Why Shouldn’t Prisoners Be Voters?

Plus: Biden, Bloomberg, and Sanders; Liverpool’s return to the top of English soccer; and Maria Sharapova. View in browser | Update your preferences The Future of Democracy Why Shouldn’t Prisoners Be Voters? Americans take for granted that they have a right to vote. The situation of people in prison suggests otherwise. By Daniel A. Gross Campaign Chronicles The Youthful Energy of Sanders’s South Carolina Rallies At a North Charleston convention center, eleven hundred people—diverse but predominantly white—attended a rally for the senator. By Sarah Larson Daily Comment Why So Many Democrats Are Still Running Despite Bernie Sanders’s popularity, the Democratic nomination is still up for grabs. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Our Columnists Biden’s Struggling Campaign Gets a Lift In South Carolina, congressman James Clyburn endorsed Biden, and two new polls indicated that he is heading for a comfortable victory in Saturday’s primary. By John Cassidy PAID POST St. Lucia Jazz Festival – May 7-9, 2020 Visit Saint Lucia May 7-9 for the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center. This year’s festival features Patti LaBelle, Chick Corea, Willie Jones III with a special Roy Hargrove Celebration, Chucho Valdés Summit with Joe Lovano and Esperanza Spalding, and more. stlucia.org/jazz The Sporting Scene Letter from the U.K. Watching Liverpool’s Rise to the Top of English Soccer At some point in the coming weeks, the club will return to the summit of English football for the first time in thirty years. By Sam Knight The Sporting Scene Maria Sharapova Changed Tennis with Her Ambition The friction between the smoothness of her brand—its sanitized sex appeal and vague suggestion of snobbery—and the gutsiness and grit of her game made her compelling. By Louisa Thomas Culture and More Persons of Interest A Voice from #MeToo’s Gray Zone In Kaitlin Prest’s elaborately sound-designed podcasts on intimacy and consent, she whispers, self-examines, and confides, blending reënactment with verité excerpts of her real life. By Dana Goodyear Under Review What the Wind Can Teach Us In “Heaven’s Breath,” Lyall Watson created a wildly entertaining history of the wind. But he also gave us a new way to think about nature itself. By David Wallace Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Schrödinger’s Tinder Date A paradox wherein any given date’s physical appearance is impossible to determine until directly observed. By Colin Heasley Daily Cartoon Thursday, February 27th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst 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.