We Can't Afford to Lose the Postal Service

Plus: The social divides of the pandemic, a look inside N.Y.C.’s food-supply chain, and quarantine cooking advice from Helen Rosner. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Communications We Can’t Afford to Lose the Postal Service Republican leaders have long tried to kill the U.S.P.S. Now the coronavirus is helping. By Casey Cep Our Columnists Is the Coronavirus Killing Off America’s “One Nation Indivisible”? The pandemic has created a country of new classes—the “remotes,” the “essentials,” the “unpaid,” and the “forgotten.” By Robin Wright Our Columnists Will COVID-19 Create a More Progressive Society? The pandemic and the resulting economic shutdown have underscored the need for a stronger social safety net, but there is a danger that the crisis could accentuate inequality. By John Cassidy Video Dept. How the Pandemic Is Affecting N.Y.C.’s Food-Supply Chain In a new video, workers at the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center discuss the stresses on the city’s food supply—and on themselves. By Rachel Riederer Dollars and Cents The New York Renters Who Can’t Pay May As the coronavirus economic shutdown stretches on, some tenants are turning missed rent payments into a movement. By Zach Helfand Culture and More Kitchen Notes Helen, Help Me: Is a Ramp Grown on My Windowsill Still a Ramp? Advice from our food correspondent on cooking for one, uses of rib-eyes, and the logical conundrum of cultivating a wild plant. By Helen Rosner Page-Turner How Noelle Stevenson Drew Her Life In Comics Not just a love story, not just a success story, the comic-book author’s new collection of autobiographical journals and sketches holds together best as a record of emotional turmoil and partial recovery. By Stephanie Burt Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Some Ways That I’m O.K. Dying Maybe I go for a nice long walk, then I have dinner with my wife and daughter, maybe a phone call with an old college friend, and then a meteor hits the earth. By Mike Birbiglia Puzzles & Games Dept. The Weekend Crossword Character on “Arrested Development” and “Dear White People”: eight letters. By Erik Agard 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.