Biden’s Effort to Make This Election a Moral Referendum

Plus: the ultimate stress test of American democracy; a Florida demographic that could swing the election; and Sean Connery. View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles Joe Biden’s Effort to Make This Election a Moral Referendum The distillation of the former Vice-President from a moderate Democrat into a more intimate figure, a grief-counsellor-in-chief, has been the most important work of his campaign. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Our Columnists The Ultimate Stress Test of American Democracy Is Upon Us With one day left in the 2020 campaign, the polls indicate reasons for optimism, but also grounds for concern. By John Cassidy U.S. Journal How America Can Avoid Dual Cataclysms Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s former top public-health official, calls for recognition of the country’s pain and division. By Paige Williams Florida Postcard A Florida Demographic That Could Swing the Election Black men in Newtown, in Sarasota, discuss the appeal of Donald Trump and their indifference toward Joe Biden. By Charlayne Hunter-Gault Our Local Correspondents Borough Park’s Mask-Burning Orthodox Jewish Demonstrators Heshy Tishler, a radio host and City Council candidate, has emerged as the leader of a neighborhood’s uprising against government coronavirus measures. By Zach Helfand Postscript Postscript The Undeniable Sean Connery Behind the actor’s characters, you sensed something hard, immutable, and crystalline that belonged to him alone. By Anthony Lane Culture and More Pop Music The Disappearance and Cryptic Return of Salem The band, which perfectly evoked a certain strain of American scumbaggery, is not interested in anything as boring as redemption. By Carrie Battan Crossword Today’s Crossword What Emily Dickinson called “the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul”: four letters. By Natan Last Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How to Allay Your Preëlection Anxiety Put a bag over your head, or pretend the whole thing isn’t happening. Anyway, it will all be over soon, won’t it? By Emily Steinberg Daily Cartoon Monday, November 2nd By Kim Warp 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.