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“Listen, you want to feed me expired meats all day? Fine. I’m not above that. But don’t poke me with a stick.”http://nyer.cm/vwsKIkW 

Until recently, incarcerated workers buried bodies on Hart Island with little help from heavy machinery. But as the coronavirus spreads across New York City, the island is undergoing a permanent transformation.http://nyer.cm/0TrqNyS 

What should you read while in quarantine? The writer Yiyun Li explains why she turns to “War and Peace” during times of trouble and uncertainty. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.http://nyer.cm/g4A26RM 

"War transforms its participants," Zadie Smith writes. "People thank God for 'essential' workers they once considered lowly, who not so long ago they despised for wanting 15 bucks an hour."http://nyer.cm/e6mYACp 

An ode to private diaries, which can remind the author, whether she is writing from a sickbed or from the comfort of her home, that she is alive.http://nyer.cm/0PQ61Ks 

Anthony Fauci has developed a method for dealing with complicated political leaders in times of crisis: “I go to my favorite book of philosophy, ‘The Godfather,’ and say, ‘It’s nothing personal, it’s strictly business.’ ”http://nyer.cm/HkKAxBm 

The treasure trove of MOMA’s Film Library turns out to contain much more than established classics of the art; it also contains a vast archive of home movies.http://nyer.cm/RV84ehB 

In this week's episode of our podcast, listen to David Remnick on New York City’s daily catharsis: the 7 P.M. mass cheer that celebrates all those who are keeping the city alive.http://nyer.cm/QZDtKps 

In early April, when New York had closed down all nonessential businesses, incarcerated workers were still leaving Rikers to bury bodies on Hart Island.http://nyer.cm/ALGOtNr 

“If you knew you had only 48 hours of breath left, what kind of world would you use that breath to fight for?” The Reverend Dr. William Barber discusses community amid the coronavirus in an interview with David Remnick.http://nyer.cm/vDlhugr 

Perhaps nowhere in the world has the effort to lengthen our lives—and its relative success—been linked so emphatically to money as it is in America, Zadie Smith writes.http://nyer.cm/S33uuVY 

A Q. & A. with the C.E.O. of the International Rescue Committee, on what can be done to protect vulnerable populations from the coronavirus, and why a pandemic makes international coöperation all the more necessary.http://nyer.cm/ojiSSUi 

The Borowitz Report: “We don’t want to make the mistake of getting overconfident, reopening his mouth, and creating even worse problems than we have now,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said.http://nyer.cm/GZgRmKV 

Bernie Sanders’s message resonates for a simple reason: it is based on a harsh reality.http://nyer.cm/8gkkZuG 

On the value of private thoughts during a public crisis.http://nyer.cm/G3sGh6V 

For decades, Anthony Fauci has maintained a simple credo: “You stay completely apolitical and non-ideological, and you stick to what it is that you do. I’m a scientist and I’m a physician. And that’s it.”http://nyer.cm/ctmxXUa 

In the time of social distancing, our writers suggest reading the daunting “War and Peace,” and more.http://nyer.cm/2kz2z2L 

Before the coronavirus crisis, the owners of Jalsa Grill & Gravy were running an after-school program for children and workshops for empowering immigrant women. Now, they offer groceries to locals who are incapacitated or otherwise in need.http://nyer.cm/AMQK4CH