The Beginning of the End of the American Pandemic

Plus: the anniversary of George Floyd’s death; government benefits and worker shortages; and a new political era. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch The Beginning of the End of the American Pandemic The country is reopening. What does the future hold? By Dhruv Khullar News & Culture Currency Are Government Benefits Contributing to Worker Shortages? Republicans have argued that unemployment supplements are causing worker shortages. But some progressive economists believe that they are helping workers drive a harder bargain for their time. By Sheelah Kolhatkar On Television It’s Ryan Murphy’s World—“Halston” Is Just Living in It In the Netflix series, Murphy keeps such a tight rein on Halston’s world that the designer is unable to breathe as a subject. By Naomi Fry The Front Row A Crucial Hong Sang-soo Film Finally Reaches Theatres The South Korean director displays his ambitions in “Tale of Cinema,” a drama about the milieu of filmmaking. By Richard Brody Rome Postcard The Last Stand at Steve Bannon’s “Gladiator School” The Academy for the Judeo-Christian West is trying to stave off eviction from Trisulti, an eight-hundred-year-old monastery outside Rome. By Ben Munster From the Magazine American Chronicles Are We Entering a New Political Era? The neoliberal order seems to be collapsing. A generation of young activists is trying to insure that it’s replaced by progressive populism, not by the fascist right. By Andrew Marantz From the Archive Cultural Comment The Prophecies of George Floyd Today marks the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Earlier this year, Michael Eric Dyson wrote about the inevitability of violence in encounters between police officers and Black suspects. By Michael Eric Dyson Poems “George Floyd” “You can be a bother who dyes / his hair Dennis Rodman blue / in the face of the man kneeling in blue.” By Terrance Hayes Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts A Baby Boomer’s Entertainment-Industry Advice Take the Warner Bros. studio tour. Loudly mention “I’ve got a great take on ‘Batman’ ” to no one in particular. Mr. Warner himself could be walking by. By Emma Soren Daily Cartoon Tuesday, May 25th By Ander Andreades 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.