How Black Lives Matter Is Changing the Church

Plus: the Republicans’ conspiratorial Convention; Chadwick Boseman, remembered; and flash fiction by Tania James. View in browser | Update your preferences On Religion How Black Lives Matter Is Changing the Church Brenda Salter McNeil used to think that it was not the place of a pastor to talk about systemic racism. Ferguson changed her mind. By Eliza Griswold Comment The Republicans’ Conspiratorial Convention Trump and his supporters claimed that his opponents are seeking to deceive and subdue Americans. It’s a dangerous path. By Amy Davidson Sorkin News Desk Investigations Provide a Window Into How Trump Does Business The New York attorney general is probing an alleged pattern of financial misstatement by the Trump Organization. By Sheelah Kolhatkar Personal History A House Is Not a Home In my mind, our money was time. It seemed like a waste to spend time on property. By Eula Biss The Front Row The Lived-In Grace of Chadwick Boseman The actor, who died Friday at the age of forty-three, brought to his roles a sense of history, responsibility, and implicit but intensely personal political commitment. By Richard Brody Culture and More The Sporting Scene How to Watch Serena Williams at the U.S. Open Fans want to see Williams win a twenty-fourth major and make history. But that is the wrong way to watch her play now. By Gerald Marzorati Flash Fiction The South Asian Speakers Series Presents the Archeologist and Adventurer Indiana Jones “What he wouldn’t give to be back in the jungles of Honduras or jumping trains across Nazi-occupied Europe, where he could let his whip do the talking.” By Tania James Humor and More Daily Shouts Give Me a Smile, Bro “For the first time in my life, I didn’t know what to do.” By Karl Stevens Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 38 A fashion-themed puzzle: De la Renta moved around town and changed back and forth (10). By Monika Zook 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.