It's an empty threat – Article 8 of the Human Rights Act prevents children being taken away from their parents unless they are in danger – but that doesn't stop social workers from trying to pass their responsibility back to housing officers.
By John Updike The New Yorker, October 12 , 1992P. 68 Too good to be true--a city that empties View Article John Updike contributed fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism to The New Yorker for a half century.
By Barbara Howes The New Yorker, April 5 , 1958P. 32 Into an empty cube View Article By Phil Klay By Andy Borowitz By Troy Patterson By John Cassidy.
By Robert Hillyer The New Yorker, February 5 , 1955P. 36 A murmuring in empty shells View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By George Packer By Jia Tolentino.
By John Hollander The New Yorker, September 23 , 2002P. 72 An empty tumbler View Article By Jelani Cobb By Joan Acocella By David Remnick By Jia Tolentino.
By Richard Hugo The New Yorker, March 8 , 1976P. 38 We went to the moon those empty Sundays, View Article By Jelani Cobb By Joan Acocella By David Remnick By Jia Tolentino.
By Richard Hugo The New Yorker, March 8 , 1976P. 38 We went to the moon those empty Sundays, View Article By Rivka Galchen By Larissa MacFarquhar By Ceridwen Dovey By Jia Tolentino.
By Debora Greger The New Yorker, May 12 , 1975P. 44 There you were, standing in an empty field, View Article By Larissa MacFarquhar By Rivka Galchen By Blythe Roberson By Jason Hayes.
By Hortense Flexner The New Yorker, August 27, 1932 P. 35 Emptying ashtrays View Article By Alan Burdick By Larissa MacFarquhar By Emily Nussbaum By Masha Gessen.
And don't forget that Franzen shares with Walter, the main character in "Freedom," an abiding love for songbirds in their habitats: in his July 26th article "Emptying the Skies," Franzen reported on the widespread killing of songbirds in Europe.
