The Movement for Police and Prison Abolition

Plus: Jane Mayer on Lee Atwater’s secret papers; Alison Bechdel’s ultimate workout; and Asian-American poetics. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists The Emerging Movement for Police and Prison Abolition Mariame Kaba, a New York City-based activist and organizer, is at the center of an effort to “build up another world.” By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor News Desk Lee Atwater’s Secret Papers The infamous political operative invented the scurrilous tactics that Trump normalized. His unpublished memoir shows how the Republican Party came to embrace lies, racial fearmongering, and winning at any cost. By Jane Mayer Daily Comment The New, Conservative Supreme Court and the Second Amendment The decision in an upcoming case could gut state laws, at a time when more and more Americans favor stricter gun regulation. By Adam Gopnik Letter from Biden’s Washington The House G.O.P. Chooses Trump’s “Big Lie” Over Liz Cheney “Liz is a living reproach to all these cowards,” a friend of Cheney’s said, but the cowards have the votes. By Susan B. Glasser From the Magazine Books Alison Bechdel’s Ultimate Workout How the artist found freedom through fitness. By Katy Waldman Culture and More Tables for Two Caribbean-Inflected Vegan in Flatbush, at Aunts et Uncles Michael and Nicole Nicholas make lighter versions of the foods they grew up with, focussing on meat substitutes, grains, and vegetables, ushering their tight-knit community into a new era. By Hannah Goldfield Poetry Podcast A Roundtable on Asian-American Poetics In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Kimiko Hahn, Monica Youn, Paul Tran, and Megan Fernandes join Kevin Young to discuss the role of poetry in our tumultuous times. Books Briefly Noted “Peaces,” “Libertie,” “The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock,” and “Four Lost Cities.” Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Dear Bill and/or Melinda I don’t even want to broach money at this point in our relationship. By John Kenney Daily Shouts “Cyclopedia Exotica”: Grae Goes to Hollywood “If the two-eyes show creators want my consult . . . The ‘average’ cyclops lives in the city, not the suburbs.” By Aminder Dhaliwal Daily Cartoon Friday, May 7th By Eugenia Viti 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.