex W. Palmer reports on the hundreds of Chinese lawyers targeted in one massive crackdown — and the question that hangs over some of their colleagues. Will they give in and protect themselves, or risk everything to keep fighting for the rule of law? Elsewhere in the magazine, Luca Locatelli photographs the quarries that provide one of our classic symbols of opulence: Italian marble. Alex French writes about Hollywood's attempts to make movies out of properties that don't have narratives or even characters, like the mobile game Fruit Ninja. And Wesley Morris writes about the word "unapologetic" — a term of patriotism for some and resistance for others. Happy reading, Jake Silverstein Editor in Chief EFTA00697423 Pliang Xiaojun Liang Xiaojun Giulia Nlarchi for The New York Tim, `Flee at Once': China's Besieged Human Rights Lawyers By ALEX ',V. PALMER As the global spotlight on the nation's domestic policies has dimmed, lawyers for dissidents increasingly face a terrible choice: acquiescence or imprisonment. Illustration by Derek Brahney Illustration by Brosmind Is Being `Unapologetic' the How to Make a Movie Out New Patriotic — or a Form of Anything — Even a of Resistance? Mindless Phone Game I ...( I I .< Some Americans' allergy to apology meets up with Hollywood is aggressively adapting material that exasperation over so-called political correctness. doesn't have a narrative or even any characters. For others, there's celebration in defiance. But not all intellectual property is created equal. Why Rashida Jones Changed Her Mind About Porn Interview by ANA MARIE COX The actor and producer on duck-lips sales and the intersection of feminism and porn. EFTA00697424 The Emptiness of Trump's Promises of Tolerance By CHARLES 'IONIANS The identity politics of the president's supporters have always been deceptively complicated — but his own have been less so. ADVERTISEMENT Vr uca Locatelli/Institute, for The New York Times Luca Locatelli/Institute, for The New York Times The Majestic Marble Quarries of Northern Italy By LUCA LOCATELLI \AM A' (SON Fueled by insatiable demand in the gulf states, the Italian marble trade is booming. A look at how the stone is wrenched from the earth. EFTA00697425 StPatra Ni Machhi — fish with green coconut chutney grilled in banana leaves. PA single app for language skills, self- improvement and digital escape. Gentl and flyers for The Newyork Times Illustration by NI ichiel Schuurman How Grilling Fish Letter of Wrapped in Banana Leaves Recommendation: Teaches You to Trust Your Duolingo Intuition Flaky fish with a spicy coconut chutney is Parsi cooking at its best. A single app for language skills, self-improvement and digital escape. Is It O.K. to Protest Trump by Withholding Taxes? I I The magazine's Ethicist columnist on refusing to pay taxes as a form of political protest and reaching out to an unacknowledged half sibling. Should Superstar Athletes Make More Money and Run Their Leagues? By JAY CASPIAN KAM; The Mayweather-McGregor bout and M.B.A. free agency call into question the structure of labor and compensation in American profess'onal sports. ADVERTISEMENT EFTA00697426 GJ GJ FOLLOW NYTimes Tw @nytmag Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. Subscribe ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYlimes.com's The New York Times Magazine newsletter. Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change Your Email Privacy Policy Contact Advertise Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 rr EFTA00697427