A Deportation Nightmare in the Bronx

Plus: queer foster families, a third COVID-19 vaccine, and Obama and Springsteen’s new podcast. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Local Correspondents A Deportation Nightmare in the Bronx Arrested for jaywalking, a DACA recipient spent the pandemic in ICE detention because of what New York City officials admit was an “operational error.” He could be deported as soon as next week. By Eric Lach U.S. Journal The Secret Early History of Queer Foster Families In the nineteen-seventies, social workers in several states placed queer teen-agers with queer foster parents, in discrete acts of quiet radicalism. By Michael Waters Comment With a Third Vaccine, Are We Finally Winning Against COVID-19? It’s been a year of emotional ups and downs, but for now, at least, even with more variants of the virus, the ups seem to be winning. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Double Take Sunday Reading: Honoring Black History Month From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of writings on race, civil rights, and justice. By The New Yorker Podcast Dept. Obama and Springsteen Are Here to Lull America In “Renegades,” a new Spotify podcast, the rock superstar and the ex-President dub themselves rebellious outsiders while playing their familiar hits. By Lauren Michele Jackson Culture and More Books Tom Stoppard’s Charmed and Haunted Life A new biography enables us to see beneath the intellectual dazzle of the playwright’s work. By Anthony Lane Culture Desk Daft Punk Brought Us to the Dance Floor Is the French electronic duo actually retired? The question seems beside the point. By Hua Hsu Tables for Two Vietnamese Specials at Ha’s Dac Biet Anthony Ha and Sadie Mae Burns, who worked in high-profile kitchens until last March, opened a pop-up offering set meals and add-ons, for delivery or takeout, inspired by home cooking, their travels in Vietnam, and whatever strikes their fancy. By Hannah Goldfield Read A Cocktail Book That Brings Flair to Life in Lockdown The creative recipes in Shannon Mustipher’s tiki-themed cocktail book provide a much-needed serotonin boost in this extremely indoor winter. By Julia Bush Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Plots of Nineteen-Eighties Movies if Their Protagonists Had Been People of Color “Back to the Future,” “Footloose,” “Hoosiers,” and other eighties classics reimagined without the white people. By Carlos Greaves Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 87 Had seconds of Belgian waffles at Georgetown University (5). By Peter Gordon You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.