Punishment by Pandemic

Plus: leftist primary challengers; a documentary on the meaning of the manicure; and Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Punishment by Pandemic In a penitentiary with one of the U.S.’s largest coronavirus outbreaks, prison terms become death sentences. By Rachel Aviv The Political Scene The Leftist Primary Challengers Campaigning Through Protests and the Pandemic By campaigning as Democrats, a wave of candidates is attempting to shift the balance of power within the Party. By Astra Taylor Our Columnists How Charging George Floyd’s Killer Fits Into a Vision of Criminal-Justice Reform Calls to turn the law-enforcement apparatus on itself are complex, at a moment when activists are pushing to abolish the police. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Our Columnists Taxpayers Have a Right to Know Who Is Getting Their Stimulus Money The Trump Administration’s argument against transparency flies in the face of reality. By John Cassidy Portfolio A Photographer on the Front Lines of Philadelphia’s Protests Twenty-nine-year-old Isaac Scott captured the early days of intense confrontation—including clashes with the police—and stayed for the more peaceful days that followed. 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. The New Yorker Documentary “See You Next Time” Explores the Meaning of the Manicure for Black Women The elaborate nail stylings made popular by black women have been both derided and appropriated; in a new documentary, they’re honored as art. By Natalie Meade Culture and More Kitchen Notes Don’t Throw Away the Marcella Hazan Tomato-Sauce Onion Once you reimagine it as something that could have been intentionally produced, you begin to see its possibilities. By Tamar Adler Crossword Today’s Crossword Newbery Medal winner for “The Graveyard Book”: ten letters. By Patrick Berry Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Other Ways to Spend the N.Y.P.D.’s $5.6 Billion Budget Constructing a sixth borough, building a functional network of chutes and ladders for getting around, and other uses. By Nehemiah Markos and Jed Feiman Daily Cartoon Wednesday, June 17th By Tim Hamilton 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.