Three Ways of Looking at Children and the Coronavirus

Plus: three disaster scenarios if Trump rejects electoral defeat; police abuse; and J. M. Coetzee’s Jesus. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch Three Ways of Looking at Children and the Coronavirus Parents don’t want a pediatrician’s prudence—they want my blessing. They want me to say that their child is safe. By Rachel Pearson Our Columnists Note to Congress: Don’t Throw the Unemployed Off the Bridge Republican legislators seem intent on slashing unemployment-insurance payments to tens of millions of American workers. By John Cassidy Our Columnists What Could Happen If Donald Trump Rejects Electoral Defeat? A new book lays out three catastrophic scenarios. By Masha Gessen Personal History Breonna Taylor Can’t Tell Her Story of Police Abuse, but I’m Here to Tell Mine Did I look guilty to the officers from the Dallas Police Department? What crime did I commit before I awoke? By Sanderia Faye Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. The New Yorker Documentary The New Yorker Documentary Male Infertility and the Meaning of Family in “The Pause” Richard Yeagley’s short documentary chronicles a year in the life of a couple making difficult decisions about parenthood. By Ian Crouch Culture and More Under Review What Would J. M. Coetzee’s Jesus Do? On faith, memory, and trying to understand a trilogy. By B. D. McClay Crossword Today’s Crossword He made his début in the Marvel comic “Amazing Fantasy No. 15”: nine letters. By Patrick Berry From the Archive Issue Profiles Toni Morrison and the Ghosts in the House From 2003: As an editor, author, and professor, Morrison has fostered a generation of black writers. By Hilton Als Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts TV’s Most Iconic Couples on Day Four Hundred and Thirteen of Quarantine Big returns, after having vanished for the weekend. By Ginny Hogan and Dan Perlman Daily Cartoon Wednesday, July 22nd By Brooke Bourgeois 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.