A New Story by Haruki Murakami

Plus: the case for a coronavirus-vaccine bond, following the trail of the CARES Act money, and remembering why newsrooms matter as they close across the country. View in browser | Update your preferences Flash Fiction “The Kingdom That Failed” “The more sincerely he tried to explain things, the more a fog of insincerity came to hang over everything.” By Haruki Murakami Daily Comment The Case for a Coronavirus-Vaccine Bond Is financial engineering the key to ending pandemics? By Bernard Avishai Currency What’s Happening to All the CARES Act Money? The major relief bill that Congress passed in March contained billions of dollars for medium-sized businesses. But just a tiny fraction of the money has been used. By Sheelah Kolhatkar News Desk Remembering Why Newsrooms Matter The Daily News office was a joyous place, filled with oddballs and brilliant people. By Tom Robbins Culture and More Culture Desk How DeForrest Brown, Jr., Centers the Black Body in Techno Music The writer and musician explores the links between Black experience in industrialized labor systems and Black innovation in electronic music. By Jesse Dorris Fiction “You Are My Dear Friend” “Each morning, she lay in bed, worrying about the things the girl was going to do and say that day.” By Madhuri Vijay This Week in Fiction Madhuri Vijay on the Complexity of Identity The author discusses “You Are My Dear Friend,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Humor & Puzzles Daily Cartoon Trump Crosses the Delaware All hands on deck. By David Hornsby Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Moreno or Hayworth of classical Hollywood: four letters. By Anna Shechtman 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.