The New Yorker’s Top Longreads of 2020

Including: a journey under the sea; the evolution of the coronavirus; and inside the Lincoln Project. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Thirty-six Thousand Feet Under the Sea The explorers who set one of the last meaningful records on earth. By Ben Taub The New Yorker’s Top Longreads of 2020 Coronavirus Chronicles How Does the Coronavirus Behave Inside a Patient? We’ve counted the viral spread across peoples; now we need to count it within people. By Siddhartha Mukherjee The Political Scene Inside the Lincoln Project’s War Against Trump Progressives are wary of the conservative group hammering the President, but its founders say they’re fighting for all Americans. By Paige Williams Annals of Medicine How Anthony Fauci Became America’s Doctor An infectious-disease expert’s long crusade against some of humanity’s most virulent threats. By Michael Specter Annals of the Presidency A President Looks Back on His Toughest Fight The story behind the Obama Administration’s most enduring—and most contested—legacy: reforming American health care. By Barack Obama Letter from the U.K. The Curse of the Buried Treasure Two metal-detector enthusiasts discovered a Viking hoard. It was worth a fortune—but it became a nightmare. By Rebecca Mead A Reporter at Large How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief The Senate Majority Leader’s refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever. By Jane Mayer Letter from Reykjavík How Iceland Beat the Coronavirus The country didn’t just manage to flatten the curve; it virtually eliminated it. By Elizabeth Kolbert Elements The Evolution of a Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which honed its viral genome for thousands of years, behaves like a monstrous mutant hybrid of all the coronaviruses that came before it. By Carolyn Kormann A Reporter at Large How China Controlled the Coronavirus Teaching and learning in Sichuan during the pandemic. By Peter Hessler American Chronicles How Greenwich Republicans Learned to Love Trump In Greenwich, Trump’s rise was less a hostile takeover than a joint venture. “He says everything I think,” a Republican said. By Evan Osnos Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Dear Pepper: Sisterly Love If I️ were a real advice columnist and not a tongue-tied dog, I️ would sum up the impossible struggles faced by working moms during this pandemic. By Liana Finck Crossword The Holiday Crossword: 2020 in TV Comedy series whose four stars all won acting Emmys in 2020: twelve letters. By Wyna Liu 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.