The Deadly Cost of America’s Pandemic Politics

Plus: Why do we still love “The Office”? And the thirty best albums of 2020. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch The Deadly Cost of America’s Pandemic Politics Vaccines are on the way, but until they arrive tens of thousands of lives depend on the battle for public opinion. By Dhruv Khullar Dispatch The Life and COVID Death of a Revered Siberian Doctor In a chaotic and overwhelmed hospital, a physician received the kind of indifferent medical care he spent his life trying to overcome. By Joshua Yaffa Our Columnists Trump’s Election Attacks Are Spreading Hatred and Inciting Violence The President is actively subverting the core elements of a peaceful democracy—and yet the response is strangely muted. By John Cassidy Podcast Dept. Why Do We Still Love “The Office”? The show’s enduring popularity, even during lockdown, says a lot about the place where we used to spend most of our time. By Sarah Larson Culture and More 2020 in Review My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020 What music will forever be “pandemic music,” and what music will carry over with the best music of other years into the great historical record? By Sheldon Pearce The New Yorker Interview How Mira Nair Made Her Own “Suitable Boy” The filmmaker talks about the political and cinematic challenges of adapting Vikram Seth’s beloved novel. By Isaac Chotiner On Television “A Teacher”: A Series Best Saved for Fourth-Period Health Class Depicting a relationship between a high-school teacher and her student, the show takes aim at a permitted perversion, a subject of memes and giddy Post headlines. By Doreen St. Félix L.A. Postcard A California Councilwoman’s Quest to Keep Restaurants Open Monica Rodriguez is determined to overturn a ban on outdoor dining among the palm trees and heat lamps of L.A. By Sheila Marikar Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How to Avoid Ivanka Ivanka will say that you and she have the same sense of humor. You haven’t made a joke. By Nina Sharma Daily Cartoon Tuesday, December 8th By Emily Flake 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.