How Much Is the Coronavirus Infecting World Leaders?

Plus: Trump’s discordant nativism, the fight for a coronavirus spending bill, and why women are mad about Elizabeth Warren. View in browser | Update your preferences The New Yorker is making its news coverage and analysis of the coronavirus outbreak available for free to all readers. Read our stories here. Our Columnists How Much Is the Coronavirus Infecting World Leaders and Disrupting Governments? From Brasília to Paris, Tehran to Ulaanbaatar, government officials on six continents have been infected with numbing speed by the virus. By Robin Wright Comment Trump’s Discordant Display of Nativism in a Pandemic Trump won the Presidency while pledging to wall America off from the world. The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced his deep-seated belief in this impossibility. By Steve Coll The Political Scene The Fight for a Coronavirus Spending Bill in the House After days of debate, Nancy Pelosi secured a commitment from President Trump that he would tweet his support for the emergency package. By Elisabeth Zerofsky Q. & A. How Prisons and Jails Can Respond to the Coronavirus An epidemiologist discusses the challenges of trying to control the spread of a pandemic among dense populations of incarcerated people. By Jennifer Gonnerman Q. & A. How Epidemiologists Understand COVID-19 Justin Lessler discusses our understanding of the pandemic and why older adults seem to be more at risk of serious illness. By Isaac Chotiner Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. Culture and More Daily Comment Mad About Elizabeth Warren It seems that Warren the Presidential candidate was less perfect than she looked when she wasn’t actually running. By Katha Pollitt Cultural Comment The Music World Contends with the Pandemic Audience-free concerts streamed on the Internet are a welcome stopgap, but they cannot provide the temporary bond of purposeful community that forms under the spell of live music. By Alex Ross Daily Comment Why Humans Feel a Need to Moralize Epidemics In the face of an unending and often frightening cycle, we seek not merely material cause but moral purpose—a price paid or a lesson learned from sickness. By Adam Gopnik Humor and More Daily Shouts An Ides of March Pinterest Board You miss a hundred per cent of the stabs you don’t take. By Ellis Rosen and Sofia Warren Puzzles and Games Dept. The Cryptic Crossword: No. 48 Professor’s aide ran into alternative director (9). By David Ellis Dickerson 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.