The Exhilarating Jolt of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Wildcat Strike

Plus: the manic denialism of the R.N.C., the heart of the Black-bookstore boom, and the day Malcolm X was killed. View in browser | Update your preferences The Sporting Scene The Exhilarating Jolt of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Wildcat Strike The spectacle of the empty court on Wednesday night, a stage for action rendered radiantly fallow, was a rejection of normalcy. By Vinson Cunningham Our Columnists Mike Pence’s Big Lie About Trump and the Coronavirus The great irony, and outrage, of Pence’s R.N.C. speech is that, as the head of the White House’s coronavirus task, he’s had a unique and closeup view of Trump’s actual response to the pandemic. By John Cassidy Daily Comment The Manic Denialism of the Republican National Convention Speakers keep ringing the same notes: fabricated panic followed by hoarse Panglossianism. They owe a debt to Ronald Reagan. By Andrew Marantz Annals of a Warming Planet On Climate Change, We’ve Run Out of Presidential Terms to Waste If there’s going to be effective American action, it’s going to have to come from Joe Biden. By Bill McKibben PAID POST God’s Shadow Boldly Reveals the Ottoman Empire’s Vital Importance Alan Mikhail’s “impressive revisionist history” of Sultan Selim I’s legacy “restores the Ottoman Empire to its rightful place as a ‘fulcrum’ of global power” (Kirkus Reviews). The result? “A major historical work and a genuine page-turner” (Publishers Weekly). Culture and More Dispatch Linking Allies to Action in the Heart of the Black-Bookstore Boom As the nation contemplates remaking itself, a new bookstore owner in Tulsa wants her white customers to go beyond just reading. By Victor Luckerson Page-Turner The Day Malcolm X Was Killed At the height of his powers, the Black Nationalist leader was assassinated, and the government botched the investigation of his murder. By Les Payne Onward and Upward with the Arts How Wagner Shaped Hollywood The composer has infiltrated every phase of movie history, from silent pictures to superhero blockbusters. By Alex Ross Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Dear Pepper: Social Distancing and a Brotherly Snub “My advice: let go of the obligations that you feel toward your friends. And be an even better friend to the ones you actually want to see.” By Liana Finck Daily Cartoon Thursday, August 27th By Brendan Loper

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