On the Border, Two Versions of One Immigration Reality

Plus: Anna Wiener on Instagram interiors and “renderporn”; and the key to Marcel Proust. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch On the Border, Two Versions of One Immigration Reality As migrants arrive in the Rio Grande Valley, residents debate the latest chapter of America’s decades-old conundrum. By Stephania Taladrid Rabbit Holes Instagram’s Strange, Soothing Computer-Generated Interiors “Renderporn” domesticates the aspiration and surreality of the digital age. By Anna Wiener Our Columnists The Complicated Case of the Pennsylvania Cheerleader The Supreme Court considers thorny questions about free speech, bullying, and whether schools can discipline students for their behavior online. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Daily Comment Trump Remains Banned, for Now, but Facebook Is Still a Problem The Oversight Board took issue with the “standardless penalty” of banning Trump indefinitely. Facebook now has six months to get its act together. By Andrew Marantz From the Magazine Books What We Find When We Get Lost in Proust There are six Marcel Prousts. Is there one key to them all? By Adam Gopnik Culture and More The Front Row A Netflix Docuseries Confronts a True-Crime Legend In “The Sons of Sam,” the director Joshua Zeman follows another journalist into the story of the Son of Sam shootings but leaves their friendship out. By Richard Brody The Boards Ethan Hawke Waits for Godot, or for the Zoom Screen to Unfreeze After a rehearsal for a virtual production of the play, Hawke and his co-star John Leguizamo ponder how all dialogue now sounds like Beckett. By Michael Schulman Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Oh, Hey, I’m a Guy Who Peaked in the Aughts Last week, this chick was checking me out and I was, like, “If you recognize me it’s probably ’cause I played Waiter No. 3 in a party scene with Ashley Judd.” By Kira Garcia Daily Cartoon Thursday, May 6th By Jason Adam Katzenstein 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.