Evening Briefing: The West confers on halting Putin

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Here’s the latest at the end of Monday. Families from Mariupol and other Russian-occupied villages arrived in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine on Monday.Lynsey Addario for The New York Times 1. Western leaders are actively stepping up to the plate on Ukraine aid. [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP4QMAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC91a3JhaW5lLXJ1c3NpYS13YXItbmV3cy9wZWxvc2ktcnVzc2lhLXVrcmFpbmUtbWlsaXRhcnk_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImc21pZD11cmwtY29weSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBJX3BiD6Gsl1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Kyiv during the war, met with Andrzej Duda, Poland’s president on Monday. She said the invasion should be punished by the “strongest possible military response, the strongest sanctions.” This week, the Senate is scheduled to take up President Biden’s request for an additional [$33 billion](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yOC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy91a3JhaW5lLWJpZGVuLWFpZC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in aid to Ukraine. In Europe, energy ministers discussed helping countries switch quickly away from Russian energy sources, as the bloc gears up for [an embargo on Russian oil](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP4QWAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC91a3JhaW5lLXJ1c3NpYS13YXItbmV3cy9oZXJlLWFyZS10aGUtbGF0ZXN0LWRldmVsb3BtZW50cy1pbi10aGUtd2FyLWluLXVrcmFpbmU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). In Ukraine, the first large-scale evacuation of civilians continued from [the Russian-controlled city of Mariupol](~/AAAAAQA~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), despite early-morning shelling. - In other news, a British intelligence agency said [Russian losses in the war have been staggering](~/AAAAAQA~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~), and a Pentagon official [called Russia’s strategy in Ukraine’s east “anemic.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP4RDAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC91a3JhaW5lLXJ1c3NpYS13YXItbmV3cy9ydXNzaWFzLW1pbGl0YXJ5LXN0cmF0ZWd5LWluLXRoZS1lYXN0LWlzLWFuZW1pYy1hbmQtcGxvZGRpbmctYS1wZW50YWdvbi1vZmZpY2lhbC1zYXlzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnNtaWQ9dXJsLWNvcHkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) - [Heartbreaking stories](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvdWtyYWluZS13YXItbWFyaXVwb2wtZXNjYXBlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) of individual Ukrainian [suffering](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP4RBAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC91a3JhaW5lLXJ1c3NpYS13YXItbmV3cy9hLXVrcmFpbmlhbi1jb3VwbGUtYnVpbHQtYS1saWZlLW9mLWxvdmUtdG9nZXRoZXItdGhlbi1hLXJ1c3NpYW4tYnVsbGV0LWVuZGVkLWl0LWFsbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZzbWlkPXVybC1jb3B5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) continue to emerge. - When a [Russian billionaire criticized Putin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMS93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvb2xpZ2FyY2gtcHV0aW4tb2xlZy10aW5rb3YuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBJX3BiD6Gsl1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), revenge came swiftly. A woman walked past a mural in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, last month.Themba Hadebe/Associated Press 2. Public health experts are watching a coronavirus spike in South Africa, in part to see if it might predict another global surge. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTQ3JmxpPU5FJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1ORV8yMDIyMDUwMlcDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Cases in South Africa have tripled in the past week and hospitalizations are up. [Researchers now wonder if a fifth wave is beginning there.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC9hZnJpY2Evc291dGgtYWZyaWNhLXN1cmdlLXZhcmlhbnRzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) The spike appears linked to BA.4 And BA.5, subvariants in the Omicron family, which may be a sign that variants are now creating their own lineages. BA.4 and BA.5 seem to evade natural defenses produced from infection by the original Omicron variant in unvaccinated people. About 90 percent of South Africans are estimated to have some immunity, but immunity from infection typically starts dropping after around three months. In other pandemic news, [Beijing reopened](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC9iZWlqaW5nLWlzb2xhdGlvbi1jZW50ZXItbG9ja2Rvd24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZzbWlkPXVybC1jb3B5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) a mass isolation center, an effort to avoid Shanghai’s disruptive lockdowns. - New York City rose into the [“yellow” Covid risk zone](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi9ueXJlZ2lvbi9ueWMtY29yb25hdmlydXMteWVsbG93LXJpc2stbGV2ZWwuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZzbWlkPXVybC1jb3B5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) today, as it registers at least 2,500 new cases per day, a jump from 600 daily cases in early March. - After testing negative for Covid today, [Vice President Kamala Harris](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP4RGAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNS8wMi93b3JsZC9jb3ZpZC0xOS1tYW5kYXRlcy12YWNjaW5lLWNhc2VzL3ZpY2UtcHJlc2lkZW50LWhhcnJpcy10ZXN0cy1uZWdhdGl2ZS1mb3ItdGhlLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLWFuZC13aWxsLXJldHVybi10by13b3JrP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnNtaWQ9dXJsLWNvcHkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) is back to work. Voter Yolanda Pace-Owens said she admired President Biden but that “we just got to do better.”Dustin Franz for The New York Times 3. Six months before the midterms, Democrats face a daunting uphill climb. [The party is confronting lagging enthusiasm](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9kZW1vY3JhdHMtbWlkdGVybXMtb2hpby5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)among almost every group that gave President Biden his 2020 win, according to polls and interviews with voters, elected officials and strategists. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTUxNjMwJmxpPU5FJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1ORV8yMDIyMDUwMlcDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Biden’s lead pollster [has been warning the White House](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9iaWRlbi1hcHByb3ZhbC1pbmZsYXRpb24taW1taWdyYXRpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBJX3BiD6Gsl1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) for months. Biden’s rating with independents, who helped put him over the top in 2020, is in the 30s. He has underperformed with voters of color. Suburban voters may be drifting away, as are young people. In other politics news, Ohio candidates are [campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s primary](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP4Q2AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNS8wMi91cy9taWR0ZXJtLWVsZWN0aW9ucy1vaGlvLXByaW1hcnkvb2hpby1yZXB1YmxpY2Fucy1jYW1wYWlnbi1pbi10cnVtcHMtc2hhZG93LWFoZWFkLW9mLXR1ZXNkYXlzLXByaW1hcnk_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImc21pZD11cmwtY29weSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBJX3BiD6Gsl1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) in the shadow of former President Donald Trump, and Democrats are struggling to manage an open secret: [Senator Dianne Feinstein’s acute short-term memory issues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9kaWFubmUtZmVpbnN0ZWluLW1lbW9yeS1pc3N1ZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBJX3BiD6Gsl1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). The City of Boston sometimes uses one of the three flagpoles in front of City Hall to let groups promote their causes.Chon Kit Leong/Alamy 4. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Boston violated a Christian group’s [right to free speech](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi91cy9zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LWJvc3Rvbi1mbGFnLWZyZWUtc3BlZWNoLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). [In 2017](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3VwcmVtZWNvdXJ0Lmdvdi9vcGluaW9ucy8yMXBkZi8yMC0xODAwXzdsaG8ucGRmP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), a group called Camp Constitution asked the City of Boston if it could raise a Christian flag in front of City Hall. In the past 12 years the city has approved 284 such requests. Camp Constitution is the only organization whose request was denied. The group had sought “to enhance understanding of our Judeo-Christian moral heritage” by raising a flag at an event that would include “short speeches by some local clergy.” The New York Times 5. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” might be the most racist show in the history of cable news. It might also be the most successful. As part of its “Democracy Challenged” series, the Times examined 1,150 episodes of Carlson’s five-nights-per-week Fox News show. The result is our three-part series, “[American Nationalist](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8zMC91cy90dWNrZXItY2FybHNvbi1nb3AtcmVwdWJsaWNhbi1wYXJ0eS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~).” Investigative reporter Nicholas Confessore interviewed dozens of current and former Fox executives, producers and journalists. He found that Carlson’s show typifies a strategy that has transformed Fox during the Trump era. Now Carlson is the network’s most influential employee, answering solely to the Murdochs; a star whose intensity and paranoid style work to bind viewers more closely to the Fox brand. [Here’s what those viewers see.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMi8wNC8zMC91cy90dWNrZXItY2FybHNvbi10b25pZ2h0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) A young Phoenix Mercury basketball fan outside the Footprint Center in Phoenix last month.Rebecca Noble for The New York Times 6. The W.N.B.A. has remained unusually silent about star player Brittney Griner. Griner is in custody in Russia after her arrest in Moscow in February. Customs agents said she had carried hashish oil in her luggage. She faces up to ten years in prison. But last week, in the Mercury’s first preseason game since Griner’s arrest, there was no official acknowledgment of her predicament; only an empty chair on the Phoenix bench marked her absence. With only a small inner circle knowing the [details of her case](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMy8yMy93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvYnJpdHRuZXktZ3JpbmVyLXJ1c3NpYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), the W.N.B.A. is betting on diplomacy to work, but some former hostages say a pressure campaign can also be effective. Kathy Boudin at a news conference in 1969, when she was part of the radical group the Weather Underground.Michael Evans/The New York Times 7. Kathy Boudin, an infamous member of the Weather Underground who spent 22 years in prison, died at 78. [Boudin gained notoriety](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMS9ueXJlZ2lvbi9rYXRoeS1ib3VkaW4tZGVhZC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in 1970, after an explosion in a Greenwich Village townhouse where she and fellow radicals made bombs. Three people died; Boudin scrambled out of the wreckage and disappeared. In October 1981 she helped the Black Liberation Army hold up a Brink’s truck. Two policemen and a security guard were killed. Boudin surrendered, and in 1984, pleaded guilty. After becoming a model prisoner who mentored other inmates, she was freed in 2003 and became a founder of the Center for Justice at Columbia University. She is survived by, among others, her son, [Chesa Boudin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMi8wMy8wMS9tYWdhemluZS9jaGVzYS1ib3VkaW4taW50ZXJ2aWV3Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), the district attorney of San Francisco. Source: The Federal Reserve 8. The pandemic housing market created extraordinary wealth gains for homeowners. But renters are struggling. In the last two years, U.S. [homeowners gained over $6 trillion in housing wealth](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMS91cHNob3QvcGFuZGVtaWMtaG91c2luZy1tYXJrZXQtd2VhbHRoLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). One academic said he couldn’t recall a time when so many people gained so much wealth so fast, essentially by doing nothing. Some will be able to create intergenerational wealth for the first time. Most of that money was the result of a housing shortage, and for non-homeowners, rents have often soared. Home purchasing for some will likely be out of reach for years. And with housing representing an important financial investment, homeowners have an incentive to block new development. Maia Kobabe, author of the graphic novel and memoir “Gender Queer,” in Santa Rosa, Calif., last month.Marissa Leshnov for The New York Times 9. “Gender Queer,” a debut author’s graphic memoir, is now the country’s most banned book. When Maia Kobabe started drawing comics about being nonbinary, “People started responding with things like, ‘I had no idea anyone else felt this way,’” she said. The comics became [“Gender Queer,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMS9ib29rcy9tYWlhLWtvYmFiZS1nZW5kZXItcXVlZXItYm9vay1iYW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBJX3BiD6Gsl1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) which was published in a tiny print run in 1919 and marketed to older teens. The memoir won an American Library Association award in 2020 given to books holding “special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.” School libraries stocked it, drawing fire from conservative parent groups and Republican politicians. The [book has been pulled](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8wNC9ib29rcy9iYW5uZWQtYm9va3MtbGlicmFyaWVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) from libraries around the U.S., and some parents and students are fighting back. In other L.G.B.T.Q.+ news, 50 years ago today [a masked, gay psychiatrist](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMi9oZWFsdGgvam9obi1mcnllci1wc3ljaGlhdHJ5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) addressed the American Psychiatric Association, asserting that homosexuality was not a mental illness. The A.P.A. overturned the “mental illness” designation the next year. Anna Wintour at the Met Gala on Monday.Krista Schlueter for The New York Times 10. And finally, it’s time for the “party of the year.” [The Met Gala is tonight.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TXaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIyLzA1LzAyL2Zhc2hpb24vbWV0LWdhbGEtMjAyMj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIyMDUwMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDIzOCZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTA2MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBJX3BiD6Gsl1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) We’ve got early photos from the event (above), and Times fashion director Vanessa Friedman has answered some [pressing questions](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0TTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9tZXQtZ2FsYS10aGVtZS1ndWlkZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwNTAyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwMjM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxMDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicElfcGIPoayXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) about it. Tonight’s dress code: “gilded glamour.” Think gold, corsets and bustles, Vanessa says. Think excess! The powerful Condé Nast editor, Anna Wintour, who transformed this local philanthropic event into the ultimate celebrity-power cocktail, [still has a say](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkUuRJP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vc2xpZGVzaG93LzIwMjIvMDUvMDIvc3R5bGUvbWV0LWdhbGEtcGhvdG9zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMjA1MDImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjAyMzgmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTEwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwSV9wYg-hrJdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) over every single invite. Rumor has it that Lin-Manuel Miranda, one of tonight’s special co-hosts, may entertain. Will former attendees Elon Musk, or Rihanna, be there tonight? Watch our red carpet slide show, produced in real time. Have a trendsetting evening. Eve Edelheit compiled photos for this briefing. 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