On the Cover of New York Magazine: How Letitia James Wields Her Power

Read the cover story, features, and more from New York Magazine’s February 28, 2022 issue. [Curbed]( On the Cover: Letitia James. Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux Pictures . Our new issue explores the political career of Letitia James, the current attorney general of New York. [Rebecca Traister argues that James’s story]( speaks to the racial, gendered, and class dynamics of U.S. politics. These power structures have manifested themselves in James’s working relationship with Andrew Cuomo and her investigation into Donald Trump. “Big questions came up as I looked at James’s career,” Traister said of the profile. “What is political power for? Who feels entitled to it? What do you have to do to get it, and what do you do with it once you have it? You can’t think or talk about her career without really having to wrestle with these questions.” Perhaps the central question is this: For outsiders who climb the ladder of a moneyed, pedigreed, largely white elite, is it possible not to become beholden to the very systems you’re supposed to be challenging? [READ THE COVER STORY »]( [Subscribe today]( and unlock unlimited access to everything New York, including Curbed, Intelligencer, the Cut, Vulture, Grub Street, and the Strategist. What to Read Now The Money Game The cost of sanctioning Russia. Justice What Ketanji Brown Jackson represents. The Grifters Have Come for Your TV You'll make it nowhere in America unless you're running a scheme, at least according to every other show airing now through spring. The Limits of the Women’s Redemption Plot We are living in the golden age of the humiliated woman. For Hollywood, at least, what began as a trickle over the past few years has become a fire hose of reconsideration. 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