Last Exit from Afghanistan

Plus: America’s first COVID epicenter; anti-Asian violence; and Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Last Exit from Afghanistan Will peace talks with the Taliban and the prospect of an American withdrawal create a breakthrough or a collapse? By Dexter Filkins U.S. Journal A Year in America’s First COVID Epicenter Twelve months after Seattle suffered the first reported coronavirus death in the U.S., city leaders reflect on what has worked—and what remains agonizingly broken. By James Ross Gardner Cultural Comment The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence It’s difficult to describe anti-Asian racism when society lacks a coherent historical account of what it actually looks like. By Hua Hsu Our Columnists The Sweeping Impact of a Broken Biden Campaign Promise By not holding Saudi Arabia’s leader to account for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the President has emboldened despots worldwide. By Robin Wright Books Kazuo Ishiguro Uses Artificial Intelligence to Reveal the Limits of Our Own In his latest novel, the gaze of an inhuman narrator gives us a new perspective on human life, a vision that is at once deeply ordinary and profoundly strange. By James Wood Culture and More Culture Desk A Disjointed, Racially Compromised Night at the Golden Globes This year, Hollywood’s silly drunk wedding didn’t seem so benign. By Michael Schulman The Front Row A Stranger-Than-Fiction Battle in Italian Pop Jonathan Sutak’s documentary “Dons of Disco” tells the story of the lip-synching eighties star Den Harrow and the war between the two men who made up the act. By Richard Brody Cover Story John Cuneo’s “The Polar Opposite” The artist discusses his cover for this week’s issue of the magazine. By Françoise Mouly Humor from The New Yorker Crossword Today’s Crossword Talking Heads bassist Weymouth: four letters. By Anna Shechtman Daily Cartoon Monday, March 1st By Jason Adam Katzenstein 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.