A Window Onto an American Nightmare

Plus: how to social-distance as the U.S. reopens, war movies for Memorial Day, and Anthony Lane on a new documentary. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from San Francisco A Window Onto an American Nightmare As the homelessness crisis and the coronavirus crisis converge, what can we learn from one city’s struggles? By Nathan Heller Q. & A. How to Social-Distance as America Opens Back Up The physician Asaf Bitton discusses the risks of socializing indoors, public-bathroom worries, and why doctors have changed the way they think about masks. By Isaac Chotiner Coronavirus Chronicles The New Theatrics of Remote Therapy How does treatment change when your patients are on a screen? By Adam Gopnik Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. From the Archive Photo Booth A Photographer’s Parents Wave Farewell Deanna Dikeman’s portrait series doubles as a family album, compressing nearly three decades of her parents’ adieux into a deft and affecting chronology. By Eren Orbey Richard Brody What to Stream: War Movies for Memorial Day A list of war movies, including Ingmar Bergman’s “Shame,” about a fictional conflict. By Richard Brody Culture and More The Current Cinema “The Painter and the Thief” Is a Quaveringly Dark Fairy Tale The near-electric strangeness of the attraction between this documentary’s protagonists leaves plenty to argue about. By Anthony Lane Puzzles & Games Dept. The Weekday Crossword Famed frenemy of P. G. Wodehouse: seven letters. By Kameron Austin Collins Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Some of Your Old Friend Alex Quiply’s Best Lies I can’t come to your birthday party because Ernie Mancini, my uncle’s old business partner, is looking for me. By Kyle Mooney Daily Cartoon Monday, May 25th By Johnny DiNapoli 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.