Can Horse Racing Survive?

Plus: police politics in the mayoral race, the legacy of Halston, and new fiction from J. M. Holmes. View in browser | Update your preferences The Sporting Scene Can Horse Racing Survive? In a time of changing sensitivities, an ancient sport struggles to justify itself. By William Finnegan Our Local Correspondents Policing Politics Takes Over the New York City Mayoral Race With the spectre of crime suddenly top of mind for many voters, the language of “defund the police” has been deemed a political liability. By Eric Lach On and Off the Avenue The Freeing Fashion Behind the Halston Saga A new Netflix series about the designer’s turbulent life hits all the tabloid plot points but misses the soul of his work. By Rachel Syme Daily Comment Your Electric Vehicle Can’t Get There from Here—At Least, Not Without a Charge Why we need to build a national network of charging stations fast. By Bill McKibben From the Magazine Annals of Gastronomy The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food Is “Disgusting” At the Disgusting Food Museum, in Sweden, where visitors are served dishes such as fermented shark and stinky tofu, I felt both like a tourist and like one of the exhibits. By Jiayang Fan More in Culture Fiction “Children of the Good Book” “The situation would’ve been funny—like Shaq holding off that little white kid in ‘Kazaam’—if they hadn’t been the men in our lives, putting us up on the wrong kind of game.” By J. M. Holmes This Week in Fiction J. M. Holmes on Black Manhood in America The author discusses “Children of the Good Book,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Books Asia’s Anti-Colonialist Journey After the Russian Revolution, a host of activists saw Communism as the way to end European imperialism. Their diverse fates provide a key to Asian politics. By Thomas Meaney Profiles A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions From 2019: a Profile of the author of “The Woman in the Window,” now adapted as a Netflix movie. By Ian Parker Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts A Million Big Pretty Tiny Little Lies Everywhere The new TV lineup from the networks that brought you your favorite shows will have everyone talking. By Dahlia Gallin Ramirez Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”: ten letters. By Anna Shechtman 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.