The Chaplains Who Comfort the Suffering During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Plus: COVID-19 transforms India’s cities; Elaine Showalter on Joyce Carol Oates; and the humanities in crisis. View in browser | Update your preferences On Religion The Plight of a Hospital Chaplain During the Coronavirus Pandemic How do you comfort the suffering when you’re not allowed in the room? By Elizabeth Barber Our Columnists Trump Has Single-Handedly Created a New Federalism Governors of the worst-hit states are doing all they can to contain the coronavirus, but the President has been a barrier to effective and systematic action. By John Cassidy Dispatch The Coronavirus Offers a Radical New Vision for India’s Cities A nationwide lockdown has given Indian cities the kiss of life—the sky is clearer, rivers are less contaminated, and there is a possibility for change. By Raghu Karnad Dispatch The Comforts of South Korea’s Coronavirus Response Life in Seoul has not gone unchanged, but the government’s approach makes the American one look absurd. By Colin Marshall Q. & A. The Danger of COVID-19 for Refugees What can be done to prevent vulnerable populations from contracting the coronavirus, and why a pandemic makes international coöperation all the more necessary. By Isaac Chotiner PAID POST “I want every stage of my life to be more exciting than the last…” Hell and Other Destinations reveals Madeleine Albright at her bluntest, funniest, most intimate, and most serious. The former Secretary of State “weaves geopolitics with her own life story in this intelligent and personable memoir” (Publishers Weekly). START READING NOW Culture and More Second Read Joyce Carol Oates’s “Blonde” Is the Definitive Study of American Celebrity Published twenty years ago, a novel portraying Marilyn Monroe as a tragic American figure finds a new resonance with the #MeToo movement. By Elaine Showalter Annals of Inquiry What Do the Humanities Do in a Crisis? Crises are, at least while they are happening, not educational opportunities. But there are still things to learn. By Agnes Callard Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts A Grateful Grandfather Sheltering with His Family You must be wondering why I intend to give the establishment run by my daughter and her family only three stars on TripAdvisor. By Calvin Trillin Daily Cartoon Tuesday, April 14th By Peter Kuper 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.