Would Showing Graphic Images of Mass Shootings Help Stop Them?

Plus: the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee; David Cronenberg’s dreams and nightmares; and how the Internet turned us into content machines. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, June 4, 2022 Daily Comment Would Showing Graphic Images of Mass Shootings Spur Action to Stop Them? Returning to an old debate after the horrific killings in Uvalde, Texas. By Jelani Cobb From the News Desk Our Columnists The New Jobs Report Is Encouraging on Jobs and Inflation The President deserves more credit for a growing economy, but public attitudes likely won’t change until there is progress on inflation. By John Cassidy Daily Comment The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the Strange Life of Royals The seventieth-anniversary festivities feel familiar and cliché-laden, just as they were intended to be. By Adam Gopnik London Postcard For the Platinum Jubilee, a Patriotic Pudding How did Elizabeth II’s subjects celebrate her seventy years on the throne? With corgis in shop windows, campouts on the Mall, plenty of gin, and a prize-winning lemony trifle. By Rebecca Mead From the Archive Daily Comment Memories of Tiananmen Square From 2019: In China, the past is never past, but it is frequently purged. The story is rewritten, the narrative reframed, and the villains and the heroes recast. By Jiayang Fan Letter from London London Salutes the New Queen From 1952: A report from London about the days following King George VI’s tragically unexpected death and Elizabeth II’s rise to the throne. By Mollie Panter-Downes Profiles The Elder Daughter—I Part 1 of a 1977 Profile: The Queen does not have a passport, though all British passports are issued in her name. By Anthony Bailey Editor’s Pick Persons of Interest David Cronenberg’s Dreams and Nightmares “People will say, ‘Oh, he’s back to body horror,’ ” the director says. “But it’s never changed for me.” By Adam Nayman Culture Dept. Infinite Scroll How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines Two new books examine how social media traps users in a brutal race to the bottom. By Kyle Chayka The New Yorker Radio Hour “Bob’s Burgers” Hits the Big Screen The animator Loren Bouchard talks about his beleaguered family restaurant—on TV and in theatres. With David Remnick Fiction “The Boy Upstairs” “The message read: Can we talk? Somebody needs to tell you.” By Joshua Ferris This Week in Fiction Joshua Ferris on the Will to Believe The author discusses his story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Willing Davidson Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts Dear Pepper: A Matter of Time My question isn’t “How do we strike a compromise?” It’s more “How do I get my husband to admit that he is late all the time?” By Liana Finck \ 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.