This Week’s Issue: The Price of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Plus: Harry and Meghan’s fractured fairy tale, enabler-in-chief Mitch McConnell, and the Strokes. View in browser | Update your preferences Dept. of Finance The Price of the Coronavirus Pandemic When covid-19 recedes, it will leave behind a severe economic crisis. But, as always, some people will profit. By Nick Paumgarten A Reporter at Large How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief The Senate Majority Leader’s refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever. By Jane Mayer Letter from the U.K. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Fractured Fairy Tale The abrupt separation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from the United Kingdom and its monarchy. By Rebecca Mead Postscript The Life and Death of Juan Sanabria The fifty-two-year-old doorman from the Bronx was a beloved mainstay at 860 Grand Concourse—until he got sick. By Jonathan Blitzer Annals of Medicine How Anthony Fauci Became America’s Doctor An infectious-disease expert’s long crusade against some of humanity’s most virulent threats. By Michael Specter Comment The Preëxisting Condition in the Oval Office The Trump Administration has waged war on science and expertise, making the nation vulnerable to the foreseeable public-health calamity of the coronavirus. By David Remnick Pop Music The Strokes’ Eerily Prescient “The New Abnormal” The band’s first album since 2013 is a handy summation of how daily life in New York has changed since the start of the year. By Amanda Petrusich Books Do Some Surgical Implants Do More Harm Than Good? Many are clearly lifesaving, but others have proved to be life-threatening, and dangerous implants are marketed with scant oversight. By Jerome Groopman Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs When This Is All Over I will never complain about having to go to work. Every day, I will get down on my knees and kiss that gray carpeting, as long as the industrial fibres do not irritate my lips too badly. By Alex Watt 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.