The Coronavirus Through a Nurse’s Lens

Plus: Jared Kushner’s rosy predictions about the economy; an interview with Kim Gordon; and Beirut under lockdown. View in browser | Update your preferences Portfolio The Coronavirus Through a Nurse’s Lens Healing in the I.C.U. during COVID-19: “This is what we trained to do,” one nurse says. “That was true a year ago, and it will be true a year from now.” Our Columnists Who’s Right About the Economy—Jared Kushner or the Chairman of the Federal Reserve? The President’s son-in-law has made rosy predictions about restarting commerce. But Jerome Powell sees stormy skies ahead. By John Cassidy Q. & A. The Coronavirus and the Future of Big Tech The Danish politician Margrethe Vestager reflects on how the virus may force a trade-off between privacy and health. By Isaac Chotiner Personal History Running Nowhere in Beirut Under Coronavirus Lockdown As a foreign correspondent, if I cannot be out in the world, am I still a part of it? By Jane Ferguson The New Yorker Interview Kim Gordon on Instagram, Ambition, and Los Angeles An interview with the avant-garde polymath from quarantine. By Amanda Petrusich Culture and More Page-Turner Eavan Boland in The New Yorker The poet’s latest contribution to the magazine was, coincidentally, published on the day of her death. By Hannah Aizenman Free Room Dept. The Four Seasons Goes Green Zone During the pandemic, some of the city’s high-end hotels are offering medical workers the high-thread-count-sheet treatment—minus the turndown service. By Bruce Handy Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Corporate Jargon Adjusted for Quarantine If you ever need to talk, my door is never open—but my Zoom camera is always on, even when it’s off. By Ysabel Yates and Ali Kelley Daily Cartoon Thursday, April 30th By David Ostow 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.