Alia Shawkat Is a Cult Classic

Plus: Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s history lessons; a bad day for vaccine mandates at the Supreme Court; and Kimye & Co. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, January 9, 2022 The New Yorker Interview Alia Shawkat Is a Cult Classic The actor talks “Search Party,” Brad Pitt, and her love of painting. By Carrie Battan Comment Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s History Lessons King understood the nation’s challenges as part of a continuous narrative. Today, a narrow view of America’s past could imperil its future. By Jelani Cobb Cultural Comment Kim & Kanye & Pete & Julia What are we supposed to make of Kim Kardashian’s budding romance with Pete Davidson, and of Kanye West’s new relationship with Julia Fox? By Naomi Fry Double Take Sunday Reading: Hospitals and the New Surge From the archive: a selection of pieces about the crucial role that hospitals and health workers continue to occupy in our lives. By The New Yorker Daily Comment Vaccine Mandates Have a Bad Day at the Supreme Court The tenor of the conservative Justices’ questions suggested that the OSHA mandate, which would apply to about eighty million people, has little chance of going into effect in its present form. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Culture and More Books Briefly Noted “Colorization,” “The Irish Assassins,” “The Anomaly,” and “People from My Neighborhood.” Poems “Wage” “I can take almost / Anything at this point.” By Amy Woolard Poems “Bouquet” “Paulina, the gardener’s daughter, cares / about flowers doomed to die.” By Tadeusz Dąbrowski Humor and Games Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Must work dough loudly: four letters. By Paolo Pasco Daily Shouts And Just Like Hat: Some Thoughts on the “Sex and the City” Reboot Carrie Bradshaw is still the stylish woman we know and love, but this time with more hats! By Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth 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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.