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Personal History

How Did I Catch the Coronavirus?

For the majority of the nearly five million COVID-19 cases across the United States, the point of infection is unknown.

Books
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Isabel Wilkerson’s World-Historical Theory of Race and Caste

By comparing white supremacy in the U.S. to the caste system in India, her new book at once illuminates and collapses a complex history.

Cultural Comment
Ellen DeGeneres holds an award.

Ellen DeGeneres’s Relatability Crisis

The talk show host was a pioneer, but her brand has taken one hit after another.

Letter from Trump’s Washington
President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media.

“Mr. President, What Are Your Priorities?” Is Not a Tough Question

Trump is running for reëlection, but, unlike four years ago, he can’t even say why.

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Annals of Technology
Grid of maps, signals, and globes.

How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.?

An engineering professor has proved—and exploited—its vulnerabilities.

Dispatch

Searching with the Mothers of Mexico’s Disappeared

More than seventy thousand people have disappeared in Mexico, victims of drug-related violence. Their loved ones are grieving, searching, and, now, keeping their distance.

Daily Comment
The United States Capitol is seen through windows of the Library of Congress.

It Really Is Time to Get Rid of the Filibuster

It is true that the Framers intended the Senate to be a slower-moving institution than the House, but there is no evidence that they wanted legislative paralysis.

Kitchen Notes
Raw long-grain rice.

How the French Make Rice

Lyonnais rice pilaf is made in the oven, and it achieves a surprisingly delicate puffy texture, as if it has been gently but moistly roasted.

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“The Rental,” a Thriller About Love, Family, and Airbnb

This lean and slick thriller about a casual Airbnb stay gone catastrophically wrong thoroughly scratches the summer slasher-flick itch.

Dept. of Design

Gigi Hadid’s and Drake’s Maximalist Home Design

There’s a sensibility at play at the highest end of interior decorating right now, the fulfillment not of a designer’s vision but of a personal identity.

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Trump Jumps the Shark

The President and Bill Barr enjoy some water sports.

4:22 P.M.

The Rikers Debate Project, and Isabel Wilkerson

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.

4:00 P.M.

Know Your Procrastination Style

Person taking a bath.

The Procrasto-Working, the Justification, and other approaches to putting things off.

2:37 P.M.

Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 7th

“Can I just say I love that your restaurant hasn’t taken the necessary steps to keep this place safe and sanitary.”

11:18 A.M.

Part of the Problem

Closeup of female hands lighting a match on box with flame and plates.

If we’re ever going to heal this nation, we need to start having uncomfortable conversations about why I burn things.

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Drive in movie theatre.

The Return of the Drive-In

With New York movie theatres closed, drive-ins, including the Warwick, upstate, and the Skyline, in Greenpoint, are thriving, offering familiar films and such new releases as “Relic” and “She Dies Tomorrow.”

Books
Buttocks and arm.

Rethinking the Science of Skin

What is all the scrubbing, soaping, moisturizing, and deodorizing really doing for the body’s largest organ?

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Daily Harvest, a Trendy Jolly Green Giant for the Direct-to-Consumer Era

Want cauliflower-crusted flatbread or a chia breakfast bowl (with, yes, cauliflower!) but don’t want to mask up and brave the market?

Fiction
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“Heirlooms”

“So, Mitsuko says, how long have you been sleeping with my son? Or is it casual? Not really, I say.”

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How A Spy’s Defection Changed His Son’s Life

The fallout from an East German spy’s defection to the West continues to be felt by his son, Andy Stiller Hudson, who grew up without knowing about his father, or his career with the Stasi.

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Podcasts

Donald Trump Declares War on TikTok

Two girls record a video on an iPhone.

How a social-media platform best known for its lip-synching teens became a stand-in for Republicans’ concerns about China’s growing power.

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