Running Out of Time at the U.N. Climate Conference

Plus: When large crowds assemble, is there a way to keep them safe? View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, November 7, 2021 Comment Running Out of Time at the U.N. Climate Conference To really appreciate America’s fecklessness, you have to go back to the meeting that preceded all the bad COPs—the so-called Earth Summit, in 1992. By Elizabeth Kolbert Double Take Sunday Reading: Portraits of Marriage From the magazine’s archive: a collection of pieces on matrimony and marital trouble. By The New Yorker Screening Room An Artist’s Imagining of Life After Humanity Arjan Brentjes’s film “Sad Beauty” finds an unexpected source of solace in the age of ecological despair. Film by Arjan Brentjes Text by Mengfei Chen From the Archive Annals of Disaster Crush Point From 2011: When large crowds assemble, is there a way to keep them safe? By John Seabrook Culture and More L.A. Postcard The Death of a Sweatpant After announcing the end of his leisure-wear brand Entireworld, Scott Sternberg hits a high-fashion department store to feel some fabrics and rue the price points. By Carrie Battan Tables for Two At Senza Gluten, the Gluten Isn’t Missed There are few surprises at this gluten-free Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village, which serves lasagna, chicken parm, and spaghetti alla pomodoro—and that’s largely the point. By David Kortava The Theatre Work, Motherhood, and Capitalism Onstage The musicals “Caroline, or Change” and “The Mother” take on personal and political revolutions. By Alexandra Schwartz Dancing Ballet Is Back, but All Is Not as It Was Seeing New York City Ballet after the long pandemic hiatus highlights difficult truths about the company and its repertoire. By Jennifer Homans Humor and Games Daily Shouts Ways My Dog Keeps Time Barks per minute, wags per whistle, and other methods. By Zoe Si and Timothy Cahill Name Drop Play the Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Rinses off emergency signals: six letters. By Patrick Berry You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.