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Friday, April 10 2020

  • Amid a Pandemic, Catharsis at Seven O’Clock April 10, 2020

    David Remnick on New York City&rsquo;s daily ritual; and how the pandemic lays bare the inequalities of the American health-care system. (article)

  • Amid a Pandemic, Catharsis at Seven O’Clock April 10, 2020

    David Remnick on a city&rsquo;s daily ritual; how COVID-19 exacerbates the inequities of the health-care system; and Yiyun Li reads &ldquo;War and Peace&rdquo; during quarantine. (episode)

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    • The Pandemic at Seven O’Clock April 10, 2020

      David Remnick on New York City&rsquo;s daily catharsis: the 7 P.M. mass cheer that celebrates all those who are keeping the city alive at their peril.&nbsp;

    • The Injustice of COVID-19 April 10, 2020

      The pandemic lays bare the inequalities of the American health-care system, which creates worse outcomes in many different ways for people who are disadvantaged.

    • War and Peace and Pandemic April 10, 2020

      The writer Yiyun Li says there is no better book for a time of uncertainty and fear than Tolstoy&rsquo;s epic of Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.

    • Roger Angell on Baseball Seasons Past April 10, 2020

      With the coronavirus pandemic delaying the start of the M.L.B. season, David Remnick revisits a conversation with the game&rsquo;s greatest observers: the Hall of Fame inductee Roger Angell.