How China Controlled the Coronavirus

Plus: the rush to reopen schools; Trump’s latest executive orders; and designer mice. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large How China Controlled the Coronavirus And what the U.S. could learn from the country’s successful campaign to halt the outbreak. By Peter Hessler News Desk Teachers Across the Country Worry About a Rush to Reopen Schools In red and blue states alike, educators balance their concern for students with distrust of the plans offered by their local governments. By Steven Greenhouse Our Columnists Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Are a Political Stunt The claim that the recent orders will substantially help unemployed Americans, or the economy as a whole, is ludicrous, even by the President’s standards. By John Cassidy Q. & A. How to Counter Trump’s Attempt to Manipulate the Election Vanita Gupta, who ran the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division under President Obama, discusses threats to the Post Office, the census, and the November vote. By Isaac Chotiner Dept. of Prevention Can Designer Mice Save Us from the Coronavirus? How vials of frozen, genetically engineered rodent sperm, raced to a remote lab in Maine, produced a breed of critters that could help scientists find a treatment or a vaccine. By Raffi Khatchadourian Culture and More Cover Story Wayne Thiebaud’s “Double Scoop” The artist discusses his latest cover for the magazine and how cartoons have influenced his art. By Françoise Mouly The Current Cinema American Youths Play Politics in “Boys State” In a documentary about adolescents trying out governance, jerks and bad ideas abound, but the film is a soothing antidote to our current civic fevers. By Anthony Lane Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Crossword “Star Trek” communications officer portrayed by Nichelle Nichols: fifteen letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Daily Cartoon Monday, August 10th By Ali Solomon 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.