America’s Looming Primary-Care Crisis

Plus: the problem with homeland security, a monk’s life in turmoil in Tibet, and the online movement to #FreeBritney. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch A Monk’s Life in Turmoil in Tibet Dongtuk’s home town was known for self-immolations. How would he choose to live? By Barbara Demick Medical Dispatch America’s Looming Primary-Care Crisis The pandemic could put thousands of doctors out of business. Saving them may require changing how the health-care system works. By Clifford Marks Our Columnists America Is Besieged by Its Own President By sending in federal agents to snatch protesters from the streets, Donald Trump is stretching the powers of the Presidency to foment civil strife and distract attention from his pandemic failures. By John Cassidy Our Columnists Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force This is a government agency built on fear and intended to engender fear. By Masha Gessen Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Crossword-Puzzle Newsletter Never miss another New Yorker crossword again. Culture and More Culture Desk The Online Movement to #FreeBritney Fans, concerned about a conservatorship that controls Britney Spears’s estate, have begun parsing her Instagram account for clues about her well-being. By Naomi Fry Culture Desk Taylor Swift’s Intimate “Indie” Album, “folklore” Swift has turned inward, coming up with a record that feels right for the moment. By Amanda Petrusich Culture Desk “The Far Side” Returns to a Weird World The single-panel comic was confidently modern, and came not just as a minor thrill but as a relief. This month, its creator published new “Far Side” comics, for the first time in twenty-five years, online. By Sarah Larson Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Things Abandoned During Quarantine Meditation apps, windowsill green onions, friends, and other things lost at home during the pandemic. By Zoe Si Crossword The Weekend Puzzle RuPaul, for one: nine letters. By Caitlin Reid 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.