What Will It Take to Pandemic-Proof America?

Plus: Biden is ending the Forever War; French tacos; and an excerpt from Jonny Sun’s new book. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Medicine What Will It Take to Pandemic-Proof America? When the next virus strikes, we’ll look back on this moment as an opportunity that we either seized or squandered. By Dhruv Khullar Letter from Biden’s Washington Biden Finally Got to Say No to the Generals Critics be damned, the President is ending the Forever War waged by Bush, Obama, and Trump in Afghanistan. By Susan B. Glasser Annals of Populism The Georgia Voting Law and the End of the New South Republican state legislators once were allies of the business establishment. Now they seem to have little use for it. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells From the Magazine Annals of Gastronomy The Unlikely Rise of the French Tacos How an upstart fast food became essential dining in the home of haute cuisine. By Lauren Collins Culture and More The New Yorker Interview Nigella Lawson Wants to Talk to People The writer and TV star on privacy, performance, and cooking for one. By Helen Rosner Culture Desk Oscars Spotlight: The 2021 Nominees for Best Actress Plus: Bette Davis’s bunny theory of Academy Award wins. By Michael Schulman The Theatre Off Broadway Returns, with “Blindness” Simon Stephens’s adaptation of José Saramago’s dystopian novel, about a sudden epidemic of blindness, is up—in person—at the Daryl Roth Theatre. By Vinson Cunningham Artifacts Ancient Greece’s Army of Lovers Comprising a hundred and fifty male couples, Thebes’s Sacred Band was undefeated until it was wiped out in 338 B.C. In the nineteenth century, the mass grave of the men was found. By Daniel Mendelsohn Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Happy Anniversary, Instagram Sweatsuit It’s funny how unprepared you can feel for a moment you’ve been dreaming about for so long. By Katie O’Hanlon Daily Shouts I Am Trying to Decide if I Should Buy Two Rolls of Paper Towel or Three If I choose the right choice here and now in the paper-towel aisle of the grocery store then my life is going to change. By Jonny Sun Daily Cartoon Thursday, April 15th By Emily Bernstein 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.