Leaving Afghanistan, and the Lessons of America’s Longest War

Plus: how we fell in love in lockdown; Dawoud Bey’s street portraits; and “Voyagers.” View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment The Lessons of America’s Longest War It is the Afghan people, of course, who have paid the highest price for America’s failed ambitions. By Steve Coll Letter from the U.K. How We Fell in Love in Lockdown The artist Philippa Found compiled hundreds of written accounts of love in the time of COVID-19 for a project called “Lockdown Love Stories.” By Anna Russell Q. & A. Europe’s Vaccine Stumbles The historian Adam Tooze discusses the vaccine rollout and shifting politics in the E.U. By Isaac Chotiner Photo Booth The Timeless Pleasures of Dawoud Bey’s Street Portraits His pictures make me think about the times I’ve walked down the street feeling invisible, until I pass another Black person who holds my gaze long enough for us to exchange a nod. By Hanif Abdurraqib Culture and More The Current Cinema “Voyagers” Gets Lost in Space Neil Burger’s film, starring Colin Farrell as a leader of teen-agers whose descendants are to found an extraterrestrial home for humanity, fumbles the existential questions it tries to raise. By Anthony Lane Rabbit Holes The Pleasant Head Trip of Liminal Spaces The lockdowns seem to have sharpened our appetite for parking garages, dead malls, shuttered Kmarts, and paintings by Edward Hopper and David Hockney. By Madelyne Xiao Second Read The Vital Wisdom of Wesley Brown’s “Tragic Magic” The 1978 novel, championed by Toni Morrison, is a vibrant riff on Blackness, manhood, and jazz. By Ismail Muhammad Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Ring Doorbell Recap 9:44 A.M.: An Amazon employee arrives with seventy-eight rolls of toilet paper. By Gary Richardson Daily Shouts How to Play COVID Chess The pawn can move forward to her girlfriend’s house or diagonally to online shopping. By Laura Mishkin Blitt’s Kvetchbook Feel the Bern Ponzi scheming from the hereafter. By Barry Blitt Daily Cartoon Friday, April 16th 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.