Sifting Silently Through Surfside’s Rubble

Plus: de-adapting from Trump and the pandemic on July 4th, and what deadlines do to lifetimes. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, July 3, 2021 Dispatch Sifting Silently Through Surfside’s Rubble Sinead Imbaro and her Belgian Malinois’s quest for hints of life. By Stephania Taladrid On Independence Daily Comment Can We De-Adapt from the Pandemic and Trump? Although 2021 is only half over, it has brought about two major restart moments—one in politics and the other in public health. By Louis Menand Daily Comment Celebrating the Fourth with a Little Liberty The arrival on Ellis Island of a little-sister statue from France offers a moment to reflect on what liberty means in 2021. By Adam Gopnik Double Take Sunday Reading: The Fragility of American Democracy From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces about our delicate political system. By The New Yorker Culture Desk Rediscovering a Revolutionary Gallery Show of Black Women’s Art An exhibition at Ortuzar Projects pays homage to the “Sapphire Show,” which opened on July 4, 1970. By Andrea K. Scott From the Magazine Annals of Inquiry What Deadlines Do to Lifetimes Can we find a balance between structuring our time and squandering it? By Rachel Syme Culture and More Cover Story R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Shared Celebration” The artist discusses Fourth of July traditions in Brooklyn and Hawaii, togetherness during the pandemic, and chance encounters. By Françoise Mouly Poems “Why” “There are no words / for why that I // can find fast / enough.” By Jorie Graham Poems “Boogie-Woogie” “You shout from the other room / You ask me how to spell boogie-woogie.” By Adam Zagajewski Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts You Don’t Know Me I only met myself, like, a few years ago. By Lawrence Lindell Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle: Sunday, July 4, 2021 Town following epic wisdom: eight letters. By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon 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.