The Body Collectors of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Plus: Republicans and Earth Day; Michael Urie performs “Buyer & Cellar”; and the new street life of Seoul. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Local Correspondents The Body Collectors of the Coronavirus Pandemic As the death toll from COVID-19 rises, the funeral homes and hospital morgues of New York City are struggling to keep up. By Jonathan Blitzer Daily Comment How the Republicans Have Forsaken the Environment As Earth Day turns fifty, the Trump Administration is busy gutting the nation’s environmental regulations. By Elizabeth Kolbert Medical Dispatch “For Now, We Wait”: Postponing Cancer Surgery During the Coronavirus Crisis How does a doctor define “urgent” during a pandemic? By Alessandra Colaianni Daily Comment The Pandemic Isn’t a Black Swan but a Portent of a More Fragile Global System Nassim Nicholas Taleb coined the term “black swan.” He is frustrated whenever it is used to describe the coronavirus crisis. By Bernard Avishai Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Daily Humor Newsletter Cartoons and more funny stuff in your in-box. Photo Booth How a Megachurch Adapted to Social Distancing Mark Peterson’s images of a drive-in service at a Virginia Beach megachurch feel both wholly of the coronavirus pandemic and wholly retro. By Casey Cep Culture and More Watch “Buyer & Cellar,” a Play that Will Make You Want to Watch Theatre Online Michael Urie’s living-room performance of the show traps us in Barbra Streisand’s Malibu dream house instead of our own. By Alexandra Schwartz Video Dept. The Street Life of Seoul, Rearranged by Coronavirus A new video shows how the voluntary lockdown has slowed life in the busy South Korean capital. By Max S. Kim Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Quarantine Conversation Starters “Have you been outside recently? Were there trees? Did they rustle in a breeze?” By Courtney Gaughan Bowman Daily Cartoon Wednesday, April 22nd By Avi Steinberg This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.