New York’s Dreamy, Disorienting Reopening

Plus: breakthrough infections and life in a half-vaccinated country; remembering Bob Moses; and “The White Lotus.” View in browser | Update your preferences Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Dept. of Returns New York’s Dreamy, Disorienting Reopening Matthew Pillsbury’s long-exposure photographs capture the return of crowds after COVID lockdown. As communal city life comes back, can we find one another? Q. & A. Life in a Half-Vaccinated Country A public-health expert discusses breakthrough infections, mask and vaccine mandates, and what the Delta variant means for Americans. By Isaac Chotiner Daily Comment Bob Moses’s Pioneering Fight for Voting and Education Rights Both battles had the goal of enabling ordinary people to exercise more power, over their own lives and in society more broadly. By Nicholas Lemann From the Magazine Podcast Dept. The Post-Dirtbag Left For years, “Chapo Trap House” and other podcasts have paired anti-capitalist ideas with the rhetorical style of social media. Is a new form emerging? By Andrew Marantz Culture and More On Television The Brilliant, Biting Social Satire of “The White Lotus” Mike White’s HBO tragicomedy is one of the best shows of the year. By Naomi Fry On Television “The Pursuit of Love” and the British Upper Classes In a new adaptation of the novel, two cousins navigate family, marriage, and their complicated friendship. By Anna Russell The Front Row Roy Brooks’s “Understanding,” a Crucial Jazz Rediscovery The first release of the drummer’s 1970 quintet recording displays the era’s key musical and political influences. By Richard Brody The Sights, the Smells Smoke-Orange Sky? It’s Always Sunny in Citrovia Seeking shelter from the mega-fires and superstorms inside the psychedelic, Teletubby-evoking plastic-lemon-grove installation in midtown. By Nick Paumgarten From the Archive A Critic at Large A Singular Woman On Elizabeth Hardwick’s birthday, revisit Hilton Als on her radical politics, the seductive shape and texture of her sentences, and her rare dedication to the essay as an imaginative form. “Both her life and her work are triumphs of style and substance,” Als writes. By Hilton Als Humor and Games Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts Self-Care Conundrums What to do when your various self-care objectives collide? Consider the following puzzling situations. By Ginny Hogan Daily Shouts Shit My Students Say: Vacation I shouldn’t have looked. By Joel Christian Gill Daily Cartoon Tuesday, July 27th By Ali Solomon 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.