Elizabeth Warren’s American Leadership

Plus: A hostage-taker dies in Iran from the coronavirus, Brandy Clark’s country songs, and Richard Brody on Cahiers du Cinéma. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Elizabeth Warren’s American Leadership The Massachusetts senator’s fight for the Democratic nomination all but guaranteed that there will be more candidates like her to come. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Our Columnists Elizabeth Warren’s Policy Agenda Will Live On Warren didn’t create the recent resurgence in progressive thinking, but she has arguably been its key synthesizer and champion. By John Cassidy Our Columnists A Hostage-Taker Dies in Iran and Other Coronavirus Stories Iran’s revolutionaries have described their theocracy as “the government of God.” But now people are on their own when it comes to COVID-19. By Robin Wright The Sporting Scene Watching Sports in a Season of the Coronavirus Institutions across the world are temporarily shutting down, and suspending a sports tournament or part of a season should be no different. By Louisa Thomas Annals of Gastronomy We Are All Irrational Panic Shoppers When we see people go out of their way to protect themselves from disaster, no matter how unlikely, we don’t want to be the only ones left undefended. By Helen Rosner PAID POST From the bestselling, National Book Award–winning author LOUISE ERDRICH The Night Watchman is the latest novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Round House and LaRose. “Erdrich has an extraordinary ability to delineate the ties of love, resentment, need, duty, and sympathy that bind families together.”—New York Times CLICK FOR MORE Culture and More Annals of Technology Freeman Dyson’s Letters Offer A Glimpse of Genius The renowned physicist revealed himself as a different sort of thinker—wise, earnest, and always attuned to the multiple layers of our human existence. By David Kaiser Culture Desk No One Is Writing Better Country Songs than Brandy Clark Is The singer-songwriter should be a star. But country radio has mostly exiled songs with ambivalent or unhappy endings—especially when a woman’s voice is singing them. By David Cantwell The Front Row What’s at Stake in the Takeover of Cahiers du Cinéma The incomparable French film monthly is under new ownership, and its entire editorial staff has resigned in protest. Can the magazine that launched the French New Wave survive? By Richard Brody Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Why Am I, a Baby on an Airplane, Crying? My ears popped and I don’t understand that pain is temporary, and other irritants. By Emma Soren Daily Cartoon Friday, March 6th By Christopher Weyant 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.