Trump’s Unprecedented Attacks on Our Public-Health System

Plus: Zadie Smith on Toyin Ojih Odutola; Bill De Blasio's side gig; and poetry by Terrance Hayes. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment Trump's Unprecedented Attacks on Our Public-Health System The President's refusal either to lead or to recognize the leadership of others has made it impossible to develop a national plan to combat the coronavirus. By Michael Specter News & Culture Letter from Wisconsin How Suffering Farmers May Determine Trump's Fate As rural Wisconsin's fortunes have declined, its political importance has grown. By Dan Kaufman Page-Turner In the Gendered Economy, Women Are Perpetual Debtors Kate Manne's "Entitled" speaks to a moment that she could not have foreseen. By Nora Caplan-Bricker Annals of Art Toyin Ojih Odutola's Visions of Power In their depictions of domination, the artist's works, full of world-building and philosophy, do more than flip the script. By Zadie Smith Musical Events Francis Poulenc's Drunken Angels In the composer's masterly songs, the solemn and the sensual collide. By Alex Ross Side Gig Bill de Blasio Slept Here The listing for the yellow clapboard house in Park Slope sounded too good to be true, and it was: the landlord turned out to be the Mayor of New York City. By Tyler Foggatt Poems "Pseudacris Crucifer" "The tree frog overcomes its fear of birds by singing." By Terrance Hayes Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Our Gym Is Committed to the Health and Money of Our Members Don't forget to update your billing preferences so we know that you're fiscally well enough to exercise. By Ronald Metellus Daily Cartoon Tuesday, August 11th By Brooke Bourgeois 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.