Esther Perel on What Happens to Couples Under Stress

Plus: Joe Biden and Tara Reade; the politics of loneliness; and The New Yorker’s Pulitzer Prize honorees. View in browser | Update your preferences Photographs by Whitney Matewe / The New Yorker; Matthew Troy The winners of the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday, and The New Yorker’s Ben Taub and Barry Blitt were among the honorees. Taub won in the feature-writing category for a devastating account of a man who was kidnapped, tortured, and deprived of his liberty for more than a decade at Guantánamo Bay. Blitt won in the editorial-cartooning category for work that included several magazine covers and an array of cartoons published exclusively online. Read more here. The New Yorker Interview “This Is What Happens to Couples Under Stress”: An Interview with Esther Perel The therapist, author, and podcast host offers wisdom on navigating romantic relationships under quarantine. By Rachel Syme Our Columnists The White House’s Push to Reopen the Economy Is a Dangerous Gamble President Trump’s planned pivot toward talking about the economy was met by startling new public-health data about the pandemic. By John Cassidy Daily Comment Joe Biden, Tara Reade, and the Democrats’ Dilemma It may not be possible to know for sure whether Reade’s allegation is true, but it is not being ignored. By Margaret Talbot Our Columnists The Politics of Loneliness Isolation, according to Hannah Arendt, is the inability to act together with others—which is the source of a person’s political power. By Masha Gessen Daily Comment Britain’s Misleading Political Response to the Coronavirus There has been a curious mixture of superiority and fatalism about Britain’s handling of the pandemic, which has been slow and calamitous. By Sam Knight Culture and More The Sporting Scene The U.S. Soccer Team Is Still Fighting for Equal Treatment If the players had a rival, it was not on the field; it was their own federation, which for years had underpaid and undervalued them, the women believed. By Louisa Thomas A Critic at Large How We Got to Sesame Street The show was created to put kids’ screen time to good use. Half a century later, how is it holding up? By Jill Lepore Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts We’re Sorry, the America You Ordered Is Unavailable Dear Essential Worker: We regret to inform you that the sense of humanity and empathy you have requested from Jared Kushner is currently on back order. By Stacey Brook Daily Cartoon Tuesday, May 5th By Ellis Rosen 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.