The Workers Trying to Unionize an Amazon Fulfillment Center

Plus: the pleasures of voice texts; Michelle Obama’s food show; and Sarah Moss’s fiction. View in browser | Update your preferences U.S. Journal The Alabama Workers Trying to Unionize an Amazon Fulfillment Center South of Birmingham, warehouse employees are voting on whether to form a union. Their decision could have ripple effects around the country. By Charles Bethea Culture and More On and Off the Avenue The Pleasures of Conversing via Voice Text An audio message is a text with a pulse, a phone call with none of the pressure, a fizzy zap of connection that’s there and then gone. By Rachel Syme Annals of Gastronomy The Pure Joy of “Waffles + Mochi,” Michelle Obama’s Food Show for Kids Warm and inclusive, Netflix’s new series follows a pair of puppet friends on a global culinary tour. By Helen Rosner Books In Sarah Moss’s Fiction, There’s No Holiday from History Her latest novel, “Summerwater,” follows Britons on vacation, but snapshots of a family romance open onto a deeper story about a country’s long-simmering tensions. By Leo Robson South Jersey Postcard Weather Nerds of New Jersey From the altocumulus clouds over the Trump Plaza implosion to the warm winter temperatures (it was the state’s twenty-ninth-mildest January on record), there’s lots to talk about. By Robert Sullivan Books Briefly Noted “Foregone,” “The Bad Muslim Discount,” “The Enlightenment,” and “Let the Lord Sort Them.” The New Yorker Documentary The Escapism and Camaraderie of a Zoom Cooking Class In “Until Further Notice,” an out-of-work chef and dozens of amateur cooks find community at the height of the coronavirus lockdown. By Helen Rosner Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Crossword Polar opposite?: eight letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Daily Shouts New Pills for Right Now Perhaps some Mealatonin to reduce the urge to post images of home-cooked dinners? By Bob Morris Daily Shouts Clifford the Big Red Dog’s Latest Adventures A game of fetch, life on the lam, and a visit to a maximum-security prison. By Asher Perlman Daily Cartoon Wednesday, March 17th By Zoe Si 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.