Why COVID-19 Vaccines Aren't Yet Available to Everyone

Plus: Joe Biden’s stimulus bill; a cross-country skier’s historic triumph; and new fiction from T. Coraghessan Boyle. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Medicine Why COVID-19 Vaccines Aren’t Yet Available to Everyone President Biden has promised that all adults will be eligible to receive a vaccine by May. But manufacturing and distributing enough doses will depend on a lot of things going right. By Sue Halpern Comment The Stimulus Bill Is the Most Economically Liberal Legislation in Decades Biden’s bill is a sign that our democracy isn’t completely broken, and may convince Americans that government can solve problems. By Nicholas Lemann Our Columnists Trump and the Trapped Country For years, we debated whether Donald Trump would topple democracy. But the threat continues to come from the system itself. By Corey Robin Daily Comment A Cross-Country Skier Makes History in a Year of COVID-19 and Climate Change Jessie Diggins, who won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, becomes the first American woman to win the World Cup. By Bill McKibben Culture and More Family Business Zelda Barnz’s Generational Translations The nineteen-year-old behind HBO Max’s “Generation,” something of a “Girls” for Gen Z, helps her fathers and co-creators avoid punctuating texts with periods and using boring-ass millennial tropes like the phrase “boring-ass.” By Antonia Hitchens The New Yorker Radio Hour Torrey Peters on Detransitioning, and the Meghan-and-Harry Crisis The writer discusses how she wrote a best-selling novel about a subject most trans authors have tried to avoid. Plus, Simon Schama and Doreen St. Félix on race and the royals. Fiction “The Shape of a Teardrop” “What I really wanted to sue them for was giving birth to me in the first place.” By T. Coraghessan Boyle This Week in Fiction T. Coraghessan Boyle on the Limits of Parental Love The author discusses “The Shape of a Teardrop,” his story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Humor and Puzzles Blitt’s Kvetchbook Piers Morgan’s Dramatic Exit A long walk off a short pier for the ousted broadcaster. By Barry Blitt Daily Shouts The Queen’s Statement on Harry and Meghan: Early Drafts The pain that Harry, now my fourteenth-favorite grandson, and his wife, the American divorcée, are experiencing is a feeling that we in the larger family share, too. By John Kenney Crossword The Weekend Crossword “Seinfeld” character whose dancing is described by George as “a full-body dry heave set to music”: six letters. By Caitlin Reid You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.