What if the Recall Succeeds in California?

Plus: Putin’s crackdown on the press; the emptiness of Kanye West’s “Donda”; and why runners are setting records during the pandemic. View in browser | Update your preferences Wednesday, September 8, 2021 California Chronicles Gavin Newsom and the Golden State’s Recall Fever Recall campaigns happen all the time in California—and usually fail. What if this one succeeds? By Anna Wiener Dispatch The Victims of Putin’s Crackdown on the Press Since April, ten media outlets and twenty journalists have been targeted by the state. By Joshua Yaffa The Sporting Scene Why Were So Many Running World Records Broken During the Pandemic? The shutdown led to unusual circumstances that helped runners excel like never before. By Jacob Sweet Culture and More Culture Desk The Empty Religiosity of Kanye West’s “Donda” Black praise music has always emphasized and reinforced a sense of community, but these songs are the work of a lonely layman pulpiteer. By Sheldon Pearce Screening Room Exploring Privilege in a Colombian Coming-of-Age Film In Mariana Saffon’s “Between You and Milagros,” a young woman begins to understand her place in the world. Film by Mariana Saffon Text by Andrea DenHoed Postscript Remembering Jean-Paul Belmondo, an Accidental Revolutionary of the French New Wave The actor expected to have a career on the stage. Instead, with his starring role in Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless,” he became an icon of a cinema to which he didn’t belong. By Richard Brody Books A Cautionary Tale About Science Raises Uncomfortable Questions About Fiction Benjamín Labatut’s “When We Cease to Understand the World” grapples with science’s moral quandaries, but what is real and what is imagined? By Ruth Franklin Twenty Years Since 9/11 From Our Correspondents September 11, 2001 Reports on that day from New York, Washington, and beyond. By The New Yorker A Reporter at Large The Outlaw From 2011: Osama bin Laden’s medieval aims and high-tech means. By Steve Coll 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 Puzzle Domesticated animals of the Andes: seven letters. By Patrick Berry Daily Shouts “How Long Do Concerts Usually Last?” And other things I Googled during my first concert in two years. By Nate Dern Daily Cartoon Wednesday, September 8th By Peter Kuper 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.