The Uncertainties Facing New York City’s Young Essential Workers

Plus: why Stuart Stevens wants to defeat Trump; social-media activism; and streaming comedy and tragedy on YouTube. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk The Uncertainties Facing New York City’s Young Essential Workers Many teen-agers working in grocery stores and restaurants are grappling with the pressure to help support their families, protect vulnerable loved ones, and plan for their own futures. By Alexis Okeowo Cultural Comment The Second Act of Social-Media Activism Has the Internet become better at mediating change? By Jane Hu Q. & A. Why Stuart Stevens Wants to Defeat Donald Trump The longtime Republican strategist talks about his opposition to Trump, his involvement in the Lincoln Project ad campaign, and why he thinks Mitt Romney would have made a great President. By Isaac Chotiner Dept. of Protesting Summer School for Protest Writing With a reading list ranging from W. E. B. Du Bois to Kendrick Lamar, a remote class teaches Philadelphia teens how to express their frustration with society. By Tyler Foggatt PAID POST The Butterfly Lampshade is summer reading that shimmers with beauty. New York Times bestselling author Aimee Bender weaves a luminous, poignant tale of the sometimes overwhelming power of the material world as it plays out in the complex bond between a mother and daughter. Read More Culture and More Onstage American Tragedy and Comedy, Streaming on YouTube “The Line” follows health-care workers battling COVID-19, and Hannibal Buress’s new special turns a police encounter into comedy and catharsis. By Alexandra Schwartz The Front Row Prescient Documentaries of Police, Prison, and Schools “Hard Times at Douglass High” and “Toe Tag Parole” follow the social through line and the creative methods that Alan and Susan Raymond established in their documentary “The Police Tapes.” By Richard Brody Crossword Today’s Crossword Early-two-thousands drama with the theme song “California”: five letters. By Kameron Austin Collins Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Everyone Hates Me My most ardent haters harbor so much ire for me they’ll try to gaslight me into believing they actually like me. By Harris Mayersohn Daily Cartoon Monday, August 3rd By Brendan Loper 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.