Atul Gawande on How We Can Solve the Coronavirus-Test Mess Now

Plus: American Christianity’s white-supremacy problem; Kim Kardashian West’s makeup artist; and the Met. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch We Can Solve the Coronavirus-Test Mess Now—If We Want To The key to taming the pandemic will be both a new commitment to “assurance testing” and a new vision of what public health really means. By Atul Gawande Under Review American Christianity’s White-Supremacy Problem History, theology, and culture all contribute to the racist attitudes embedded in the white church. By Michael Luo U.S. Journal A Community Organizer Takes on White Vigilantism When armed men attacked Black Lives Matter protesters in Philadelphia, a local activist recognized his neighbor among the mob and decided to confront him. By Eliza Griswold Daily Comment The Israel-U.A.E. Deal Is Another Netanyahu Ploy The Israeli leader is trying to use normalization to remain in power. By Bernard Avishai PAID POST The essential leadership playbook In David M. Rubenstein's How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, and many others share conversations about their remarkable lives and careers. Available now. Profiles Profiles The Makeup Artist at Ground Zero of Internet Beauty Culture Kim Kardashian West’s makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, launches a line in a pandemic. By Rachel Syme Culture and More Culture Desk The Met Is Back, and So Are We Seeing a crowd lined up to enter the Metropolitan Museum of Art was enough to induce palpitations in a heart accustomed to quarantine, and not all of the good kind. By Alexandra Schwartz Crossword Today’s Crossword Singer with the 2018 hit “Without Me”: six letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts What I Expected in Adulthood Very specific adventures in dating, dry-cleaning, and more. By Siobhán Gallagher Daily Cartoon Wednesday, September 2nd By Victor Varnado 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.