Mike Bloomberg Has Difficult Questions to Answer

Plus: Preparing for the next pandemic after coronavirus, the ascendance of Bernie Sanders, and the decision to strip the ISIS bride of British citizenship. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Seven Questions for Mike Bloomberg Bloomberg is starting to look like a viable candidate in the Democratic primary—but he has difficult questions to answer about sexism, policing, and money in politics. By John Cassidy Daily Comment The New Coronavirus and Preparing for the Next Viral Pandemic Why not work on making vaccines that would protect broadly against this entire class of virus, rather than waiting for each one to attack us and then trying to fight back? By Michael Specter The New Yorker Radio Hour The Ascendence of Bernie Sanders Democratic Party centrists have their hair on fire over the idea of Sanders as the Presidential front-runner. Is he the Party’s future or an electoral disaster? Plus, Gish Jen on baseball and artificial intelligence. Letter from the U.K. If the ISIS Bride Is No Longer British, What Does Citizenship Mean? European governments have used a hodgepodge of methods to deal with citizens who went to fight for the Islamic State or live in the doomed caliphate. By Sam Knight PAID POST A sweeping journey through hundreds of years of U.S. history. Featuring lively conversations with popular historians and journalists, including David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Walter Isaacson, Ron Chernow, Bob Woodward, and many others, The American Story offers fresh insights and analysis on pivotal moments from the Founding Era to the present day. Culture The Front Row “Downhill,” Reviewed: An Inert Remake of “Force Majeure” The failure of the movie resides in its too-easy sense that characters can be recognized and defined by their type. By Richard Brody The Current Cinema Harley Quinn Isn’t the Most Criminal Thing in “Birds of Prey” Aiming to celebrate empowerment, the comic-book villain instead stumbles toward sadism. By Anthony Lane Read A Pioneering Video-Art Curator Chronicles the Medium “Video/Art: The First Fifty Years,” by Barbara London, is as much memoir as exegesis, an idiosyncratic front-line report from a deeply informed pioneer who is still in the trenches. By Andrea K. Scott Humor and More Daily Shouts Dating Material: A Pop Quiz to Determine if You’re in a Relationship You need answers, which is why we’ve crafted this quiz to help you figure out exactly where you stand with Jeff. By Olivia de Recat and Julia Edelman Puzzles and Games Dept. The Weekend Crossword Measure of women’s representation in film: eleven letters. By Natan Last 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.