November 8, 2020
11 Screenland Snowed Under By Sam Anderson / 15 Talk Greta Thunberg By David Marchese / 18 The Ethicist A False Negative By Kwame Anthony Appiah /
20 Studies Show After You By Kim Tingley / 22 Eat The Lutèce Onion Tart By Gabrielle Hamilton
24 Hard Times
By Hanif Abdurraqib / The patient, sorrowful
optimism of the American folk masters Gillian
Welch and David Rawlings.
30 When the Virus Came for
the American Dream
By Matthew Shaer / Buford Highway, in suburban
Atlanta, has long been a place where immigrant
entrepreneurs could start businesses and get
ahead. Then the pandemic hit.38 Why Societies Fall Apart
By Ben Ehrenreich / Unchecked disease, economic
ruin and climate crises have led to the ends of
civilizations before. What can we learn from the
study of collapse?Copyright © 2020 The New York Times6 Contributors / 8 The Thread / 14 Poem / 18 Judge John Hodgman / 48, 49, 50 Puzzles / 49 Puzzle Answers
Photograph by Kristine Potter for The New York TimesBehind the Cover Kathy Ryan, director of photography: ‘‘Th is week’s cover story, by Matthew Shaer, focuses on how the coronavirus pandemic has aff ected
the American dream, particularly in the state of Georgia. Buford Highway, shown on the cover, is home to many immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses
that are now strugg ling to make ends meet.’’ Photograph by Nicole Craine for Th e New York Times.
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The folk musician Gillian Welch at her home in Nashville. Page 24.