Is There a Case for Legalizing Heroin?

Plus: the transformation of a soccer club, and women’s sports; the A.I. app that writes like Kafka; and “About Endlessness.” View in browser | Update your preferences The Sporting Scene The Transformation of a Soccer Club, and the Ways We Value Women’s Sports Three years ago, a National Women’s Soccer League team in New Jersey had no working toilets or showers in its training facilities. What turned things around? By Louisa Thomas Annals of Populism Is There a Case for Legalizing Heroin? The addiction researcher Carl Hart argues against the distinction between hard and soft drugs. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Cultural Comment The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing Whatever field you are in, if it uses language, it is about to be transformed. By Stephen Marche Daily Comment Bargaining with China Today to Save the World Tomorrow As climate czar, John Kerry has been tasked with a moral balancing act that few leaders have ever faced. By Bill McKibben The Current Cinema The Small Worlds of “About Endlessness” Roy Andersson’s film unfolds in thirty-three enigmatic fables, but there is nothing unfinished about the Swedish director’s fragments. By Anthony Lane Culture and More Books Briefly Noted “Second Nature,” “Finding the Raga,” “The Final Revival of Opal & Nev,” and “The Elephant of Belfast.” A Critic at Large From the Archive: Who Owns Anne Frank? Anne Frank’s diary was published in English on this day in 1952. Would history have been better served if the document had been destroyed? By Cynthia Ozick Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts The Semi-Sadistic Seven-Minute Workout These exercises will restore elasticity to your body, clarity to your mind, and buoyancy to your soul—whatever a soul might be. By Alison Bechdel Daily Cartoon Friday, April 30th By Peter Kuper 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.