How Milwaukee Could Decide the Next President

Plus: A setback for green legislation, the day music became carbon-neutral, and the tennis star Kim Clijsters’s second comeback. View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles How Milwaukee Could Decide the Next President What may be the most downtrodden urban community in the United States has a superpower. By Joseph O’Neill Daily Comment A Lost Chance to Bring the Green New Deal Home Cutting the tax credit for residential solar energy is a blow to both the environment and the economy. By Bernard Avishai The Sporting Scene The Meaning of Kim Clijsters’s Second Comeback Even a former world No. 1 tennis player can find it difficult to balance motherhood and an athletic career. But why not try? By Louisa Thomas PAID POST From the world-renowned physicist and author of The Elegant Universe A captivating exploration of the cosmos and humanity’s search for purpose. “Greene remains one of our best living intermediaries between the sparkling, absolute-zero world of mathematics and the warm, clumsy world of human language.” –Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe Culture and More Culture Desk The Day the Music Became Carbon-Neutral Musicians rely heavily on touring to generate revenue. That spells trouble for the climate. By Amanda Petrusich On Television A Misbegotten Tale of Avenging the Holocaust Neither the moral deliberations of the new Amazon series “Hunters” nor its technical facility are adequate to its ambitions. By Troy Patterson On This Day Profiles Ghosts in the House From 2003: How Toni Morrison, who was born on this day in 1931, fostered a generation of black writers. By Hilton Als Fiction “Sweetness” “Some of you probably think it’s a bad thing to group ourselves according to skin color—the lighter the better—in social clubs, neighborhoods, churches, sororities, even colored schools. But how else can we hold on to a little dignity?” By Toni Morrison Page-Turner The Color Fetish In literature, colorism is so very available—it is the ultimate narrative shortcut. By Toni Morrison Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts A Celebrity Profile of My Cat It’s only been a year since Honeybear first graced the bluffs of this picturesque beach city, but she’s already garnering glowing reviews. By Lars Kenseth Daily Cartoon Tuesday, February 18th By Jason Adam Katzenstein 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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.