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For my daughters, the pandemic was a relief from race-related stress at school, @emilyebernard writes. Then George Floyd was killed.http://nyer.cm/phs1F8Y 

A poem by Rita Dove. http://nyer.cm/FViXhOb 

Recent studies suggest that police unions' bargaining power has enabled them to win lax disciplinary systems that have helped increase police abuses in the United States.http://nyer.cm/vtyYxYb 

Susan Neiman, a philosopher who studies Germany’s confrontation with its Nazi past, discusses how the U.S. can reckon with its racist history.http://nyer.cm/8rKYOtW 

Marcel Proust, who was born on this day in 1871, is part of the American reader’s experience in a way that his contemporaries are not. But is this Proust even Proust?http://nyer.cm/1Y15gDU 

The author N. K. Jemisin, whose inventive sci-fi novels defy convention and sell millions of copies, is interested in power and in systems of subjugation.http://nyer.cm/SkqSi0R 

George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump share one key attribute, @JohnCassidy writes. As they prepared for their reëlection campaigns, the world changed in ways they were ill suited to deal with.http://nyer.cm/EEzYnp5 

"When this is all over, I will never complain about having to go to work. Every day, I will get down on my knees and kiss that gray carpeting, as long as the industrial fibres do not irritate my lips too badly."http://nyer.cm/6aLYXm9 

A new documentary reveals the personal pain behind the coronavirus death toll, following a New York City nurse who saw multiple members of her family contract the virus.http://nyer.cm/y0TRpeP 

The K-drama “Reply 1988” was wildly popular in its homeland; luckily, the show’s nostalgia, goofiness, and internationalist enthusiasm haven’t been lost in translation.http://nyer.cm/XlVjwHH 

Looking at the images in Luis Alberto Rodriguez's new book, “People of the Mud,” it is no surprise to learn that he is a Juilliard-trained dancer who had a 15-year dance career before taking up photography a decade ago.http://nyer.cm/bxjRivm 

Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to be fervently opposed to everything that Donald Trump stood for. And yet, at yesterday’s jovial White House meeting, he expressed his gratitude for the “understanding and respect” Trump had shown to Mexico.http://nyer.cm/XzHdbTk 

Critics and defenders alike tend to accept Henry Kissinger’s self-mythology, but his record shows a more mundane figure who assimilated prevailing foreign-policy assumptions.http://nyer.cm/OMDjO7E 

Donald Trump has made a career of turning bad news into good, but the virus has already defeated him, @sbg1 writes.http://nyer.cm/oG1m8cp 

In a pair of 7–2 decisions, the Court ruled that the President’s financial records can be reviewed by prosecutors, and that the Presidency does not give Trump the “absolute immunity” he claims it does.http://nyer.cm/imIy0T6 

Perhaps wishing it were so, Mexico’s President thanked Trump for being “increasingly respectful” toward Mexicans living in the U.S.http://nyer.cm/oKhKujQ 

Has the United States has hit a turning point in the battle against global warming? @BillMcKibben discusses. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.http://nyer.cm/VZvaDIU 

After Alexander Vindman’s testimony during the impeachment hearings, senior Defense Department officials promised to protect him from retaliation. That proved untrue.http://nyer.cm/kNAxhhB 

In a new book, “People of the Mud,” the photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez creates a choreography of bodies at work and at play.http://nyer.cm/gKJvXkN 

Is your shower-singing getting on the nerves of the people you live with? Check out these alternative options for where to do solo karaoke at home.http://nyer.cm/8Ob3I19