David Remnick on a Role Model for the Midterms

Plus: Bill McKibben on growing up in Lexington, Massachusetts; Kyiv after dark; and Camille Bordas reads Saul Bellow. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, May 1, 2022 Personal History The Second (and Third) Battle of Lexington What kind of place was the town I grew up in? By Bill McKibben From the News Desk Comment A Role Model for the Midterms Democrats need to fight back against the Republicans’ phony culture war. Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow showed how. By David Remnick News Desk Kyiv After Dark An artist captures the fight for airspace over the Ukrainian capital. By Sergiy Maidukov Daily Comment Ukraine Is Now America’s War, Too The U.S. is leading a new coalition of “nations of good will” as the goal expands from supporting Ukraine to weakening Russia and outlasting Putin. By Robin Wright Culture Dept. Fiction Podcast Camille Bordas Reads Saul Bellow The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Father-to-Be,” by Saul Bellow, which was published in a 1955 issue of the magazine. With Deborah Treisman Poems “The Years” “Of course, it’s important / to go to parties.” By Alex Dimitrov Double Take Sunday Reading: Sam Knight’s Letters from the U.K. From the archive: a selection of Knight’s reporting. By The New Yorker Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Orchestra leader wheels in a musical instrument: seven letters. By Paolo Pasco Daily Shouts In Lieu of Flowers, Please Send Amazon Gift Cards Remember me as I lived—gleefully scratching off redemption codes. By Kate Hakala Daily Shouts Commonly Misheard Song Lyrics “We built this city . . . on sausage rolls.” By Jana Rajan Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. 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.