| | | | The summer after the shooting was fraught, fragile—and rife with fear.  Photograph by Jordan Vonderhaar / Getty It’s hard to look the Uvalde school shooting squarely in the face: nineteen young students and two teachers killed by a teen-ager armed with a semi-automatic rifle. Rachel Monroe went to Uvalde in May, in the immediate aftermath, and spoke to residents who were searching for answers. “What do you do, put barbed wire around the school?” one woman asked. In a new reported piece, Monroe returns to Uvalde and writes about what happened during the summer: the squabbles over charitable donations, the fear of more violence, and the unveiling of devastating details about the ineffective police response. Monroe fears that the town is “entering a volatile new phase” as the community tries to restore a sense of order with a ritual that has become anxious and fraught: sending children back to school. —Michael Agger, culture editor Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today » | | | | Editor’s Picks |  Annals of Technology The Obsessive Pleasures of Mechanical-Keyboard TinkerersOn the right machine, typing can be like playing a Steinway grand. Is tactile perfection possible? By David Owen | | | | |  U.S. Journal Could Coal Waste Be Used to Make Sustainable Batteries? Acid mine drainage has long been a scourge—but we may be able to simultaneously clean up the pollution and extract the minerals needed to power green technologies. By Eliza Griswold |  Persons of Interest How Sara Bareilles Evolved Beyond Being a Pop Star The singer turned actress turned musical-theatre virtuoso discusses her role as the Baker’s Wife in the Sondheim musical “Into the Woods.” By D. T. Max | |  The Current Cinema “Three Thousand Years of Longing” and the Perils of Unworldliness Starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton as djinn and mistress, George Miller’s film is a frantic treat for the retina but also oddly inactive. By Anthony Lane |  Politics and More Podcast Could Engaging the Taliban Help Afghan Women? A year after its withdrawal, the United States must choose between humanitarian concerns in Afghanistan and legitimatizing the country’s religious dictatorship. | | | | | The New Yorker Festival | Last chance! Get the Eustace Pass, our all-in ticket with ultimate festival access. If you like our newsletter, we think you’ll love The New Yorker Festival, a dynamic mix of live conversations, performances, screenings, and experiences, coming October 7th-9th. When you buy a Eustace Pass, available now for a limited time, you’ll be able to attend as many in-theatre events as you’d like. You’ll also receive early entry to your events, bypassing the general-admission line; an invitation to a cocktail party hosted by The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick; a limited-edition New Yorker tote bag; and more. Get yours before the sale ends » | | | | | | From the Archive Issue | | “Celebrity is, among other things, a way of marking time,” Michael Schulman writes, about this week’s themed Archive Issue, which traces the evolving concept of celebrity “from the dawn of Hollywood to the democratizing advent of Instagram.” Read more: | | | |  2020 in Review Kim Kardashian and the Limits of Checking Your PrivilegeAs the coronavirus first swept the globe, it created a compulsion to confess one’s advantages, even in the midst of enjoying them. By Lauren Michele Jackson | | | | | Fun & Games Dept. |  Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson |  Daily Shouts You’re Invited to Our Journey Wedding! On the dance floor, the bride and groom will be joyously lifted into the air on gurneys as they recover from snakebites. By Al Mullen and Marc Philippe Eskenazi | |  Crossword A Themed Puzzle Today’s theme: Playtesting. By David Steinberg |  Daily Cartoon Friday, August 26th By Mary Lawton | | | | | | P.S. Trouble finding love in 2022? So are the hopeful singles on the second season of Netflix’s “Indian Matchmaking,” which premièred earlier this month. And, for better or for worse, they have the help of a matchmaker—Sima Taparia, the star of the reality series, who has been in the business since 2005. When the first season was released, in 2020, Sheila Yasmin Marikar interviewed Taparia. According to her, the show “is to ‘The Bachelor’ what chai is to White Claw.” ☕ | | | | Today’s newsletter was written by Jessie Li. | | | | | | | |
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