The Shooting of Daunte Wright and the Meaning of George Floyd’s Death

Plus: the union battle at Amazon; Alexey Navalny; and how New York was named. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment The Shooting of Daunte Wright and the Meaning of George Floyd’s Death How much has changed since the events of last spring? By Jelani Cobb News Desk The Union Battle at Amazon Is Far from Over Drives to organize steelworkers and autoworkers took decades but ultimately succeeded. By Alec MacGillis Our Columnists Why Alexey Navalny Returned to Russia The opposition politician, who is two weeks into a hunger strike, differs from the Soviet-era dissidents. By Masha Gessen The New Yorker Documentary The Grim Compassion of Searching for Missing Migrants The humanitarian volunteer group Águilas del Desierto searches the hostile land near the U.S.-Mexico border for those who have disappeared. Film by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Maite Zubiaurre Text by Danielle Mackey Letter from Europe The Parisians Housing Refugees During the Pandemic Hundreds in the city have joined an ad-hoc shelter system, opening spare bedrooms and living rooms to migrants and asylum seekers. By Annie Hylton Page-Turner How New York Was Named For centuries, settlers pushed Natives off the land. But they continued to use indigenous language to name, describe, and anoint the world around them. By Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Culture and More Under Review Rewriting the Story of the Palestinian Radical In “Against the Loveless World,” Susan Abulhawa presents a tale that has less to do with ideology than with the way love binds us to land. By Rozina Ali Palm Springs Postcard Shooting the Good Life for Jay-Z’s Cannabis Company Hype Williams, whom Sean Combs once called “the Black Scorsese,” recasts Slim Aarons’s poolside scenes in Palm Springs. By Sheila Marikar Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Crossword Bread that’s simple to make: nine letters. By Patrick Berry Daily Shouts The Seven Days of Creation Under Capitalism In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Then God’s boss asked Him to stay late and make the sky, too. By Zach Zimmerman Daily Cartoon Wednesday, April 14th By Colin Tom 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.