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New York magazine's new cover, by artist Barbara Kruger, reimagines her iconic 1989 silk-screen portrait, "Untitled (Your body is a battleground)."

Kruger tells the magazine: "If the end of Roe has come as a shock to anyone, that means they haven’t been paying attention. The left and center are asleep at the wheel of a slow-moving car crash."

First look: New York magazine updates a classic

The cover reimagines Barbara Kruger's iconic 1989 silk-screen portrait.

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<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New York" data-vars-click-url="https://nymag.com/" data-vars-content-id="6ac6aaf8-9245-43ec-8f10-b2dfce92af86" data-vars-headline="First look: New York magazine updates a classic" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://nymag.com/" target="_blank">New York</a> magazine&#x27;s new cover, by artist Barbara Kruger, reimagines her iconic <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="1989 silk-screen portrait" data-vars-click-url="https://www.thebroad.org/art/barbara-kruger/untitled-your-body-battleground" data-vars-content-id="6ac6aaf8-9245-43ec-8f10-b2dfce92af86" data-vars-headline="First look: New York magazine updates a classic" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.thebroad.org/art/barbara-kruger/untitled-your-body-battleground" target="_blank">1989 silk-screen portrait</a>, &quot;Untitled (Your body is a battleground).&quot;<ul><li>Kruger tells the magazine: &quot;If the end of Roe has come as a shock to anyone, that means they haven’t been paying attention. The left and center are asleep at the wheel of a slow-moving car crash.&quot;</li></ul><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Cover package" data-vars-click-url="https://nymag.com/" data-vars-content-id="6ac6aaf8-9245-43ec-8f10-b2dfce92af86" data-vars-headline="First look: New York magazine updates a classic" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://nymag.com/" target="_blank">Cover package</a>.

After a record economic expansion, the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into a recession as unemployment soared to staggering heights. The country now faces urgent questions about how much stimulus is needed for reeling consumers and businesses, and what a recovery might look like.

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President Biden has made the COVID-19 crisis and a post-Trump return to national unity and traditional democratic ideals his top priorities. From vaccinations to stimulus to schools, Biden is seeking bipartisan compromise while showing a willingness to use executive authority and bare Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate to implement his policies. Republican leaders are navigating deep party divisions over if and how to move beyond former President Trump.

First look: New York magazine updates a classic

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