The Mississippi Abortion Case and the Fragile Legitimacy of the Supreme Court

Plus: the Omicron travel restrictions, the Kansas City school that became a stop for R. & B. performers, and new fiction by Kate Walbert. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, December 4, 2021 Comment The Mississippi Abortion Case and the Fragile Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is an open challenge to the Court’s authority, and perhaps broadly reflects a spirit of legal self-help that is running through the land. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Annals of Inquiry Will the Omicron Travel Restrictions Work? Attempts to slow the pandemic by screening international arrivals have a mixed record of success. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Smooth Operator Dept. Kenny G Stops Traffic on the Escalator On the occasion of the documentary “Listening to Kenny G,” the smooth-jazz saxophonist serenaded startled passersby in a Manhattan mall. By Sarah Larson Personal History The Kansas City School That Became a Stop for R. & B. Performers In the nineteen-sixties, artists such as Bo Diddley and the Ike & Tina Turner Revue played the prom at Pembroke-Country Day. By David Owen The New Yorker Radio Hour Mass Incarceration in America, Then and Now “The New Jim Crow” helped identify the profound harms that mass incarceration inflicts on communities of color. A dozen years later, how much headway have we made? With David Remnick 2021 in Review The Most Popular Shouts of 2021 This year, you enjoyed jokes about the British royals, moms, cats, dating, Bill and Melinda, and, of course, cast-iron pans. By Emma Allen More in Culture Photo Booth Miami as Borderlands A photographer attunes herself to gentrification, spiritual seeking, and a holiness in the ordinary. By Emily Witt Fiction “Marriage Quarantine” “There she is, a bad penny, an aching back, an errand to run. She wears what she always wears these days: her fuzzy sweater and leggings meant for yoga.” By Kate Walbert This Week in Fiction Kate Walbert on Entanglement and Separation The author discusses “Marriage Quarantine,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Cressida Leyshon Humor and Games Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson Daily Shouts How to Train for Your First Flight in Two Years A series of exercises in absurdity and frustration, to help you get ready for air travel. By Ali Solomon Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Twin brother of Artemis: six letters. By Caitlin Reid 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.