Chronicles of a Bubble-Tea Addict

Plus: John Cassidy on lessons of the pandemic economy; Black Lives Matter at the academy; and new fiction from Lauren Groff. View in browser | Update your preferences Personal History Chronicles of a Bubble-Tea Addict Boba and I spent our adolescence as scrappy, enterprising immigrants at America’s periphery. For a new generation, it’s a ubiquitous, Instagram-friendly mark of Asian identity. By Jiayang Fan Our Columnists The Three Biggest Lessons of the Coronavirus Economy Nearly a year into the pandemic, solving the economic crisis means defeating the virus. By John Cassidy The Political Scene How Black Lives Matter Came to the Academy The #BlackInTheIvory hashtag helped to surface decades of bias at universities. By Kristal Brent Zook Postscript Corky Lee’s Photos Helped Generations of Asian-Americans See Themselves His simple passion to document took him everywhere. By Hua Hsu Q. & A. Why Rich Countries Should Subsidize COVID-19 Vaccination Around the World The authors of a new study, Selva Demiralp and Muhammed A. Yildirim, say that there is an economic as well as a moral case. By Isaac Chotiner Culture and More Legacies Trump Tower, Historic Landmark? With Trump Plaza Casino about to be demolished, a question arises: Are any of the former President’s edifices worth preserving? By Bruce Handy Fiction “The Wind” “Mama, we need to drive, my mother said. We need to drive now. We need to go.” By Lauren Groff This Week in Fiction Lauren Groff on the Aftershocks of Violence The author discusses “The Wind,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Cressida Leyshon Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Top Travel Destinations for When the Pandemic Ends, in 2027 Until then, pack your bags and then put them in the closet. By Talib Babb Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Leader who died in exile on St. Helena: eight letters. By Patrick Berry 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 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.