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Peter Hessler describes the lifting of China’s quarantine, and Evan Osnos explains how anti-China rhetoric is fuelling the Presidential race. (article)
Peter Hessler describes the lifting of quarantine in Chengdu, and Evan Osnos explains how anti-China rhetoric is fuelling the Presidential race. Plus, Susan Orlean tries origami. (episode)
Peter Hessler reports from Chengdu, China, on what life after lockdown looks like, and why the experience in the U.S. will be very different.
The staff writer Evan Osnos explains Washington’s obsession with China, and how it might shape the 2020 election.
A reality-show mogul and multibillionaire offers a surprising approach to the economic crisis: socialism.
A books columnist picks three novels to bring humor to dark times.
Who knew origami was a growth industry?
A tenth-grade English class tackles a classic that’s become all too contemporary. And, in Peter Cameron’s short story, an angsty teen wages a silent battle. (article)
Larissa MacFarquhar on the ethics of a human-challenge trial, which would infect volunteers with SARS-CoV2 to test a vaccine. Plus, Jelani Cobb on the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. (article)
Larissa MacFarquhar on a potentially lethal form of medical research. Plus, Jelani Cobb on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery; and a short story about a very boring Memorial Day. (episode)
Larissa MacFarquhar talks with a would-be participant in a human-challenge trial, in which trial subjects are–hypothetically—infected with SARS-CoV2 to test a potential vaccine.
In the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a legal scholar sees a fatal confusion of citizen’s arrest, stand-your-ground law, and racial profiling.
When her students were sent home from school owing to the coronavirus outbreak, an English teacher assigned them Albert Camus’s novel “The Plague.”
In Peter Cameron’s short story, an angst-ridden teen wages a campaign of silence against the stepfather he can’t abide.
The musician talks with Tolentino about releasing an album in quarantine, and the film critic shares his picks from an extensive review of plague-themed cinema. (article)
A historian revisits a stay-at-home campaign from the polio years, and three mayors discuss the challenges of ending the lockdown. (article)
A historian revisits a stay-at-home campaign from the polio years, and three mayors discuss the challenges of ending the lockdown. Plus, Jia Tolentino talks with Perfume Genius. (episode)
A historian recalls the desperate measures taken to protect children from polio in a time no less frightening than our own, and how the disease was then forgotten.
David Remnick speaks with three mayors from across the country who describe the controversial politics of reopening.
The film critic shares his picks from an extensive review of plague-themed cinema.
The musician describes releasing an album in quarantine and working his way to the other side of trauma.
The novelist Edwidge Danticat says COVID-19 is changing the lives of Haitians, both on the island and in the U.S. Plus, two Western writers look for trout and critique Western writing. (article)
The Michigan governor on guiding her state through the coronavirus pandemic, her public skirmishes with the President, and her support of Joe Biden. (article)