The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America

Plus: why Russia is falling behind on vaccinations, and how a self-taught linguist came to own an indigenous language. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Medicine The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America Sixty-six years ago, people celebrated the polio vaccine by embracing in the streets. Our vaccine story is both more extraordinary and more complicated. By Howard Markel Daily Comment Why Is Russia Falling Behind on Vaccinations? The problem, it seems, is both supply and demand. By Joshua Yaffa Daily Comment Brazil’s COVID-19 Crisis and Jair Bolsonaro’s Presidential Chaos Is the President’s do-nothing approach to the pandemic finally becoming a threat to his political future? By Jon Lee Anderson From the Magazine Letter from Maine How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language? The Penobscot language was spoken by almost no one when Frank Siebert set about trying to preserve it. The people of Indian Island are still reckoning with his legacy. By Alice Gregory Culture and More Culture Desk Oscars Spotlight: The 2021 Nominees for Best Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death has cast a tragic pall over this year’s Best Actor race, while also rendering the competition all but moot. By Michael Schulman Books A Family at Odds Reveals a Nation in the Throes Damon Galgut’s novel “The Promise” explores the betrayals of South Africa through a perfectly pitched domestic drama. By James Wood Calling the Shots How Hank Azaria Narrates Life with Generic Baseball Announcer Voice Besides voicing a good chunk of “The Simpsons,” the actor has a new “Brockmire” podcast, in which he’ll interview Charles Barkley and Ben Stiller. By Zach Helfand Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts What I’d Tell My Younger Self One day, you’ll get NOFX stuck in your head at least once a week. By Mary Houlihan Daily Shouts D.I.Y. Fixes for Your Broken Dreams Did you want to be famous for some reason? Earn a shit ton of money? Travel the world? By Annah Feinberg Daily Cartoon Tuesday, April 13th By Brooke Bourgeois 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.