A Year of Avoiding Eviction in Tennessee

Plus: an interactive guide to Hollywood memoirs; and the uncomfortable truth of Biden’s rapid Afghanistan withdrawal. View in browser | Update your preferences Friday, July 30, 2021 U.S. Journal A Year of Avoiding Eviction in Tennessee For one family, the C.D.C. moratorium has been essential. It’s about to expire. By Oliver Whang Dispatch The Uncomfortable Truth of Biden’s Rapid Afghanistan Withdrawal In Kabul, it’s clear that the U.S. departure is so rushed and poorly planned that it will be impossible to evacuate everyone at risk of reprisal. By Jane Ferguson Letter from Biden’s Washington Donald Trump Would Have Made a Great House Republican Will the performative confrontation of the former President and his congressional allies overwhelm Joe Biden’s Senate style? By Susan B. Glasser A Critic at Large Facebook’s Broken Vows How the company’s pledge to bring the world together wound up pulling us apart. By Jill Lepore Page-Turner The Art of the Hollywood Memoir Accounts of life in Tinseltown reveal as much as they seek to hide. By Rachel Syme Culture and More Dept. of Returns Back to Work in a Post-Vaccine World People across New York City are returning to the places and activities they love. By Jenny Kroik The Current Cinema “The Green Knight” Wields Intermittent Magic David Lowery’s adaptation of an Arthurian tale succeeds most when he is consumed by cinema’s capacity to measure and manipulate time. By Anthony Lane The Art World The Photographs That Women Took “The New Woman Behind the Camera,” at the Met, is dizzying in its scope, acting as an index of female photographers between the nineteen-twenties and the fifties. By Peter Schjeldahl Culture Desk Tig Notaro and Jason Sudeikis Find Comedy Amid Chaos Watch highlights from The New Yorker Live, where the stars of “Drawn” and “Ted Lasso” spoke about humor during the pandemic, exclusively for subscribers. By The New Yorker Humor and Games Name Drop Today’s Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts A Letter of Appreciation for Men Who Haven’t Sexually Harassed Me Here’s to the real heroes: male allies! By Meghana Indurti Daily Shouts Things in Your Overhead Locker That May Have Shifted During Flight Thanks for nothing, turbulence. By Tom Chitty Daily Cartoon Friday, July 30th By Sarah Kempa 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.