Bob Woodward on a Nightmare Presidency

Plus: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on grief; Svetlana Alexievich; and the whitewashing of Black music on TikTok. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment Bob Woodward on a Nightmare Presidency The revelations in Woodward’s new book, “Rage,” fill in a well-known portrait with sharper focus and more lurid colors. By David Remnick Daily Comment The President’s Epic Lies Become His Campaign Story Line Trump has long required that his supporters cease to care about the truth. Now he is asking that they not care about American lives. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Our Columnists Svetlana Alexievich Is Not Going Anywhere The Nobel Prize winner seeks to represent the will of protesters in Belarus, despite intimidation by Alexander Lukashenka’s regime. By Masha Gessen Our Columnists The Players’ Revolt Against Racism, Inequality, and Police Terror A group of athletes across various American professional sports have communicated the fear, frustration, and anger of most of Black America. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor PAID POST New from Ruth Ware The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark, Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain. Personal History Personal History Notes on Grief I last saw my father in person on March 5th, just before the coronavirus changed the world. By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Culture and More Cultural Comment The Whitewashing of Black Music on TikTok The optics of the app—where the mostly white star users have embraced musical styles like Jersey club—play into a long, infamous history of white appropriation of Black arts. By Sheldon Pearce The Art World The Joys of Nineteenth-Century French Drawings While masterpieces traffic in the inexplicable, drawings speak directly from the artist in pre- or mid-creation, hatching little big bangs of ideas. By Peter Schjeldahl Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts On Lava Comments by Jane Goodall, Carl Sagan, Confucius, Archimedes, Darwin, George Washington Carver, and others on the nature and properties of molten rock. By River Clegg Daily Cartoon Thursday, September 10th By Zoe Si 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.