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Kamala Harris Gives New Meaning to the Biden Campaign

Joe Biden has consistently said that he is just a “transitional” figure—a generational bridge. Now we know a bit more about who may come next.

Personal History
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The Musk Ox and Me

How a summer spent tracking elusive animals in Alaska led to a lifetime on the road.

Daily Comment
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Trump’s Attack on the Postal Service Is a Double Threat

If Republicans succeed in their long-sought goal of privatizing the postal service, they will suck what life remains in many of the communities they theoretically represent.

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Can Charlie Kaufman Get Out of His Head?

Kaufman became famous writing self-conscious films in a self-conscious time. In his début novel, he reminds us of the triumphs—and blind spots—of a generation.

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In the Gendered Economy, Women Are Perpetual Debtors

Kate Manne’s “Entitled” speaks to a moment that she could not have foreseen.

Daily Comment
President Donald Trump standin with Alex Azar, Robert Redfield, Dr. Steve Monroe, and secret security personnel in a labratory

Trump’s Unprecedented Attacks on Our Public-Health System

The President’s refusal either to lead or to recognize the leadership of others has made it impossible to develop a national plan to combat the coronavirus.

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Taking a Blowtorch to the President’s Dad

A 911 call alerted cops in Woodhaven, Queens, to vandals preparing to deface a plaque to Fred Trump in a supermarket parking lot. One of them worked for Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

Letter from Wisconsin
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How Suffering Farmers May Determine Trump’s Fate

As rural Wisconsin’s fortunes have declined, its political importance has grown.

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Teachers Worry About a Rush to Reopen Schools

In red and blue states alike, educators balance their concern for students with distrust of the plans offered by their local governments.

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A Moderately Challenging Puzzle

Common culprit behind an incorrect password: eight letters.

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Awards for Best Quarantine Gifts

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Broke up with other girlfriend to spend lockdown with you, Googled active listening, and other acts that earned trophies and blue ribbons.

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 12th

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“Looks like progress, but it’s too soon to tell.”

12:39 P.M.

A Life with Art at the Center, in “Yves & Variation”

A man and a young girl play violins.

For one Manhattan doorman, music is as crucial as survival.

11:00 A.M.

Harris’s Approval Rating Soars After Trump Reminds Nation How “Nasty” She Was to Kavanaugh

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris delivers.

“When Trump said that she had been ‘nasty’ at the confirmation hearing, I had to go to YouTube and relive that glorious event,” one voter said.

10:10 A.M.

My Baby’s Existential Angst

Here is evidence of my infant’s Weltschmerz.

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Escaping the City Heat at Rockaway Beach

This summer, masks are required on all city beaches—and so is social distancing—but swimmers can remove them before getting in the water.

Musical Events
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Francis Poulenc’s Drunken Angels

In the composer’s masterly songs, the solemn and the sensual collide.

U.K. Postcard
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Will Charleston, a Fanciful Bloomsbury Shrine, Be a COVID Casualty?

Virginia Woolf’s sister, Vanessa Bell, and her unusual and artistic household turned a Sussex farmhouse into a pilgrimage place. Vanessa’s granddaughters, Cressida Bell and Virginia Nicholson, on the efforts to keep it afloat.

Fiction
woman and child

“You Are My Dear Friend”

“Each morning, she lay in bed, worrying about the things the girl was going to do and say that day.”

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The Patriotic Motivation of a New York Doorman’s Tireless Work

The unusual working life of Yves Deshommes—as a doorman, art dealer, and violinist—has been in service of improving the lives of his fellow-Haitians in their home country.

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Two figures in profile behind bars debating

Inmates and former inmates debate the most critical topics of the day, parliamentary style. Plus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer explains America’s racial caste system.

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