Will Trump Burn the Evidence?

Jill Lepore on the President’s habit of tearing up documents. Plus: Should America still police the world? View in browser | Update your preferences American Chronicles Will Trump Burn the Evidence? How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history. By Jill Lepore Our Columnists What Kind of Economy Will Joe Biden Inherit? Following positive news about coronavirus-vaccine trials, the long-term macroeconomic environment that Biden will face has become a hot topic among economists. By John Cassidy Q. & A. A Biden Adviser on “Coronavirus Control 2.0” The epidemiologist Céline Gounder discusses the continuing importance of “flattening the curve,” and the challenges of planning the next Administration’s coronavirus response. By Isaac Chotiner Our Columnists Poland’s Abortion Protests Are Starting to Feel Like a Revolution The Polish government has delayed implementing the court decision that sparked the demonstrations, yet people continue to flood the streets all over the country. By Masha Gessen PAID POST Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement A history of the anti-vaccination movement, from its nineteenth-century antecedents to today’s anti-vax activism, offering strategies for refuting its claims. Books Under Review Should America Still Police the World? Two recent books, by Robert Gates and Patrick Porter, present starkly different visions for the future of the United States’ primacy in world affairs. By Daniel Immerwahr Culture and More The Front Row Jude Law Plays a Banker Who Buys Into Money’s Lies The film “The Nest” tells the story of a family being torn apart by the furious ambitions and social aspirations of its paterfamilias. By Richard Brody Under the Streets The Mystery of the 7 Train’s Broken Windows Who’s been smashing the ballistic safety glass in the cars, messing with the line’s usually excellent M.D.B.F. (mean distance between failures)? By Ian Frazier Crossword Today’s Crossword Lizzo hit whose title answers the lyric “Baby, how you feelin’?”: ten letters. By Natan Last Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Sounds of the Eighties This CD set contains every chart-topping song of the decade, and every other noise made on Planet Earth during those ten years. By Jonathan Zeller Daily Cartoon Wednesday, November 18th By Ali Solomon 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.