How Violent Cops Stay in Law Enforcement

Plus: What if remote work didn’t mean working from home? And Biden’s mission in the Middle East. View in browser | Update your preferences U.S. Journal How Violent Cops Stay in Law Enforcement Derek Colling was fired from one police department after two fatal shootings and allegations of brutality. Less than a year later, he had a new badge. By Abe Streep Cultural Comment What if Remote Work Didn’t Mean Working from Home? We need to separate our jobs and where we live. By Cal Newport Letter from Biden’s Washington Joe Biden, Crisis Diplomat Israel was not high on the President’s agenda, but a new Gaza war pulled him in anyway. By Susan B. Glasser Daily Comment The G.O.P. Looks for New Ways to Ignore the Capitol Riot As a House vote on a bipartisan commission to study the insurrection made clear, it’s Trumpists vs. the truth. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Culture and More Second Read The Novel That Elizabeth Spencer Wanted to Be Remembered For The author of “The Light in the Piazza” believed that her most important work was “The Voice at the Back Door,” a novel about racism in her native Mississippi. By Michael LaPointe Making Do Dept. Dancing with Yourself, and with David Byrne The onetime Talking Heads front man hosted a socially distanced dance party at the Park Avenue Armory, in which ninety-six revellers a night grooved to Byrne’s exhortations. By Andrew Marantz From the Archive A Critic at Large Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight On this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a solo crossing over the Atlantic Ocean. Just five years later, she became the world’s most famous missing person, after her twin-engine Lockheed Electra disappeared. By Judith Thurman Humor from The New Yorker Blitt’s Kvetchbook Bobbleheads Through the Ages A brief, bobbing history of man. By Barry Blitt Daily Shouts Popular Parental Advice to Teens Throughout History “If someone burns you alive, are they still your friend?” By Alex Baia Daily Cartoon Friday, May 21st By Drew Dernavich 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.