A Doctor’s Dark Pandemic Year

Plus: Jane Mayer remembers Walter Mondale; Richard Brody’s 2021 Oscars predictions; and “Crying in H Mart.” View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch A Doctor’s Dark Year In the heart of the pandemic, a trauma surgeon travels to the edge and back. By Dhruv Khullar Postscript Remembering Walter Mondale The former Vice-President and Presidential candidate told voters the hard and politically costly truths they didn’t want to hear. By Jane Mayer Daily Comment India’s Government Is Using the Courts to Attack Civil Rights A lawyer who has fought for democracy for nearly fifty years finds herself under investigation by the state. By Steve Coll Q. & A. How COVID-19 Surged Again in India A conversation about the crisis in Mumbai and the risks of rapid reopening. By Isaac Chotiner From the Magazine Profiles Ari Emanuel Takes on the World Hollywood’s most tenacious agent tries to remake himself as a mogul. By Connie Bruck Culture and More Books What Do We Want in a First Lady? Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan grappled with the contradictions of a role that is at once public and private, superficial and serious. By Amy Davidson Sorkin The Front Row 2021 Oscars Predictions: Who Will Win Versus Who Should A critic’s picks for Best Picture, Best Director, and more. By Richard Brody From the Archive Personal History Crying in H Mart The essay that inspired the new memoir, out today, by Michelle Zauner, who performs under the moniker Japanese Breakfast: “Within the past five years, I lost both my aunt and mother to cancer. So, when I go to H Mart, I’m not just on the hunt for cuttlefish . . . I’m searching for their memory.” By Michelle Zauner Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts What the New Roaring Twenties Will Be Like Not wearing makeup will become socially acceptable, but men will continue to ask their barefaced co-workers if they’re sick. By Irving Ruan and Danielle Kraese Daily Cartoon Tuesday, April 20th By Adam Douglas Thompson Daily Cartoon Bonus Cartoon By Mark Gibson 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.