The Fight to Curb C.E.O. Compensation

Plus: the N.F.T. avatars taking over Twitter, and learning to live with a pilot. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, July 31, 2021 Take our survey: We’d like to learn how you prefer to read fiction in The New Yorker, and how we might do better. Answer a few brief questions. Personal History Flight Plan Learning to live with a pilot. By Ann Patchett Infinite Scroll Why Bored Ape Avatars Are Taking Over Twitter N.F.T. clubs are all the rage among cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Are they a get-rich-quick scheme or the future of culture? By Kyle Chayka Daily Comment The Fight to Curb Runaway C.E.O. Compensation Inequality has soared during the pandemic—and so has executive pay. Bernie Sanders and others aim to do something about it. By James Lardner Culture and More The New Yorker Radio Hour Jack Antonoff on Growing Up Jersey The acclaimed music producer returns with a record of his own. Plus, John Kerry on trying to get the world to tackle climate change; and an evangelical scholar breaks from her church. Culture Desk What Should Hang on the Walls of a Hospital? Patient advocates agree on the palliative effects of art. But they differ on what that art should look like. By Lou Stoppard Cultural Comment Woodstock ’99 and the Rise of Toxic Masculinity A new documentary examines what went horribly wrong at the music festival. By Amanda Petrusich Adaptation Emily Mortimer and the Vulgar Dahlias The British actress turned director channels her father’s memories of the Mitford sisters to the small screen, in a BBC adaptation of “The Pursuit of Love.” By Michael Schulman From the Archive Fiction “A Tranquil Star” In this short story published twenty years after Primo Levi's death, the Italian-Jewish author, who was born on this day in 1919, meditates on the limits of language. By Primo Levi Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts New Rules from Corporate for Ghosts No more aftershave or perfume. It seriously minimizes the element of surprise. By Brian Frazer Daily Shouts Snake Oil: It Really Works! Everyone has a different snake oil they love. By Jamaica Dyer Crossword The Weekend Crossword “So not cool!”: thirteen letters. By Caitlin Reid 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.