Shutdown
The Theatre
Shades of Beckett in “Pass Over”
The first play to open on Broadway since the shutdown, about two down-and-out young Black men on a barren block, is a strange fit for the moment at hand.
Onward and Upward with the Arts
After a Year Without Crowds, Caroline Polachek Takes the Stage
The singer-songwriter tries to hold down an uncertain moment.
Our Local Correspondents
The Anti-Shutdown Lawyer Suing New York on Behalf of Small Businesses
Courts have rebuffed James Mermigis, but he keeps filing cases and winning new clients.
Our Columnists
China’s Slow Economic Rebound from the Coronavirus Points to an Extended U.S. Slump
Visitors have returned to Shanghai Disneyland. But even some of the stronger spots in the Chinese economy appear to reflect precautionary consumer behavior.
Dollars and Cents
The New York Renters Who Can’t Pay May
As the coronavirus economic shutdown stretches on, some tenants are turning missed rent payments into a movement.
Our Columnists
Trump’s “Light at the End of the Tunnel” Is a Delusion
There is little indication that the President has any plan for curtailing the coronavirus’s spread or devising a safe and practical plan to relax the lockdown.
The Current
The Senate’s Turn at Trump Shutdown Politics
After two failed votes on Thursday, Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer were said to be meeting about a temporary deal of some sort.
As Told To
What the Shutdown Means for a Federal Worker with Debts to Pay
A wildlife biologist who works for the Forest Service in rural Nevada talks about the potential for personal catastrophe if the shutdown continues.
Letter from Trump’s Washington
The Great 2018 Kick-the-Can-Down-the-Road-on-Immigration-for-Two-More-Weeks Accord
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Offers to Lie for Free During Shutdown
“Now more than ever it’s important that the stream of falsehoods and distortions from this White House continues to flow,” the press secretary said.
Our Columnists
On Trump’s First Anniversary, a Government Shutdown
The Political Scene Podcast
The Trump Paradox
John Cassidy joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what Republicans are accomplishing in the midst of Trump’s tweets and budgetary chaos on Capitol Hill.
Amy Davidson Sorkin
What Women in Congress Really Got Done
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Obama Declares National Day of Gloating
News Desk
The G.O.P.’s Dixiecrat Problem
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Rand Paul Proposes Reopening Just Enough of Government to Hold New Hearings on Benghazi
Culture Desk