Delta Won’t Be the Last Variant

How will the coronavirus evolve? Plus: Cuomo’s resignation; Viktor Orbán, “the ultimate twenty-first-century dictator”; and “Annette.” View in browser | Update your preferences Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Annals of Medicine How Will the Coronavirus Evolve? Delta won’t be the last variant. What will the next ones bring? By Dhruv Khullar Daily Comment Andrew Cuomo’s Resignation and the Real Meaning of “New York Tough” The Governor’s address didn’t really dispel doubts about his judgment or his character. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Q. & A. Why Conservatives Around the World Have Embraced Viktor Orbán A sociologist explains why Hungary’s Prime Minister is “the ultimate twenty-first-century dictator.” By Isaac Chotiner Daily Comment Dazzling Washington, Nadal Wins Even as He Loses Ahead of the U.S. Open, the tennis superstar struggles to make a comeback from yet another injury. By Robin Wright Video Dept. The New Yorker Documentary An Alabama Woman’s Neighborly Vaccination Campaign In “The Panola Project,” Dorothy Oliver fights vaccine hesitancy with kindness. Film by Rachael DeCruz and Jeremy S. Levine Text by Yasmine Al-Sayyad Culture and More The Front Row Leos Carax Is Limited by Adam Driver’s Star Power Driver, playing a scandalous comedian, is front and center in “Annette,” a musical drama of male—and paternal—rage, but his role is strangely ambiguous. By Richard Brody Culture Desk Karen Black’s Lost Music The artist’s newly released recordings often sound like those your big sister made, sitting cross-legged on her canopy bed, before she ran off to Haight-Ashbury. By Margaret Talbot Listening Booth An Undersung Master of Jazz Gets His Day Brian Jackson’s first album as leader in twenty years shows what it means to collaborate. By Sheldon Pearce Musical Events John Corigliano’s New Opera Reimagines Dionysus as Dracula In “The Lord of Cries,” the composer has boldly returned to a form that he set aside in the early nineties. By Alex Ross Humor and Games Name Drop Today’s Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Crossword Today’s Crossword Help out a fiend: four letters. By Wyna Liu Daily Shouts Mandatory Office Trivia Night Where does Jeana set out those hard, sad, little bagels on someone’s birthday? By Emily Winter Daily Cartoon Wednesday, August 11th By Brendan Loper 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.