The Streets of Kenosha and the National Stage

Plus: Can Greek tragedy get us through the pandemic? And Jamaica Kincaid on the disturbances of the garden. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch The Streets of Kenosha and the National Stage After the violence came mourning, defiance, and distortion. By Emily Witt News Desk The Inevitable Tragedy of a Summer on Edge in Portland For years, Trump supporters have tried to provoke clashes in the city. By James Ross Gardner Campaign Chronicles How Political Violence Became a Presidential-Campaign Issue During a speech in Pittsburgh, Biden said that Trump, having failed to respond to the pandemic, “looks at this violence and sees a political lifeline.” By Eric Lach Our Columnists Trump’s Incitements to Violence Have Crossed an Alarming Threshold Faced with the prospect of losing power, the President has resorted to fomenting unrest from the White House. By John Cassidy 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. Culture and More Culture Desk Can Greek Tragedy Get Us Through the Pandemic? A theatre company has spent years bringing catharsis to the traumatized. In the coronavirus era, that’s all of us. By Elif Batuman In the Garden The Disturbances of the Garden In the garden, one performs the act of possessing. By Jamaica Kincaid Culture Desk January Jones’s Very Un-Betty Draper Quarantine A scroll through Jones’s Instagram feed in recent months debunks the shallow notion that she’s her “Mad Men” character’s diffident doppelgänger. By Rachel Syme Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts America!: New Country Songs from Tech C.E.O.s Blues, honky-tonk, and more from the titans of Silicon Valley. By Ali Fitzgerald Daily Cartoon Tuesday, September 1st By Amy Hwang 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.