This Week’s Issue: The Man Behind Trump’s Facebook Juggernaut

Plus: A local guide to the coronavirus; Moses Sumney’s world of possibilities; and Thomas Piketty goes global. View in browser | Update your preferences The Political Scene The Man Behind Trump’s Facebook Juggernaut Brad Parscale used social media to sway the 2016 election. He’s poised to do it again. By Andrew Marantz Comment The Problems Inherent in Political Polling Polls measure something, but it’s often the wrong thing (fame, money). They’re like S.A.T. scores. By Jill Lepore End Is Near Dept. A Local Guide to the Coronavirus The Columbia University epidemiologist W. Ian Lipkin, fresh from quarantine in his basement, talks masks and wearing “subway condoms”—i.e., gloves—on his morning commute. By Nick Paumgarten Annals of Education Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in New York’s Schools Do programs that help low-income students of color get into selective private schools obscure the system’s deeper inequalities? By Vinson Cunningham Pop Music Moses Sumney’s World of Possibilities It takes only a few seconds of Sumney’s singing to make one aware of his skill for cramming as much of himself as possible into every second of his music. By Hua Hsu Letter from Seoul How South Korea Is Composting Its Way to Sustainability Automated bins, rooftop farms, and underground mushroom-growing help clean up the mess. By Rivka Galchen Books Thomas Piketty Goes Global Now that the celebrity economist’s boldest ideas have been adopted by mainstream politicians, he has an even more provocative vision for overcoming our “inequality regime.” By Idrees Kahloon 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. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs In the Mail You must be very eager to have such a check mailed to you, and, in all likelihood, it probably will be mailed before long. By Ian Frazier Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. 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.