This Week’s Issue: America’s Abandonment of Syria

Plus: embracing the chaotic side of Zoom; a new doctor faces the coronavirus; and the war on coffee. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large America’s Abandonment of Syria Many Syrians thought that the U.S. cared about them. Now they know better. By Luke Mogelson Our Local Correspondents A New Doctor Faces the Coronavirus in Queens A front-line physician at Elmhurst Hospital sees how closely socioeconomic status is tied to the disease, and tries to help patients who are dying without their families. By Rivka Galchen Comment The Global Struggle to Control the Coronavirus Defeating covid-19 has to be a joint project, as if the whole planet were racing to get to the moon together. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Brave New World Dept. Embracing the Chaotic Side of Zoom In a time of social distancing, our background noises, bathrobes, and other bloopers can be unexpected sources of connection. By Naomi Fry Profiles Brittany Howard’s Transformation On her way to becoming a solo artist, the lead singer of Alabama Shakes experimented with genre and figured out living without shame. By Amanda Petrusich Books The War on Coffee The history of caffeine and capitalism can get surprisingly heated. By Adam Gopnik On Television Reviving Phyllis Schlafly in “Mrs. America” The FX series is an intensely psychological portrait of the godmother of the modern anti-feminist movement. By Doreen St. Félix Books What a White-Supremacist Coup Looks Like In Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, the victory of racial prejudice over democratic principle and the rule of law was unnervingly complete. By Caleb Crain Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Style Rules You Must Never Break Dress for the job you want, not the job you have, assuming that the job you want is not one in which you get to lounge around your apartment naked. By Colin Stokes Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. 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.