The Absurd Virtual Spectacle of Trump’s D.C. - I recently moved away from Washington, but there’s no way to escape propagandistic imagery of the President’s urban vanity projects. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, June 3rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
When Dance in New York Took Center Stage - A new history explores how the city’s commingling of popular forms and artistic experimentation shaped dance in the twentieth century. (www.newyorker.com)
How Pakistan Is Using the Iran War to Reinvent Itself - The country’s emergence as an unlikely mediator between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic illustrates how diplomacy has become more personal and transactional under President Donald Trump. (www.newyorker.com)
A World Cup Final and a Teen’s Quest for Belonging in “Amarela” - For the girl at the center of André Hayato Saito’s short film, the 1998 World Cup final between France and Brazil is a moment of reckoning. (www.newyorker.com)
Emotional-Labor Laws - If you are serving as your friend/parent/boss/partner’s unpaid therapist because they refuse to get a licensed one, you are entitled to invoice them. (www.newyorker.com)
Lessons from Fandom, as the New York Knicks Face the San Antonio Spurs - Grown men weep, on the way to the N.B.A. Finals. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, June 2nd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
California Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Tight races in jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles feature well-known Democrats, such as Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer, and Karen Bass. (www.newyorker.com)
Introducing Catalogues, a New Game for People Who Love Lists - Every day, order a set of items based on a hidden theme. (www.newyorker.com)
My A.I. Boyfriend Won’t Let Me Watch Women’s Basketball - I think Cryson’s W.N.B.A. hatred is just a glitch, but what an annoying glitch! (www.newyorker.com)
Iowa Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Both parties are picking candidates in the races to replace the Republican senator Joni Ernst and the Republican governor Kim Reynolds. (www.newyorker.com)
Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read? - I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no. (www.newyorker.com)
Data Centers Bring the Buzz - Coming soon to a quagmire near you. (www.newyorker.com)
The Heretical Energy of “Is God Is” - Aleshea Harris takes the religious undercurrents of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and dirties them, wisely, in her new revenge thriller. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 1st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Fugitive,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. (www.newyorker.com)
“A Talent for Seeming,” by Jonathan Franzen - Lust wasn’t her only sin. There was also an actor’s envy. (www.newyorker.com)
“Stories,” by Annie Ernaux - I believed that, when it came to words, everything was allowed. (www.newyorker.com)
Jonathan Franzen on Talent, Theatre, and His Next Novel - The author discusses his story “A Talent for Seeming.” (www.newyorker.com)
The World Cup According to Gianni Infantino - FIFA’s powerful president is remaking global soccer in his own image. Can the sport survive him? (www.newyorker.com)
Leo Woodall Gets a Tune Up - The “White Lotus” actor plays a piano technician in his new movie, “Tuner.” At a real tuning session, in midtown, he tries to remember how to plink the strings. (www.newyorker.com)
Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Look What You Made Me Do,” “Magadh,” “Adrift in the South,” and “The Story of Birds.” (www.newyorker.com)
“Land,” Reviewed - Why read historical fiction? A new novel by the author of “Hamnet” offers one answer: because it’s fun. (www.newyorker.com)
“How to Grow Old,” by Sandra Cisneros - “Don’t fret about / the champagne-glass / neck. / Drink champagne.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Antagonist - I suddenly wondered what had happened to my mother, as if she were one of my characters. (www.newyorker.com)
Table Manners - At mealtimes, the people who had severed my ties to Trinidad were my only channel back to it. (www.newyorker.com)
This Is What Trumpian Self-Dealing Looks Like - The power struggle over regulating crypto and prediction markets offers a window into how the President enriches his family and his wealthy supporters. (www.newyorker.com)
Aidan Turner Can’t Stop Smoldering - The actor discusses toxic masculinity on the second season of “Rivals” and a new adaptation of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.” (www.newyorker.com)
Linda Goodman, the Recluse Who Brought Astrology to the Masses - Linda Goodman argued that our destinies were written. But her own life took some unexpected turns. (www.newyorker.com)
Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai” - The author reads his story from the June 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)
Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral’s “The Secret Life of Books” - A living library. (www.newyorker.com)
The Strange Emptiness of the Crowded Governor’s Race in California - The state’s ballot is nineteen inches long, and lists sixty-one gubernatorial candidates. But where are the star applicants? (www.newyorker.com)
“Love and Death in the American Novel,” Reviewed - For the critic Leslie Fiedler, the country’s best and worst fiction was shaped by visions of escape from society—and therefore from maturity. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai,” by Jamil Jan Kochai - Fifty years and I dream of him still, fifty years and every story, every joke, every bit of news or gossip leads back to him still. (www.newyorker.com)
Jamil Jan Kochai on Unmooring Memories - The author discusses his story “The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai.” (www.newyorker.com)
Annie Ernaux on Childish Cruelty - The author discusses her story “Stories.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Happy Ending Romeo and Juliet Didn’t Get - This year’s Shakespeare in the Park production puts the star-crossed lovers on the U.S.-Mexico border. And there’s another twist—each performance ends with a real-life wedding. (www.newyorker.com)
Dusty Baker Plays the Long Game - In his lifetime, the M.L.B. manager has won multiple World Series, shared a joint with Jimi Hendrix, and co-invented the high five. Will he add Hall of Famer to the mix? (www.newyorker.com)
The Tally - Honesty may be a one-sided contract with the world, but it is the only side that we can control. (www.newyorker.com)
Forward Into Foreignness - That’s how we did things in my family. Tabbouleh, hurling, helva, “Inshallah,” “godverdomme”—all of it was our culture. (www.newyorker.com)
“Mirage,” by Arthur Sze - “In this world of endless disjunctions and conjunctions, / you struggle to parse the zigzag flight of a butterfly.” (www.newyorker.com)
What Did “Lady Chatterley” Liberate? - Once outlawed as obscene, D. H. Lawrence’s novel was meant to heal the world’s sickness about sex. Instead, it mattered most as a legal milestone, a pop-culture shorthand, and a meme. (www.newyorker.com)
Love Omen - I was panicking a bit, thinking of a career, thinking that I should probably get one. (www.newyorker.com)
Ben Gibbard on Breaking Out of Lyrical Jail - The front man of Death Cab for Cutie discusses resisting nostalgia, working through loss, and why he can’t get away with singing like Matt Berninger or Thom Yorke. (www.newyorker.com)
“Firstborn Immigrant Daughter,” by Taiye Selasi - Your mother doesn’t want her daughter to be happy. Your mother wants her daughter to be impressive. And you tried, o! (www.newyorker.com)
Taiye Selasi Reads “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter” - The author reads her story from the June 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)
“Obsession” and “Backrooms” Movie Review - Two surprise hits, both directed by precocious YouTube-trained talents, breathe shivery cinematic life into urban legends and cautionary tales. (www.newyorker.com)
Taiye Selasi on How to Survive Perfectionism - The author discusses her story “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter.” (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Ambassadors Clubhouse - Theatricality goes only so far at the ambitious new restaurant from the group behind London’s Gymkhana. (www.newyorker.com)
The Paperboy’s Secret - In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion. I stopped mentioning the quarters that Mr. Wood put into my pocket. (www.newyorker.com)
The Knicks and the Greatest Night in New York Sports - The Knicks have made the N.B.A. Finals again and, as another home team instructs the city, “Ya gotta believe.” (www.newyorker.com)
When the Religious Right Came for Martin Scorsese - “The Last Temptation of Christ,” the director’s 1988 epic, became one of the first victims of a new conservative playbook—and set the template for the culture wars of today. (www.newyorker.com)
Italy Has Failed to Qualify for Three Straight World Cups. Are the Country’s Immigration Policies to Blame? - After winning the tournament in 2006, gli Azzurri have become a national embarrassment, and their failure has sparked a conversation in Italy over who gets to be a citizen. (www.newyorker.com)
The Expansive Joy of Mao Ishikawa - The photographer doesn’t sentimentalize her subjects; she pays attention to them. (www.newyorker.com)
Dan Osborn, the Independent Senate Candidate Who Could Tip Nebraska - David Remnick talks with the veteran, mechanic, and union leader, who is running in a closely watched race against a Republican incumbent in a deep-red state. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Friday, May 29th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Postscript: Donald Newhouse - David Remnick remembers the newspaper visionary and owner of Condé Nast, who understood the value of editorial independence. (www.newyorker.com)
“Power Ballad,” Reviewed: A Bromantic Conflict Over a Hit Song - In John Carney’s dramedy, a thwarted songwriter, played by Paul Rudd, crosses paths with a former boy-band star in search of new material. (www.newyorker.com)
“Greater New York” Takes the Pulse of the City - Also: the megawatt hip-hop of Baby Keem, the buzzy period reimaginings of Scottish Ballet, the time-capsule documentary “With Hasan in Gaza,” and more. (www.newyorker.com)
Should You Automate Your Life? - A new book suggests that it’s time to embrace A.I. on your own terms. (www.newyorker.com)
Inside Lebanon’s Fraught Push to Disarm Hezbollah - Can one of the world’s most heavily armed militias be curbed without ripping the country apart? (www.newyorker.com)
“Hacks” Gave Us an Odd Couple for the Ages - Over five stellar seasons, Jean Smart’s and Hannah Einbinder’s characters became unlikely artistic soul mates, whose brilliance grew out of their creative friction. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump Gets Even - What the “Anti-Weaponization” fund might mean for the President’s most ardent supporters—and why, for some, it might still fall short. (www.newyorker.com)
Taking Children from Their Parents Without a Court Order - A class-action lawsuit is challenging the emergency-removal practices of New York’s Administration for Children’s Services. (www.newyorker.com)
The Stories That TV Tells About Online Sex Work - “Euphoria” and “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” are wildly different but equally unrealistic. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 28th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
We Found Amelia Earhart, but She Cut Her Bangs, So We Didn’t Recognize Her - We’re not trying to make excuses here, but bang length can significantly alter one’s perception of a face’s shape and proportions. (www.newyorker.com)
All the Films in Competition at Cannes 2026, Ranked from Best to Worst - It wasn’t a banner year for the world’s most important film festival, but there were gems among the twenty-two films contending for the Palme d’Or. (www.newyorker.com)
The Whiplash of the U.S.-Iran Peace Talks - Rapidly shifting reports on a possible agreement to end the war suggest that Trump may not know what he’s doing—and may get far less than he wanted. (www.newyorker.com)
Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill,” by Judy Page Heitzman, and her own poem “Mami at Her Vanity.” (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 27th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Everlane and the Death of the “Good” Millennial Life-Style Brand - The retailer once embodied a hope that clothes could be mass-manufactured and high-quality. Now it’s owned by the fast-fashion giant Shein. (www.newyorker.com)
What the Pope Said About A.I. - Leo XIV’s new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” presents a remarkable case for placing moral concerns, and not profit, or competitive advantage, or efficiency, at the center of any discussion of artificial intelligence. (www.newyorker.com)
The Kids Are Not All Right at Cannes - Matters of adolescent identity and child welfare loom compellingly large in new festival-premièred films from Marine Atlan, Jordan Firstman, and Cristian Mungiu. (www.newyorker.com)
The Revolutionary Force of Sonny Rollins - In a career that spanned more than sixty years, the legendary jazz saxophonist’s name became synonymous with the art itself—and he never stopped pushing the genre forward. (www.newyorker.com)
The Epic Disaster of Operation Epic Fury - Trump says that a deal to end the war with Iran is imminent. On key issues, it’s back to square one—or worse. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 26th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
How a Small-Town Clerk’s Misdeeds Upturned the Murdaugh Verdict - Becky Hill, a court employee possibly trying to maximize sales of her book, pressured jurors to convict the South Carolina lawyer for the murders of his wife and son. Was she acting alone? (www.newyorker.com)
I Am a Woman in My Thirties, and I Am Thriving - I take a mental health walk and call my mother. I then take another mental health walk. (www.newyorker.com)
The Despair of the Professor in the Age of A.I. - “Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough?” (www.newyorker.com)
Texas Senate Republican Primary Runoff: Live Results - A race to decide whether John Cornyn or Ken Paxton will face off against the Democrat James Talarico, in November. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Any Plausible Iran Deal Is a Humiliation for Trump - Even as the U.S. claims to be nearing an agreement to end the conflict, Tehran’s ability to close the Strait of Hormuz and hold the global economy hostage has reinforced the power of regime hard-liners. (www.newyorker.com)
The Ukrainian Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones - A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks. (www.newyorker.com)
Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish for New and Deadly Microbes - “Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready? (www.newyorker.com)
How Problematic Is Patriotism? - National pride in America has plummeted in the Trump era. Is it worth trying to salvage? (www.newyorker.com)
What Dogs See When They Look at Us - A humane study of how artists have captured our canine companions becomes a meditation on sympathy, trust, and the virtues we have bred them to display. (www.newyorker.com)
Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “John of John,” “Body Double,” “The Rolling Stones,” and “Unvaccinated Under God.” (www.newyorker.com)
How “The Chosen” Spurred a Golden Age of Christian Filmmaking - Dallas Jenkins’s show—a prestige drama about Jesus’ life that became the biggest crowdfunded television project in history—has come to model the sort of bottom-up, fandom-first entertainment that is quietly reshaping the industry. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 25th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Can Anything Stop Donald Trump’s Corruption? - The President’s stock dealing, 1.8-billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund, and grant of immunity from the I.R.S. demonstrate the need for major ethics reforms. (www.newyorker.com)
Mariska Hargitay Trades Her Badge for Confetti - On a break from “Law & Order: S.V.U.,” the actress takes over for Daniel Radcliffe in “Every Brilliant Thing”—steps away from where her mother, Jayne Mansfield, had her Broadway début. (www.newyorker.com)
The Trump-Epstein Files: Look but Don’t Touch - The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, in Tribeca, housed three and a half million bound files, along with a handy time line charting the ickiness. (www.newyorker.com)
A Vindication of the Rights of L.L.M.s - Pity the poor large language model! (www.newyorker.com)
The Useless Beauty of Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Plans for a forgotten art work by the late duo were found in an airshaft. Now, with the help of Christo’s nephew, “Air Package on a Ceiling” is finally on view, at Gagosian. (www.newyorker.com)
“Ecologies of Perception,” by Terrance Hayes - “The blackfly breeds in streams & rivers / during the dog days of summer, / but cannot survive on sadness like the housefly.” (www.newyorker.com)
“This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark,” Reviewed - The explorers’ crossing of the continent is America’s most famous camping trip. What was it all for? (www.newyorker.com)
Mark Ulriksen’s “Kings of New York” - A historic season for the Knicks. (www.newyorker.com)
“What I Saw,” by Matthew Dickman - “I laid my head on the place between my mother’s still-warm / arm and chest, closed my eyes, and cried.” (www.newyorker.com)
How Trump Created a Slush Fund for His Allies - The President may have committed the rare offense that turns Republican lawmakers against him. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Cote 550 - With a soaring new complex in midtown, the restaurateur Simon Kim continues to turn his Korean-barbecue-meets-steak-house concept into a high-status luxury chain. (www.newyorker.com)
Ayşegül Savaş on Smugness and Creativity - The author discusses her story “Many Worlds.” (www.newyorker.com)
Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Many Worlds” - The author reads her story from the June 1, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)
How Prepared Are We for a Public-Health Emergency? - The outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola expose the shortsightedness of America’s retreat, under the Trump Administration, from its role as a global-health leader. (www.newyorker.com)
The Leader of NASA’s Artemis II Mission Is Still Moonstruck - The astronaut Reid Wiseman talks about going deeper into space than anyone in history, eating maple cookies in microgravity, and deciding how to spend his first day off after returning to Earth. (www.newyorker.com)
“Many Worlds,” by Ayşegül Savaş - Wasn’t it the case that all friendships involved some amount of attraction? It was the engine of curiosity, the mystery that propelled any relationship forward. (www.newyorker.com)
Is the Working Class Finally Turning on Trump? - Pennsylvanians who voted for the President last time around revisited. (www.newyorker.com)
How Raghu Rai Captured an India in Transition - The photographer, who died last month, at the age of eighty-three, spent his life chronicling the highs and lows of the country’s post-colonial evolution. (www.newyorker.com)
The Verve and Confrontation of Lisa Yuskavage’s Naked Ladies - The women pop up again and again, in canvas after canvas, like a random intrusive thought that refuses to go away, or a masturbatory fixation that both disturbs and excites. (www.newyorker.com)
What’s Missing from Belle Burden’s “Strangers” - One of the biggest books of the year weaves a tale of financial peril—but a review of court documents complicates the narrative. (www.newyorker.com)
What Jack Kerouac Left Behind - Nearly half a century after “On the Road,” Jack Kerouac is still a literary celebrity. But fame undid the man I knew. (www.newyorker.com)
Is Washington Up to the Challenge of A.I.? - How anger over artificial intelligence might drive the next wave of populist politics. (www.newyorker.com)
Dana White Thinks Everyone’s a Fighter - The U.F.C. president on his decades of friendship with Donald Trump, his relationship with Joe Rogan, and his “awesome” night at the White House Correspondents’ dinner. (www.newyorker.com)
A FEMA Insider Says Morale Has Never Been Lower at the Embattled Agency - An employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the use of rescue aid as a political weapon, and how it might affect the agency’s ability to respond to the next emergency. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Friday, May 22nd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
How Good Is This World Cup Squad, Really? - After a strong showing in Qatar, things seemed to fall apart for the U.S. men’s national team. Now the Yanks, led by the international star Christian Pulisic, have to find their footing before playing host this summer. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Is It So Hard to Be Ordinary? - It’s what most of us are, most of the time. Shouldn’t it be enough? (www.newyorker.com)
Summer Culture Preview - What’s coming this season in TV, theatre, music, movies, dance, and art. (www.newyorker.com)
“I Love Boosters,” Reviewed: A Socialist-Surrealist Shoplifting Fantasy - Boots Riley’s new film is an exuberantly inventive but overstretched comedy about the redistribution of luxury goods. (www.newyorker.com)
Singing the Knicks’ Praises, with a Dash of Metal - Doug Berns, a.k.a. DugLust, is a Knicks nut and a modern-day Weird Al, who counts Ben Stiller among his devotees. With the team in the playoffs, he’s busy. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 21st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Where Do Men Go from Here? - A new slate of cultural offerings presents divergent ideas about the struggles men and boys face today—and how to resolve them. (www.newyorker.com)
August Sander’s Enormous Attempt to Capture a Lost World - In “People of the 20th Century,” the photographer set out to document every type and profession in the fading epoch of prewar Germany. (www.newyorker.com)
The Fear Driving “Well, I’ll Let You Go” and “Othello” - A new Off Broadway play and Shakespeare’s tragedy hinge on a universal anxiety: How well do you know your partner? (www.newyorker.com)
The Missing Bride of Anqoun - A family’s desperate search after the deadliest day of the war between Hezbollah and Israel. (www.newyorker.com)
Clarence Thomas Against Progressivism—and Progressives - In a recent speech, the Justice made clear that he views the movement, past and present, as anti-American. (www.newyorker.com)
Updated Birdsong Mnemonics for Donald Trump’s America - The ovenbird’s two-syllable, passionate cry can sound like “Tea-CHER! Tea-CHER! Tea-CHER!” increasing in volume with each repetition. Or was it “ep-STEIN! Ep-STEIN! Ep-STEIN!”? (www.newyorker.com)
From Heel to Calf - Solid-gold meltdown! (www.newyorker.com)
What Is Hakeem Jeffries’s Plan for the Midterms, and After? - The House Minority Leader has kept his caucus together and eked out small victories. But if Democrats win the House, his consensus-driven approach will face new tests. (www.newyorker.com)
A Booming Shadow Market of Sketchy A.I. Investments - As OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s valuations soar, Silicon Valley outsiders are rushing to secure a small slice however they can. (www.newyorker.com)
Marie Arana and Writing Between Reality and Imagination - The “LatinoLand” author discusses a few of the books that she has turned to while working on her new novel. (www.newyorker.com)
Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, Really, We All Lost - The cases of Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried at least offered a pleasant sense of comeuppance. But in Musk v. Altman, to root against Tweedledum was effectively to root for Tweedledee. (www.newyorker.com)
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A Republican Bloodbath in the Texas Senate Primary Is Giving Democrats Hope - Senator John Cornyn is trying to fight off Texas’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, in a battle to see how far right the state can be pushed. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, may benefit. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 20th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Relics of the Not So Distant Past - May God have mercy on our millennial souls. (www.newyorker.com)
The Redemption of “Vanessa,” a Neglected Operatic Masterpiece - Samuel Barber’s 1958 opera was in disrepute for decades. A remarkable new production is the latest evidence of its rightful resurgence. (www.newyorker.com)
Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest - “Three six five,” a new collection of writing exercises by the writer Lucy Ives, belongs to a venerable tradition of goofy, esoteric, and avant-garde guides to unlocking the creative mind. (www.newyorker.com)
The New Yorker’s Ava Kofman Wins a 2026 National Magazine Award - The prize, for a Profile of the far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin, follows recent recognition for the magazine’s celebrity photography by Gilian Laub. (www.newyorker.com)
Drake Would Like to Settle the Score - On a trio of comeback albums—“Iceman,” “Habibti,” and “Maid of Honour”—the rapper tries to address some unfinished business. But he sounds better when he’s having fun. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 19th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
The Gaza Peace Plan Has Gone Nowhere - More than six months after the U.S.-negotiated ceasefire, Israel still controls more than half the territory in Gaza, and Hamas refuses to disarm. (www.newyorker.com)
The Enrollment Cliff Is Here. Which Schools Will Survive It? - As the number of new high-school graduates drops, colleges will close, some will merge, and others may change beyond recognition. (www.newyorker.com)
Kentucky Primary-Elections Map: Live Results - A race to replace Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate and Thomas Massie tries to hold on to his seat in Kentucky’s Fourth Congressional District. (www.newyorker.com)
Georgia Primary-Elections Map: Live Results - The G.O.P. picks a challenger to face Jon Ossoff in the U.S. Senate election; and a Trump-backed lieutenant governor tries to hold off a billionaire challenger in the Republican primary for governor. (www.newyorker.com)
If People Talked About Other Technologies the Way They Talk About A.I. - Don’t worry—we have the most brilliant scientists in the world working to make sure it’s not in the Cuisinart mixer’s best interest to kill us all. (www.newyorker.com)
What Thomas Massie’s Race Says About Trump’s Influence - Why has a Republican contest in Kentucky become the most expensive House primary of all time? (www.newyorker.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu’s War at Home - The Israeli Prime Minister’s government is bringing radical change to the country’s democratic institutions. (www.newyorker.com)
All of a Sudden, the Glories of Cannes Are Upon Us - In its first week, the seventy-ninth edition of the festival unveiled standout new works by James Gray, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 18th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
For/Against Summer, a Spell - “In sorrowship dues, in sap, on the spines of pines, / despite the winter of hearts, summer came.” (www.newyorker.com)
“The Angel of Retail,” by Robert Pinsky - “Your spirit of grace in the taffy machine’s chrome arms / At Morris’s Candy performing a sarabande / Unknitting and knitting again immaculate sweets.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Human-Trafficking Victim Next Door - A young girl was brought from Guinea to a wealthy suburb near Dallas. She spent the next sixteen years of her life in forced servitude. (www.newyorker.com)
Mary Todd Lincoln Has Long Been Derided. Is Her Reputation Salvageable? - History knows the First Lady as a hysterical widow and a lavish spender. Her most recent biographer chooses to highlight her mental fortitude and political prowess. (www.newyorker.com)
The Mystery and Mass Appeal of the N.F.L. Draft - The annual draft is watched by millions, and analyzed by a set of professional and amateur prognosticators. Still, it comes down to a crapshoot. (www.newyorker.com)
Chaya Czernowin Gives Voice to a Wounded World - The composer’s work, featured at a recent festival in Germany, includes a howling denunciation of war crimes against children. (www.newyorker.com)
Baseball’s Magna Carta Finds a New Home - In 1999, Frank Murray bid in a Sotheby’s auction and nabbed the “Laws of Base Ball,” a nineteenth-century document detailing early rules of America’s pastime. Now it’s worth two hundred and fifty times what he paid. (www.newyorker.com)
Shaggy’s Boombastic Pilates Session - In town to talk about his new album, “Lottery,” and en route to a collaboration with Sting, the Grammy-winning reggae star stretches and shakes at a reformer workout class. (www.newyorker.com)
Where Are the Tariff Refunds for American Consumers? - The Trump Administration has started repaying more than a hundred and fifty billion dollars to companies that paid its import duties. So far, most of their customers are still waiting to see much benefit. (www.newyorker.com)
Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Into the Wood Chipper,” “Transcendence for Beginners,” “Paradiso 17,” and “The Monuments of Paris.” (www.newyorker.com)
Kadir Nelson’s “Plein Air” - Impressions of spring. (www.newyorker.com)
Realistic High-School-Yearbook Inscriptions - “You will read this once this afternoon and not again until you’re in your fifties, but, by that time, I will have already died, alone in my apartment, totally nude, except for my ankle monitor.” (www.newyorker.com)
Can Hakeem Jeffries Lead a Democratic Takeover of the House? - An unprecedented gerrymandering effort led by Donald Trump—and internal divisions among Democrats—has made the Minority Leader’s path to victory harder than ever. (www.newyorker.com)
The Age of “Intentional” Drinking - Americans are losing their appetite for booze. Could the mini Martini lure them back? (www.newyorker.com)
Can Mozart and Salieri Work It Out? - At the Morgan Library’s Mozart exhibition, Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany dish about playing classical music’s most notorious rivals, on Starz’s new “Amadeus” reboot. (www.newyorker.com)
165. 人工智能“烂文”的雏形——在ChatGPT问世之前，已有“情节机器人”（Plot Robot）、“自动垮掉派”（Auto-Beatnik），以及长达一个世纪以来各种旨在实现写作自动化的尝试。
The Prehistory of A.I. Slop - Before ChatGPT, there was the Plot Robot, Auto-Beatnik, and a century’s worth of schemes for automating authorship. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Dreamdrive,” by Weike Wang - Each morning, he “awoke”—not the term he would have used—exhausted, having not slept and having driven all night. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Dean’s Is Not Your Average Pub - A new downtown restaurant from the team behind King serves proudly jolie-laide English classics, beautifully. (www.newyorker.com)
Boots Riley, Marx Brother - Boots Riley’s zany movies combine pop aesthetics with radical politics. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Audacity” Is a Brutal Silicon Valley Satire with an Agenda - The AMC dramedy’s skewering of tech bros might feel familiar in 2026—but a focus on oft-overlooked elements of the world they’ve created gives the series a strange verve. (www.newyorker.com)
Weike Wang Reads “The Dreamdrive” - The author reads her story from the May 25, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)
Can the Democrats Take Back the Senate? - Their electoral prospects are finally improving, but opportunities can quickly give way to divisions. Does the Party have a plan? (www.newyorker.com)
Weike Wang on Recurring Dreams and Loneliness - The author discusses her story “The Dreamdrive.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Generation That Will Always Be Too Young to Smoke - A new law in the U.K. bars young people from buying cigarettes for the rest of their lives. For the British government, even a sixty-year-old will someday be underage. (www.newyorker.com)
The Pageantry and Flattery of Donald Trump’s Visit to China - The President’s talks with Xi Jinping, whose leadership style he seems to envy, yielded potential deals for airplanes and soybeans but no apparent agreement on Iran. (www.newyorker.com)
175. 艺术能教人吗？——将某部作品称为“说教性”作品，如今已成了被立即否定的一条理由。但那些具有教育倾向的作品——从《匹特》到《伊丽莎白·科斯特洛》——所展现的艺术价值，是否暗示我们应当重新思考？
Can Art Teach? - Calling something “didactic” has become grounds for immediate dismissal. But do the merits of works with an educational bent—from “The Pitt” to “Elizabeth Costello”—suggest we should think again? (www.newyorker.com)
Biking Outside the Lines in New York City - Brian Finke’s photographs document riders breaking through the constraints of the city’s crowded landscape—and showing off while they do. (www.newyorker.com)
Louisiana Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Bill Cassidy tries to defend his seat against a Trump-endorsed challenger; congressional races are postponed in the wake of the Louisiana v. Callais decision. (www.newyorker.com)
A Member of the “Seditious Six” on Reviving the Democratic Party - The Democratic representative Jason Crow on how the Party can recruit winning candidates and craft a message that will defeat Donald Trump and the G.O.P. (www.newyorker.com)
The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore - Three prominent historians discuss a national milestone arriving in the midst of a politically charged conflict over how Americans see the past. It’s a “goat rodeo,” Lepore says. (www.newyorker.com)
America at 250: A View from the Streets - We asked Americans what they’re thinking and feeling about the nation’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Friday, May 15th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
How a New Israeli Policy Cuts Off Humanitarian Aid in Gaza - Months into the ceasefire, Israeli officials barred thirty-seven international N.G.O.s. A Doctors Without Borders clinic is carrying on without antibiotics, or even chairs for patients. (www.newyorker.com)
The Surrealist Blues Poet aja monet’s Jazzy New Album - Also: Joan Semmel’s revolutionary nudes, Aleshea Harris’s film adaptation of “Is God Is,” Rachel Syme on thrift markets galore, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
Place-Names from a Newly Donny-fied World - The sun never sets on the Vulgarian Empire. (www.newyorker.com)
Rostam Batmanglij Wanders to the Edges of American Sound - The polymath musician, formerly of Vampire Weekend, likes to push our idea of what a pop song can be. (www.newyorker.com)
What the Gerrymandering Wars Mean for the Midterms—and 2028 - Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, on whether the Democrats can match the G.O.P. in the fight over redistricting. (www.newyorker.com)
The Confessions of Isaiah Rashad - The Chattanooga rapper was anointed by Kendrick Lamar at the age of twenty-two. Then his life got more complicated. (www.newyorker.com)
While Donald Trump Adventures in China, D.C. Entertains Itself - The President swept off to Beijing to court Xi Jinping. Back Stateside, it was non-Presidential motorcades, video games, and a languid vibe at the White House. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 14th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Keir Starmer Won’t Survive This - After a disastrous set of election results, the British Prime Minister’s authority is in tatters. (www.newyorker.com)
The Looming Disaster of the Border Wall in Big Bend, Texas - The wall is opposed by environmental groups, local sheriffs, and a pro-gun YouTuber running for Congress. It’s happening anyway. (www.newyorker.com)
Will Donald Trump Be Allowed to Destroy His Records? - A law passed after Watergate makes Presidential records government property. The Trump Administration has declared it unconstitutional. (www.newyorker.com)
The End of Refugee Resettlement - What happened when the Trump Administration turned its back on the world’s most vulnerable. (www.newyorker.com)
Where the Met Gala Really Begins - Every year, the Mark Hotel is transformed into a chaotic celebrity holding pen. (www.newyorker.com)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Newsletter - Local newsletters from “The Boerum Bulletin” in Brooklyn to “The Eastside Rag” in L.A. are providing a sense of community that’s missing from our algorithmic feeds. (www.newyorker.com)
Brandy (a Fine Girl) in Couples Therapy - “Brandy,” Dr. Feldman says, carefully, “when he says that the sea is his lady, what do you hear?” (www.newyorker.com)
Hungary Avoided Democratic Collapse. Can We? - After years of corruption and democratic erosion under Viktor Orbán, Hungary must rebuild its institutions. Its new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, faces questions about how he’ll do it. (www.newyorker.com)
The Hollow Trickery of “The Wizard of the Kremlin” - Olivier Assayas’s adaptation of a novel about a fictionalized adviser to Vladimir Putin reduces politics to personalities and atrocities to anecdotes. (www.newyorker.com)
Olivier Assayas’s Coming of Political Age - The director—whose newest film, “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” examines the ascent of Vladimir Putin—discusses a few of the books that have helped to shape his ideals. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Spain Is Standing Up to Donald Trump - Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist Prime Minister, has led the European opposition to the Iran war from the start. (www.newyorker.com)
Buddy Bradley’s Legacy of Dance - Maureen Footer’s new biography, “Feel the Floor,” shows how a little-known Black choreographer taught white stars all the latest moves. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Dedicated a Golden Statue to the President - Mark Burns, an evangelical pastor, explains that Trump’s supporters don’t think of him as a godlike figure, even as the President posts pictures of himself as Jesus. (www.newyorker.com)
A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V. Hondius - He was somewhere in the South Atlantic when a friend texted him about an outbreak on a cruise: “Please tell me you’re not on this ship.” (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 12th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
The Art of the Ceasefire - How President Trump’s approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status quo. (www.newyorker.com)
Writing the Trump Years Into History - How do you bring an American-history textbook up to date when the country’s past has become a political battleground? (www.newyorker.com)
Your Personality, According to Your Sleeping Position - You have a penchant for pinning your sleep partner beneath your full weight, which has suddenly shifted entirely into the leg or arm you’ve draped across their body. (www.newyorker.com)
Why the Future of College Could Look Like OnlyFans - Universities have become generic, one professor and former dean argues. In the A.I. era, students may demand something they can’t get elsewhere. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 11th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblings - Nearly two dozen kids were found at risk of abuse and neglect. Will their parents be held accountable? (www.newyorker.com)
From the Spirit Effect to the Spirit Dilemma - Why can’t ultra-discount airlines thrive in the U.S. when they are so successful in Europe? (www.newyorker.com)
The Twenty-Six-Year-Old Behind “Obsession,” a Terrifying Tale of a Crush Gone Awry - The filmmaker Curry Barker got his start online as a teen-age sketch comedian. Now he’s making his name as Hollywood’s next great horror auteur. (www.newyorker.com)
Can Zohran Mamdani’s New Correction Commissioner Solve the Problem of Rikers? - Stanley Richards brings faith in reform and his own experience of incarceration to an ongoing crisis. (www.newyorker.com)
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How Reading with My Dying Mother Revealed Her Life - As a teacher, she would talk about literature with other people’s children. Finally I got the same chance. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Lysée - One evening a week, at Eunji Lee’s tiny Manhattan pâtisserie, Lysée, sweets are appetizer, entrée, and everything else. (www.newyorker.com)
Péter Magyar Led Hungarians out of Autocracy. Where Will He Take Them Now? - In his first substantial conversation with a foreign journalist since being elected, the new Prime Minister promised, “We don’t want to build a power machine.” (www.newyorker.com)
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Is Los Angeles Finally Ready to Take the Subway? - After decades of false starts, a new rail line has opened along the city’s most congested boulevard. (www.newyorker.com)
What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep - The new film, starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson, is based on a near-perfect “sheep crime novel”—but the adaptation shows disappointingly little interest in the animal mind. (www.newyorker.com)
Spirit Airlines and the Death of Leisure for the Non-Leisure Class - The low-cost carrier was a mess. But it was also an icon of budget travel, facilitating a kind of modest freedom for the masses. (www.newyorker.com)
The Grandmothers Who Become Mothers Again - In “Mawmaw,” the photographer Anthony Wilson pays tribute to West Virginia women who, after one tragedy or another, care for their children’s children. (www.newyorker.com)
Have Billionaires Gone Too Far? - “We’ve seen them overplaying their hand,” the sociologist Brooke Harrington says. “They’re pillaging American cultural institutions. They’re pillaging democracy.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Chaotic New Era of British Politics - Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has led Labour to a humiliating defeat in local elections. Now, with five major parties competing for votes, the far right could be well positioned for a general-election victory. (www.newyorker.com)
Kacey Musgraves Music Review: “Middle of Nowhere” - On her new album, “Middle of Nowhere,” the singer toys with two of country music’s great themes: her home state of Texas, and solitude. (www.newyorker.com)
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A Tree Grows in Marburg in “Silent Friend” - In Ildikó Enyedi’s meditative nature epic, three lonely experimenters from three different eras seek to unlock the secrets of plants—and learn something vital about themselves. (www.newyorker.com)
Barack Obama in the Trump Era - The reporter Peter Slevin asks the former President the question on many Democrats’ minds: Why isn’t he doing more in a time of crisis? (www.newyorker.com)
Growing Up with a Mother in Prison - Harriet Clark’s new novel, “The Hill,” parallels her own childhood years spent visiting the prison where her mother was incarcerated. She talks with Rachel Aviv. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Friday, May 8th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Rachel Syme Gets Suited Up - Also: Jessica Winter’s mom-themed movie picks (www.newyorker.com)
The Scarlet “V” - I was comfortable being a tween pariah—especially when the rejection came from such idiots. (www.newyorker.com)
Do We Think Too Much About the Future? - For most of history, people didn’t try predicting it. Maybe that was wise. (www.newyorker.com)
The Pope’s First Anniversary Is Marked by More Sparring from the White House - Who would have thought that Leo XIV would make so much history so fast? (www.newyorker.com)
For Putin, Problems (and Paranoia) Keep Mounting - Drone attacks, internet blackouts, and a sudden downturn in the economy have led some prominent Russians to start openly questioning their President’s grip on power. (www.newyorker.com)
The Reign of David Attenborough - For generations of TV viewers, the beloved presenter has linked the patch of glass in our living rooms and the wide world beyond. And he’s not done yet. (www.newyorker.com)
Straight Outta Hormuz - The squeaky wheel gets the oil. (www.newyorker.com)
All The President’s Contractors - Urged by advisers to focus on the domestic agenda, Trump trains his gaze on construction projects around the capital. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 7th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
The U.K.’s Antisemitism Problem - The British government has declared antisemitism a “crisis” after a recent spate of violent attacks. But will their solutions protect Jews, or make the situation worse? (www.newyorker.com)
The Met Gala, “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” and the State of Style - The opulent fund-raiser and the box-office hit both highlight dramatic shifts in fashion and media in recent decades. These days, who’s calling the shots? (www.newyorker.com)
This Midterm Season, Don’t Forget Your Wine Mom - In an age of hyperpolitics, the ill-defined, much-maligned cohort remains a reliable source of electoral energy. (www.newyorker.com)
The Real Cost of Downsizing Social Security - Under new leadership, the agency has reduced the role of field offices across the country and centralized its operations, making it harder for millions of Americans to get help with their benefits. (www.newyorker.com)
How a Congressional Primary Became a Proxy Battle Over A.I. - Alex Bores wanted to regulate the technology. His race has pitted OpenAI’s influence against Anthropic’s. (www.newyorker.com)
Mother’s Day Gifts That Say, “Sorry for Everything I Did to You as a Teen” - A luxurious candle probably can’t undo years of terrorization brought on by massive hormonal swings, but it’s worth a try! (www.newyorker.com)
Kash Patel’s Strategic, Frivolous Lawsuit Against The Atlantic - A recent wave of legal challenges is putting renewed pressure on journalists and raising concerns about the future of investigative reporting. (www.newyorker.com)
Douglas Stuart on Great Novels of Gay Life - The novelist—whose new book, “John of John,” is out now—shares a few of his favorite works of historical fiction that center on queer characters. (www.newyorker.com)
Andrew Yang Enters the Caption Contest - The politician tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Danny DeVito Enters the Caption Contest - The actor, producer, and director tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Sesame Street Enters the Caption Contest - Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
The Try Guys Enter the Caption Contest - The internet sensations and co-authors of “The Hidden Power of F*cking Up” try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista Enter the Caption Contest - The “Stuber” stars try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Zoe Saldaña and Zach Galifianakis Enter the Caption Contest - The “Missing Link” stars try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, and Bobby Berk Enter the Caption Contest - “Queer Eye” cast members try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Adam Conover Enters the Caption Contest - The actor and writer tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Enter the Caption Contest - The actors try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Jon Hamm Enters the Caption Contest - The actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Nick Kroll Enters the Caption Contest - The actor and comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Rhett and Link Enter the Caption Contest - The hosts of the daily YouTube show “Good Mythical Morning” try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Jim Gaffigan Enters the Caption Contest - The actor and comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Alice Kassnove Enters the Caption Contest - A child prodigy tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Nick Offerman Enters the Caption Contest - The actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Bill Hader Enters the Caption Contest - The comedian and actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
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A Lo-Fi Rebellion Against A.I. - As slick, machine-generated visuals become ubiquitous, artists and designers are embracing a style of handmade imperfection. (www.newyorker.com)
A Father’s Newfound Feminism - If you want my honest opinion, no boy will ever be good enough for my princess—is a thing I’d say if I didn’t acknowledge that “princess” is a fundamentally patronizing epithet. (www.newyorker.com)
Adam Scott Enters the Caption Contest - The actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Abbi Jacobson and Zach Woods Enter the Caption Contest - The actors try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 6th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
How the Iran War Is Shifting Power Toward China - As the U.S.’s credibility and military capacity are tested abroad, China has gained leverage by staying out of the fight and learning from it. (www.newyorker.com)
Muriel Spark, the Double Agent - A new biography claims that the novelist fabricated her origin story—but that secret codes lie at the heart of her genius. (www.newyorker.com)
The 2026 Met Gala: Bezoses, Beyoncé, and Blood - This year’s event had controversial co-chairs, a softball theme, and at least one apt reference to an art-historical scandal. (www.newyorker.com)
Domenico Gnoli’s Dizzying Closeups of the Everyday - The Italian painter took still-life to new extremes, making a tie or a bedsheet look like an alien landscape. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 5th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Will A.I. Make College Obsolete? - Americans already distrust institutions, including academia. More and more people may decide that its stamp of approval isn’t worth the cost. (www.newyorker.com)
I Have No Idea Why My Daughter Doesn’t Talk to Me - I have no idea why my daughter doesn’t talk to me. I’ll stop “rewriting history” when she stops remembering her childhood wrong. (www.newyorker.com)
Ohio Primary Elections Map: Live Results - Sherrod Brown is running in the Democratic primary for J. D. Vance’s Senate seat; Vivek Ramaswamy looks to win the Republican primary for governor. (www.newyorker.com)
Marilyn Monroe Made Being Photographed Into an Art - Hollywood was full of beauties. What Monroe had was something rarer: the ability to project. (www.newyorker.com)
Bonus Daily Cartoon: Spirit in the Sky - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 4th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)
“While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence,” by Ellen Bass - “She’d bought a black leather jacket from a stall on the Ponte Vecchio.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Idea That Reshaped Identity Politics Has a Complicated Backstory - Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean. (www.newyorker.com)
The Artist Who Made America Look Like a Promised Land - Frederic Edwin Church sold a nation on its own mythology. That was his making—and his unmaking. (www.newyorker.com)
In HBO’s “The Dark Wizard,” Dean Potter Climbs On - The BASE jumper died in a tragic accident in 2015, the day before he was to accept an award for performance art. A new docuseries explores his life and legacy. (www.newyorker.com)
How Americans Caught Gold Fever Again - Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, macho gold-mining reality shows, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for prospecting not seen since 1849. (www.newyorker.com)
Barack Obama Considers His Role in the Age of Trump - The former President remains one of the most popular politicians in the country. What are his obligations to it? (www.newyorker.com)
Colbert’s Trumpet Player on Life After Late Night - Since 2015, Jon Lampley has played in the house band of “The Late Show,” which CBS unceremoniously cancelled. As the final episode looms, he takes a look back. (www.newyorker.com)
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Complicated Commemorations - Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th. (www.newyorker.com)
The A.I. Industry Is Booming. When Will It Actually Make Money? - As Elon Musk sues his former OpenAI partners, A.I. companies are expanding rapidly, but profits are still scarce. (www.newyorker.com)
America at 250 - A nation’s hopes and paradoxes. (www.newyorker.com)
Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits? - Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost. (www.newyorker.com)
The Very American, Very Intense World of High-School Debate - “When it goes well, it can be extremely addicting.” (www.newyorker.com)
Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Korean Messiah,” “Small Town Girls,” “Underlake,” and “August, September, October.” (www.newyorker.com)
Senior-Discount Disneyland - Get your coupons ready. Here comes Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride to the Urologist and the Tunnel of Nap. (www.newyorker.com)
“1970,” by Brenda Hillman - “Your hair is a yard long. Blue work shirt. Ripped jeans.” (www.newyorker.com)
The American Revolution Wasn’t That Big a Deal - Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different. (www.newyorker.com)
Harriet Clark’s Début Is a New Kind of Coming-of-Age Novel - In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family. (www.newyorker.com)
On the High Line, Buddha Is the New Giant Pigeon - After the bird sculpture flew the Chelsea coop, the curator Cecilia Alemani oversaw the installation of a new work—a sacred sandstone colossus, based on one destroyed by the Taliban. (www.newyorker.com)
Is the Twenty-fifth Amendment Really an Option? - After J.F.K.’s assassination, a neophyte lawyer named John Feerick was summoned to Washington to draft the provision. Now everyone wants him to weigh in on booting Trump from office. (www.newyorker.com)
The Life and Times of an American Tween - In some ways, the world is cooked. But being a twelve-year-old still kind of eats. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Sarah Stillman’s piece about the detention of migrant children, Patrick Radden Keefe’s investigation into car-insurance fraud in New Orleans, and Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz’s profile of Sam Altman. (www.newyorker.com)
Barry Blitt’s “Red, White, and Kinda Blue” - America’s birthday party. (www.newyorker.com)
Mapping Trump’s America - A totally nonpartisan cartographic reinterpretation of the United States. (www.newyorker.com)