Our Ghost-Kitchen Future

Plus: The tragedy of the new coronavirus spikes, a night with Occupy City Hall, and a new “Wendy” comic book. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Silicon Valley Our Ghost-Kitchen Future A business model that seemed marginal before the coronavirus pandemic now looks like the future of restaurants. By Anna Wiener Comment The Tragedy of the New Coronavirus Spikes The pandemic’s epicenter is shifting, and President Trump still refuses to act responsibly; Republican governors need to decide if they will. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Letter from the U.K. The Lancet Editor’s Wild Ride Through the Coronavirus Pandemic How Richard Horton balances science and politics. By Sam Knight On and Off the Avenue What Shopping in New York City Looks Like Now During the city’s phased reopening of retail, visiting stores is more intimate and more purposeful—and more uncertain—than it used to be. By Rachel Syme Our Columnists A Night with Occupy City Hall Organizers want to redirect one-sixth of the N.Y.P.D.’s operating budget—about a billion dollars—and invest it in underfunded communities. By Masha Gessen PAID POST A Thank You From Northern Trust Northern Trust would like to thank all the medical and other essential workers for their service during these unprecedented times. Culture and More Page-Turner In “Wendy, Master of Art,” Walter Scott’s Antihero Grows Up In the third book of the “Wendy” series, the titular character remains young and muddled but is stretching toward adulthood. By Naomi Fry Tables for Two Foraged Foods Shorten the Supply Chain Chicken-of-the-woods mushrooms that fry up like their namesake, snappy sea beans that need no extra salt, sassafras syrup, and other edible offerings from the wilds outside the city limits. By Hannah Goldfield Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Shit My Students Say: Cosplaying Professor Was that racist? By Joel Christian Gill Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 8 Anticipate cost, including smeltery materials (7). By Trip Payne This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.