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Plus, the G.O.P. power play blocking pandemic relief, the influence of the anti-vaccine movement, a musical top ten for an unmusical year, and more.
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Daily Comment
African-American Resistance to the COVID-19 Vaccine Reflects a Broader Problem
For Black Americans, the story extends far beyond distrust of Donald Trump—it goes back to the Tuskegee experiment and the medical exploitation of Henrietta Lacks.
By Jelani Cobb
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Our Columnists
A Republican Power Play Is Blocking Essential COVID-19 Relief
A group of G.O.P. senators appears less interested in helping people than it is in hobbling the incoming Biden Administration.
By John Cassidy
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Q. & A.
The Influence of the Anti-Vaccine Movement
The virologist Peter Hotez discusses the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Isaac Chotiner
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2020 in Review
A Musical Top Ten for an Unmusical Year
In 2020, any list of the best recordings doubles as a sonic life raft. Here are the songs that sustained me during the plague.
By John Schaefer
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Fiction
“Our Lady of the Quarry”
“Once, the bus driver said something strange to us: that we should watch out for wild dogs on the loose.”
By Mariana Enriquez
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This Week in Fiction
Mariana Enriquez on Teen-Age Desire
The author discusses “Our Lady of the Quarry,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.
By David Wallace
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The Front Row
A Treasure Trove of Jazz and Soul Concerts
Incredible live-performance footage is newly available on Quincy Jones’s streaming site, Qwest TV, amplifying the music with a cinematic dimension.
By Richard Brody
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Profiles
Arthur Jafa’s Radical Alienation
The filmmaker left an art world he found too white; years later, he made a triumphant return with “Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death.”
By Calvin Tomkins
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Humor from The New Yorker
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Daily Shouts
Dreaming of My Vaccination Day
What will I wear? What year will it be? Will all my friends get vaccinated before me?
By Kate Flanagan
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Crossword
The Weekend Puzzle
The “it” of George Mallory’s “Because it’s there”: seven letters.
By Patrick Berry
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