Do V.P. Picks Matter?

Plus: Trump’s TikTok fixation, seaside fare in the Rockaways, and a 2019 Profile of Kamala Harris. View in browser | Update your preferences Comment Do V.P. Picks Matter? What the choice of Kamala Harris does, and doesn’t, tell us about the future of the Democratic Party. By Margaret Talbot Currency Trump’s Incoherent Policy on TikTok and China The need to address China’s economic practices is clear to Republicans and Democrats alike. But Trump’s fixation on a single social-media site serves only as a distraction. By Sheelah Kolhatkar Video Dept. Sojourner Truth and the Unfinished Fight for Equality A hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the painter Grace Lynne Haynes shares her vision of the Founding Mother who fought for racial and gender equality. By Katie Nodjimbadem From the Archive Profiles From 2019: Kamala Harris Makes Her Case The Presidential candidate has been criticized as a defender of the status quo. Can she prove that she’s a force for change? By Dana Goodyear Culture and More Double Take Sunday Reading: Summer Fiction From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of astonishing short stories. By The New Yorker Tables for Two Rippers, Brothers, and More of the Rockaways’ Seaside Fare The Rockaway boardwalk offers Venezuelan arepas, Brussels sprouts with lobster caramel, and shady benches for snacks with a view of the surf. By Hannah Goldfield Books From the Archive: The Transgressive Thrills of Charles Bukowski The captain of a low-life odyssey, Bukowski, who was born a hundred years ago today, accomplished something rare: he produced a completely distinctive, widely beloved body of work. By Adam Kirsch Humor & Puzzles Daily Shouts My Cat Is More Like a Dog Than a Cat He brings in the newspaper, but he also writes for it—he has a weekly column that he publishes under a pseudonym. By Sarah Hutto Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 77 Belgian painter’s spouse maintaining spunky quality (8). By Mike Shenk 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.