Unicorn Riot’s Vital Reporting from Minneapolis

Plus: politicians and the “outside agitator” trope, how Iceland beat the coronavirus, and a short story by Emma Cline. View in browser | Update your preferences Culture Desk Unicorn Riot’s Vital Reporting from Minneapolis The tiny media collective has brought an intimacy and intensity to its coverage of the protests following the killing of George Floyd. By Troy Patterson Letter from Reykjavík How Iceland Beat the Coronavirus The country didn’t just manage to flatten the curve; it virtually eliminated it. By Elizabeth Kolbert Q. & A. Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests The roots of police violence, how to change the culture of policing, and the despair behind this week’s protests. By Isaac Chotiner Our Columnists Politicians Resort to the “Outside Agitator” Trope Dividing demonstrators into interlopers and peaceful protesters preëmpts a key question: Why would you expect protests against state-sanctioned racist murder to be peaceful? By Masha Gessen Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. Fiction “White Noise” “This time tomorrow, Harvey would know everything. He believed, truly, that he would be exonerated. How could he not be?” By Emma Cline Culture and More Page-Turner The Chinese Diarist Who Saw Into the World’s Pandemic Future Wang Fang, in her “Wuhan Diary,” wrote that state prevarications “have transformed Wuhan into a city of blood and tears filled with endless misery.” By Han Zhang Postscript A Tribute to Christo’s Unforgettable Art Works What the artist achieved with his wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude, was so different from the work of anyone else that it’s hard to believe it was also ephemeral. By Calvin Tomkins Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts A Homeschool Report Card in the COVID-19 Era Mathematics: C-. Jake has difficulty comprehending that I have a fraction of the patience that I used to. By Evan Waite Daily Cartoon Wednesday, June 3rd 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.