What Do Conservatives Fear About Critical Race Theory?

Plus: how the pandemic changed friendship; an interview with Julian Casablancas; and “In the Heights.” View in browser | Update your preferences Friday, June 11, 2021 Annals of Inquiry What Do Conservatives Fear About Critical Race Theory? In the Texas legislature, Republicans seemed willing to acknowledge systemic racism but resistant to the idea of talking about it with children. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Dept. of Returns How the Pandemic Changed Friendship The coronavirus reoriented our economy of attention, redefining the limits of whom and what we could care about. By Jane Hu Letter from Biden’s Washington For Biden, Trump Is an Easy Act to Follow in Europe But no amount of rallying the allies is going to make it easy to meet with Vladimir Putin. By Susan B. Glasser Q. & A. Why the Marriage-Equality Movement Succeeded The author of “The Engagement” discusses the activists, politicians, and judicial figures who found themselves at the forefront of the battle over same-sex marriage. By Isaac Chotiner The Future of Democracy What Happens When the News Is Gone? From January, 2020: Charles Bethea, who won a Mirror Award this week for this story, reports from a news desert in North Carolina, where local journalism has just about dried up. By Charles Bethea News Desk The New Yorker Wins Six National Magazine Awards The 2021 ceremony recognized the magazine’s coverage of the pandemic and the political upheaval of the past year. By The New Yorker Culture and More The New Yorker Interview Julian Casablancas Wants a Better New York The singer led the city’s rock revival. As a supporter of the mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, he’s thinking much bigger. By Naomi Fry The Current Cinema Harmony Rules in “In the Heights” Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical presents an uplifting portrait of a Dominican neighborhood in New York where political strife rarely intrudes. By Anthony Lane Dispatch The Other Side of the River, Revisited Police in a Michigan resort town have reopened the case of a Black teen’s mysterious death. By Alex Kotlowitz From the Archive Annals of Gastronomy Don’t Eat Before Reading This The documentary “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” premières at the Tribeca Festival today. Read the chef’s 1999 piece, which shook the restaurant industry when it was first published—and launched his literary and broadcasting career. By Anthony Bourdain Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Sincere Post Alert God, I feel so brave right now. By Ethan Kuperberg Daily Cartoon Friday, June 11th By Amy Hwang 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.