How Utah’s Tech Industry Tried to Disrupt Coronavirus Testing

Plus: Trump’s hateful new health-care guidelines, the limits of celebrity social-media activism, and a message of solidarity from Eric Garner’s family. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Technology How Utah’s Tech Industry Tried to Disrupt Coronavirus Testing Test Utah, which promised an “open-source” solution to track new cases of COVID-19, has faced criticism for what its efforts might have missed. By Robert P. Baird Video Dept. Eric Garner’s Family Is Still Grieving Jason Fulford, whose cousin Eric Garner was killed by police in 2014, has a message of solidarity for the family of George Floyd. By Brianna Milord Our Columnists Trump’s Hateful Message on Trans Health Care The new document reverses a rule, put in place by the Obama Administration, that banned health-care providers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity. By Masha Gessen Daily Comment A Guy Named Craig May Soon Control Part of Utah A long-standing law awards the oil-and-gas industry chunks of federal land through a process designed to move real estate out of public control as easily as possible. By Bill McKibben Our Columnists Economic Reality Bites Wall Street and Trump With his incessant economic boosterism, the President has strapped himself into his own rocket ship. By John Cassidy PAID POST Killing Floor | A collector’s edition from The Folio Society Killing Floor, the first-ever illustrated edition of Lee Child’s phenomenally popular Jack Reacher series, is out now exclusively from The Folio Society. This collector’s edition features artwork by Oliver Barrett and a new introduction by Malcolm Gladwell. Fiction “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” “Sharing a beer and chatting with a monkey was a pretty unusual experience in and of itself.” By Haruki Murakami Culture Cultural Comment “I Take Responsibility” and the Limits of Celebrity Activism In the face of widespread social crisis, celebrity response has ranged from milquetoast to head-scratching. By Jordan Coley Humor and More Daily Shouts How Things Work in a Pandemic All e-mails are required to start with the sentence “I hope this finds you well in these strange and unprecedented times,” regardless of the fact that absolutely no one is currently “well.” By Kathryn Kvas and Mia Mercado Crossword The Weekend Crossword Lady who was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta: four letters. By Aimee Lucido This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure 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.