In Pennsylvania, Republicans Might Only Need to Stall to Win

Plus: how America escapes its conspiracy-theory crisis, and the very French fight over reuniting Rimbaud and Verlaine in the Pantheon. View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles In Pennsylvania, Republicans Might Only Need to Stall to Win A political analyst warned, “Harrisburg in 2020 could be Tallahassee in 2000.” By Eliza Griswold The Future of Democracy How America Escapes Its Conspiracy-Theory Crisis The Trump Presidency has taken us down the rabbit hole. A past era of reform suggests a way out. By David Rohde Daily Comment Is Tolerance for Political Violence on the Rise? At times, confrontation has seemed as American as apple pie. By Bernard Avishai Our Columnists How Much Longer Will Donald Trump Be Our Con-Artist-in-Chief? The story of the Trump International Hotel & Tower is another reminder that Trump may well be the most successful con artist in American history. By John Cassidy Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Culture and More Onward and Upward with the Arts How New York City Ballet Took On the Pandemic With its season—including “The Nutcracker”—cancelled, the company created a video series that asks, What can dance, so dependent on bodies sharing space, become in the age of social distancing? By Michael Schulman Daily Comment The Very French Fight Over the Pantheon A petition has called for moving the remains of Rimbaud and Verlaine, who engaged in one of literature’s most famous love affairs, to a mausoleum for the country’s great figures. By Adam Gopnik Books What Tecumseh Fought For Pursuing a Native alliance powerful enough to resist the American invaders, the Shawnee leader and his prophet brother envisioned a new and better Indian world. By Philip Deloria Postscript The Long, Lonesome Roads of Jerry Jeff Walker The singer was the perfect companion for nights when you might be feeling certain sorrows acutely. By Amanda Petrusich Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Halloween Around the House There will be no candy from strangers, no ironic yet sexy costumes. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still have a little fun! By Julie Sharbutt Daily Cartoon Thursday, October 29th By Mort Gerberg 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.