The G.O.P.’s Coronavirus Stimulus and Trump’s Blundering

Plus: Jill Lepore on the “secret weapon” that began modern American politics; Olivia de Havilland; and Neil Young. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists The G.O.P.’s Latest Coronavirus Stimulus Doesn’t Take Into Account Trump’s Blundering During a deadly pandemic, you can’t separate the economy from public-health policy. By John Cassidy American Chronicles How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future When J.F.K. ran for President, a team of data scientists with powerful computers set out to manipulate American voters. Sound familiar? By Jill Lepore Daily Comment What Vermont Might Teach Us About Handling the Pandemic The Green Mountain State has had the fewest cases of COVID-19 in the country, and it isn’t just—or even mainly—the governor who has carried the day. By Bill McKibben Postscript Olivia de Havilland, the Last Lioness of the Hollywood Studio System The actress, who died on Sunday, at a hundred and four, spent a lifetime crusading for what she felt she deserved. By Rachel Syme PAID POST New from Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy. Books and Fiction Page-Turner An Elegy for the Landline in Literature Mourning a device that gave fiction surprise, suspense, and uncertainty. By Sophie Haigney Culture and More Culture Desk A Neil Young Time Capsule His newly released album, “Homegrown,” was recorded forty-five years ago. By Amanda Petrusich Personal History The Whispered Spell of the Clavichord A cherished friend and a historic keyboard instrument have given me a new way of listening. By Mahan Esfahani On Television The Incendiary Aims of HBO’s “Watchmen” The show earned twenty-six Emmy nominations this morning. From 2019: the series reorders the fictional universe, writing buried racial trauma back into comic-book mythology. By Emily Nussbaum Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Realistic Manual for Installing Your New Air-Conditioner Step 1: Attach the top rail to the main unit, using the four screws provided. Oh, wait, it seems that you have somehow already lost the screws. By Maeve Dunigan Daily Cartoon Tuesday, July 28th By Sara Lautman 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.