New York Magazine: June 8, 2020 Issue

John Lewis

The congressman and civil-rights legend will never lose hope.

What’s More Deadly

“I’m terrified of the coronavirus… But I had to choose which virus poses the biggest threat to my family, friends, and me. And that’s the police.”

By Bridget Read

‘We’ve Seen Our City Set Ablaze’

Ilhan Omar on the fight against structural racism and injustice, and how the Congressional Black Caucus can move us forward.

By Rebecca Traister

What It Feels Like to Be Shot by a Rubber Bullet

“I thought I was going to die.”

By Angelina Chapin

‘This Is a Moment of Profound Possibility’: A Conversation With Cory Booker

The senator and former 2020 presidential candidate talks about the protests, the prospect of police reform, and Donald Trump.

By Gabriel Debenedetti

‘I Believe That Better Is Possible’: A Conversation With Stacey Abrams

The voting-rights advocate and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate talks about protest, policing, Trump, and the 2020 election.

By Gabriel Debenedetti

Don’t Call It Rioting

Maxine Waters on the history of protest and the language of insurrection.

By Rebecca Traister

‘There’s a High Probability I Would Have Marched’: On Being Black and NYPD

A black NYPD officer discusses fear, tokenism, and what police and George Floyd protesters have in common.

By James D. Walsh

3 GOP Insiders on the Protests and Trump’s Perilous Moment

“I think the president has handled it as well as any president ever could.”

By Ben Jacobs

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

June 8, 2020

This Can’t Be Contained

features

John Lewis

What’s More Deadly

‘We’ve Seen Our City Set Ablaze’

What It Feels Like to Be Shot by a Rubber Bullet

‘This Is a Moment of Profound Possibility’: A Conversation With Cory Booker

‘I Believe That Better Is Possible’: A Conversation With Stacey Abrams

Don’t Call It Rioting

‘There’s a High Probability I Would Have Marched’: On Being Black and NYPD

3 GOP Insiders on the Protests and Trump’s Perilous Moment

Best Doctors 2020

Who Decides?

How One Brooklyn Hospital Survived Its Deadliest Spring

Intelligencer

The National Interest

Covid Diaries

Inkwell

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Comments: Week of June 8, 2020

The Approval Matrix: Week of June 8, 2020

On the Cover of New York Magazine: George Floyd’s America

Strategist

Design Hunting

Outdoor Spaces

Small-Business Stories

Look Book

The Underground Gourmet

The Culture Pages

Summertime Sadness

Spike Lee’s Forever War

Going Over the Line

Do You Also Need HBO Max?

The Album Review

The TV Review

The Movie Review

To Do: June 10–24

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