The Formidable Charm of Omar Sy

Plus: The defeat of Benjamin Netanyahu, Proust and the sex rats, and the Pentagon Papers’ fiftieth anniversary. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, June 13, 2021 Profiles The Formidable Charm of Omar Sy How the star of “Lupin” pulled off his greatest confidence trick. By Lauren Collins Comment The Battle Over the Coronavirus Lab-Leak Theory The debate about the origin of the pandemic has become loud, contentious, and infused with politics. We need to find real answers. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Dispatch The Defeat of Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister has dragged the country ever rightward, abandoning the peace process and imperilling its very democracy. By Ruth Margalit Double Take Sunday Reading: Commemorating Juneteenth From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces about racial injustice and the abiding legacy of slavery. By The New Yorker From the Archive American Chronicles The Deceit and Conflict Behind the Leak of the Pentagon Papers Fifty years on, Daniel Ellsberg praises the Times journalist who misled him. By Ben Bradlee, Jr. 2021 National Magazine Award Winners Portfolio A Photographer on the Front Lines of Philadelphia’s Protests Twenty-nine-year-old Isaac Scott captured the early days of intense confrontation—including clashes with the police—and stayed for the more peaceful days that followed. The New Yorker Documentary “Quiet No More” Shows How Grief Can Become Activism A new documentary follows the Reverend Sharon Risher, who lost three relatives in the shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, in Charleston, as she mourns, seeks justice, and begins working for gun safety. By Rachel Riederer Culture and More Cultural Comment Proust and the Sex Rats A modest investigation into whether the French writer indulged in an unusual fetish. By Adam Gopnik Poems “A Clearing on Ruth Island” “I did not expect another summer, another child, so much darkness.” By D. Nurkse Poems “The Surrealist” “I don’t know what is // meant to be hidden / from me.” By Jiordan Castle Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Running: A Success Story Look, I know you’re probably sick of hearing about it. But it really is great. By David Biskup Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 63 14-Down: Take it easy in Empire State: four letters. By Mike Shenk 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.