Teaching Democrats to Speak Evangelical

Plus: Trump’s blatant corruption, and the economist who helped invent Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax. View in browser | Update your preferences On Religion Teaching Democrats to Speak Evangelical The faith-based organization Vote Common Good aims to help Democratic candidates connect with religious voters who have become disenchanted with the excesses of the Trump Administration. By Eliza Griswold Our Columnists Holding the G-7 Summit at a Trump Golf Course Is Blatant Corruption Trump National Doral Miami needed a boost, and its proprietor has now provided one: a federal contract to host next year’s G-7 meeting, which will bring the resort taxpayers’ dollars and generate publicity. By John Cassidy The Political Scene The Economist Who Helped Invent Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax After doing more than just about any other economists to describe the effect that accumulated wealth has on global inequality, Gabriel Zucman and his colleagues are now advocating for a solution. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Daily Comment Mark Zuckerberg Still Doesn’t Get It It’s long past time for the Facebook C.E.O. to come up with a new ideology, or at least a new branding strategy. By Andrew Marantz Daily Comment Trump’s Message: His Critics Are the Crazy Ones Trump is deploying wild conspiracy theories not only because they make for good campaign rhetoric but because he really believes some of them—and expects others to do the same. By Amy Davidson Sorkin PAID POST A dazzling short-story collection from one of our most beloved writers “The book does feel like a kind of grand union: the lucky synthesis of everything swirling inside Smith’s big, beautiful brain.” —Entertainment Weekly More in Culture The Front Row What to Stream This Weekend: “Shadow of the Vampire” E. Elias Merhige directs a made-up making-of story, starring Willem Dafoe, about the production of the real-life seminal vampire movie “Nosferatu.” By Richard Brody On Television The Thrilling Surreality of HBO’s “Watchmen” Regina King gives a performance so subtle and muscular as to exhaust all superlatives. By Troy Patterson Puzzles Dept. The Weekend Crossword Potent drink painted by Van Gogh, Degas, and Manet: eight letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Things I’ve Lost Track of Recently Three umbrellas, my keys and sunglasses, my friends’ partners’ names, the Democratic Party’s Presidential nominees, and more. By Juliet Goodman Blitt’s Kvetchbook Sunsets: A Survey Some criticisms. By Barry Blitt Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.