This Week’s Issue: The True Cost of Dollar Stores

Plus: Susan Orlean on a devastating rabbit virus; the failure of the Mueller investigation; and the unruly genius of Joyce Carol Oates. View in browser | Update your preferences American Chronicles The True Cost of Dollar Stores Discount chains are thriving. But what do they do to poor communities? By Alec MacGillis Annals of Science The Rabbit Outbreak A highly contagious, often lethal animal virus arrives in the United States. By Susan Orlean The Political Scene Why the Mueller Investigation Failed President Trump’s obstructions of justice were broader than those of Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton, and the special counsel’s investigation proved it. How come the report didn’t say so? By Jeffrey Toobin A Reporter at Large How Prosperity Transformed the Falklands Once a distant outpost of the British Empire, the islands have become a global crossroads. In the season of the coronavirus, the intimate communities may evolve yet again. By Larissa MacFarquhar Comment The Tragedy of the New Coronavirus Spikes The pandemic’s epicenter is shifting, and Trump still refuses to act responsibly; Republican governors need to decide if they will. By Amy Davidson Sorkin A Critic at Large The Unruly Genius of Joyce Carol Oates In an era that fetishizes form, Oates has become America’s preëminent fiction writer by doing everything you’re not supposed to do. By Leo Robson The Current Cinema A Cynical View of Heartland Politics in “Irresistible” Is Jon Stewart’s new comedy a sendup of big-time political operatives or of small-town America? By Anthony Lane Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Studio Notes on Your Rom-Com Screenplay Add face masks, increase bankruptcies, and change the “meet-cute” to a “meet-sombre.” By Craig Thomas Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. 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.