1. Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, March 17th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

2. Illinois Primary Map: Live Election Results - The state’s lieutenant governor and a cryptocurrency darling square off in the Democratic race to fill Dick Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat; Republicans are picking a candidate to challenge Governor J. B. Pritzker.

3. How Should We Remember the Hippies? - They’ve often been a punch line, but by fusing their political convictions to a broader cultural identity they seemed to find something that we’ve lost.

4. Israel’s Gulf-State Gamble in the Iran War - Benjamin Netanyahu has predicted that the conflict could draw Israel closer to its Arab neighbors. That may be wishful thinking.

5. Why David Boies Thinks We Should Support Trump’s Iran War - The prominent lawyer says that Democrats should get behind the President, and make sure that he finishes the job.

6. Were the 2026 Oscars a Swan Song for Warner Bros.? - At the Academy Awards, The New Yorker’s correspondent saw a win-win night for the studio behind “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another”—and a lose-lose situation for the industry.

7. As Movies Adapt to the Times, the Oscars Can Only Look On - Doom-laden humor at the 2026 Academy Awards ceremony obscures the courageous innovation of much of the work it celebrated.

8. Daily Cartoon: Monday, March 16th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

9. The 2026 Oscars Were a Protest Against Their Own Irrelevance - With few exceptions, a ceremony that honored two of the most politically ferocious Hollywood action-thrillers in recent memory engaged only fitfully with politics.

10. How Arsenio Hall Shook Up Late Night - His show became the epicenter of early-nineties cool, with the decade’s biggest names, from Tom Cruise to Bill Clinton, stopping by to earn street cred.

11. How Doodles Became the Dog du Jour - Poodle crossbreeds have grown overwhelmingly popular, sparking controversy in dog parks and kennel clubs alike.

12. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “On Morrison,” “Scale Boy,” “Sisters in Yellow,” and “White River Crossing.”

13. What’s Behind Trump’s New World Disorder? - A foreign policy freed of liberal pretenses and imperial ambitions could lead to restraint—or, as the Iran attack shows, simply license hit-and-run belligerence.

14. “The Life You Want,” Reviewed - In a new book, Adam Phillips wages a playful war on the strictures of traditional talk therapy.

15. Rolling Out Our New A.I. Tools - Internal memo: Meet our new suite of A.I.-optimized losers and douche bags. Although they are fully agentic, we’re sure they will annoy you in all the ways you’re accustomed to.

16. “Réservoir,” by Tova Gannana - “This is the season of crushing elder box leaves with our feet.”

17. Junior LaBeija, Master of Ceremonies - As the ballroom legend makes their Broadway début in “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” they reflect on accessorizing with raw chicken and dressing like Al Capone.

18. “Then,” by Jorie Graham - “Then the full / moon rose / & filled the / windows.”

19. How to Be Your Own Super - Doorknob troubles? No sweat—an Upper West Side handyman is helping the helpless, with a beginner’s class on how to fix your (many) apartment problems.

20. Wendy Red Star Gets Her Bag - The artist, whose new show centers on the history of trade beads, shops for a knockoff Louis Vuitton bag on Canal Street and ruminates on authenticity.

21. Doctor Mike’s Internet Medicine - Mikhail Varshavski, People’s “sexiest doctor,” has a medical degree—and millions of fans on YouTube, where he debunks R.F.K., Jr., interviews Kamala Harris, and analyzes “The Pitt.” Andrew Trunsky writes.

22. How Zac Posen Went from Making Ball Gowns to Remaking the Gap - The fashion designer was brought on as Gap Inc.’s creative director to help restore the company’s cultural relevance. Has the Gapaissance arrived?

23. Egon Schiele: “Portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff,” Reviewed - At the Neue Galerie, a show suggests that the artist’s raw, contorted depictions of the body were influenced by a formative relationship with a doctor.

24. Who Bankrolled the American Revolution? - Our history too often sidesteps the question of finances. But sonorous ideals don’t keep an army supplied with uniforms, guns, and grub.

25. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Burkhard Bilger’s piece about turbulence, Gideon Lewis-Kraus’s article on Anthropic, Ava Kofman’s story concerning surrogacy, and Katy Waldman’s essay about fawning.

26. Lisa Kudrow Is Back—Again - Twenty two years after the end of “Friends,” the actress returns with a new installment of “The Comeback.”

27. Maira Kalman’s “Amid It All” - The blooms burst forth.

28. Seeking a Second Passport - For some Americans, citizenship in a country their ancestors fled is now an insurance plan.

29. The New Yorker’s “Two People Exchanging Saliva” Wins a 2026 Oscar - The dark satire, shot largely in a Paris department store, claimed the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, in a rare tie.

30. “My Balenciaga,” by Han Ong - It could have been an experiment by the master. An early draft. A failed caprice.

31. The New Faces of Christian Nationalism - Trump has hollowed out the Johnson Amendment, which prohibited churches from endorsing candidates. Mercy Culture, in Fort Worth, has sprung into action.

32. Han Ong on Nora Aunor and Authentication - The author discusses his story “My Balenciaga.”

33. Trump’s Mass-Detention Campaign - Even with Kristi Noem gone, the Administration’s immigration agenda shows no signs of flagging—in fact, it is leading toward a new humanitarian and legal crisis.

34. Big-Screen Remakes - Fresh from Silicon Valley.

35. The Real Cost of a Meal at Noma - The “world’s best restaurant” has been rocked—again—by revelations of the chef René Redzepi’s abusive behavior.

36. Han Ong Reads “My Balenciaga” - The author reads his story from the March 23, 2026, issue of the magazine.

37. Anthropic and Donald Trump’s Dangerous Alignment Problem - The Trump Administration wants Claude to act like an obedient soldier. But, if you ask for a killer robot, the company argues, you might get more than you bargained for.

38. How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank - The Netanyahu government is pushing expansionist policies, while America looks the other way.

39. How White South Africans Are Reshaping the Mississippi Delta - As Donald Trump offers U.S. asylum to Afrikaners, thousands are already working in the country on agricultural visas.

40. What a Movie Set Looks Like When No One’s Performing - Atsushi Nishijima, known as Jima, has photographed some of the biggest films of the last decade, capturing actors in between takes, sometimes at sensitive, stressful moments.

41. What Went Wrong When Susan Sontag Met Thomas Mann? - An eyewitness recalls the fraught encounter between a precocious American college student and a titan of German literature.

42. Pete Hegseth’s Holy War - Christian nationalism was once a fringe ideology in America. The Secretary of War has ushered it into the heart of U.S. military force.

43. Sheltering in Jerusalem and Looking at the Iran War - Will Donald Trump sustain Benjamin Netanyahu’s preëmptive wars?

44. Can We Save Kids from Social Media? - The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses social media’s “subversion of the ability to pay attention on a species-wide level,” how policymakers are intervening, and what more we should be doing to protect children.

45. Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards - Zhao, a previous Oscar winner, for Best Director, discusses her acclaimed film with Michael Schulman.

46. Daily Cartoon: Friday, March 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

47. “Project Hail Mary” Movie: A Review of a Sci-Fi Comedy - In Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel, Ryan Gosling’s star power fuels an unlikely tale of far-flung friendship.

48. Why Do Mind-Altering Drugs Make People Feel Better? - Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.

49. The Feminist Visionary Who Lost the Plot - Elizabeth Cady Stanton believed that she was a person of “superior intelligence and courage.” This fuelled her radical politics—and her eventual descent into bigotry.

50. “The Wild Party” Returns - Also: FKA twigs, “Mother Russia,” Caravaggio, and more.

51. Trump’s Inexcusable Unpreparedness for the Iranian Oil Crisis - In the President’s first term, Iran demonstrated what tactics it would use in a confrontation with the U.S. Yet the Administration seems to have no game plan.

52. The War Trump Doesn’t Want to Talk About - “We won,” the President who’s treating the conflict with Iran like a video game says, but “we’re not finished yet.”

53. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, March 12th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

54. Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist” - The case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen shot by an officer in Chicago, offers a rare window into the recent spate of D.H.S. shootings—and the smear campaigns that often follow.

55. The Limits of Iran’s Proxy Empire - The country spent decades cultivating the Axis of Resistance, but, as the war continues, the Houthis and other allied forces have plenty of reason to stay out of it.

56. “Love Story” and Why We Cling to the Kennedy Myth - The new series about the romance between John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Carolyn Bessette is little more than a look-book—but its popularity is proof of the Kennedys’ enduring allure.

57. Two Playwrights Tackle Father Figures - Clare Barron’s “You Got Older” is a rare play about a good dad. Wallace Shawn’s “What We Did Before Our Moth Days” is defiantly tender about an amoral one.

58. Clickbait, Decoded - “I Turned 10 Into 1,000,000 in One Week—Here’s How!” What it actually means: I very slowly added five zeroes and two commas.

59. The Kristi Noem Show Is Cancelled - As Secretary of Homeland Security, Noem enabled Donald Trump’s harshest immigration policies—and embodied the idea of “law enforcement as just a photo op,” Jonathan Blitzer says.

60. Patricia Cornwell on Crime and Creativity - The prolific novelist—whose most famous character, the forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, is played by Nicole Kidman in a TV adaptation premièring in March—discusses a few of her perennial rereads.

61. How Putin Views Trump’s War in Iran - Russia’s President is profiting from rising oil prices, but he’s also facing a hard new reality: he’s no longer the lead disruptor of the postwar global order.

62. How Donald Trump’s Iran War Is Destabilizing the Gulf - Despite their animosity toward Iran, America’s allies in the Middle East are worried that the region is headed for wider conflict.

63. War in the Age of the Online “Information Bomb” - Memes such as “monitoring the situation” reflect a deluded belief that we can be more than just passive, confused bystanders to a spray of digital shrapnel.

64. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, March 11th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

65. Bonus Daily Cartoon: Puddle Jumper - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

66. Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, March 10th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

67. The Creator of Wordle Tries to Solve the Cryptic Crossword - Josh Wardle designed one of the most popular word games of our time. Now he wants to mainstream one of the most difficult ones.

68. The Lawlessness of Trump’s War in Iran - The ferocity of U.S. and Israeli attacks has raised questions about whether the two countries are even attempting to minimize civilian casualties.

69. Georgia Fourteenth Congressional District Special-Election Map: Live Results - The race to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat pits a Trump-endorsed Republican attorney against a far-right insurgent backed by Kyle Rittenhouse.

70. A Birthday-Gift Guide by Your Most Absent Aunt - It totally screams “Maya,” because she’s within driving distance, last I heard, so I probably won’t have to pay for shipping.

71. The Latest Republican Efforts to Make It Harder to Vote in the Midterms - Donald Trump is pushing the SAVE America Act, but there are other measures to undermine the electoral system.

72. Iran’s New Supreme Leader Is Mojtaba Khamenei - The selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the assassinated Supreme Leader, signals defiance, as the Islamic Republic confronts the gravest threat in its history.

73. Daily Cartoon: Monday, March 9th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

74. The Bloody Life and Legacy of El Mencho - How the death of the notorious drug kingpin unleashed a wave of cartel violence across Mexico.

75. Joe Vilardi Likes to Move It - The master rigger has hoisted huge art works for Richard Serra, Jeff Koons, and MOMA. Now he’s brought new pieces by Michael Heizer from a Nevada ranch to Gagosian.

76. The Unmaking of the American University - For decades, research universities have relied on federal funding, with no guarantee that it will last. Now their survival may depend on compliance with the government.

77. Life in Hitler’s Capital - In a new book about everyday existence in wartime Berlin, students, musicians, Nazi maidens, and members of the resistance are allowed to speak for themselves.

78. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “End of Days,” “Tiny Gardens Everywhere,” “Floodlines,” and “Murder Bimbo.”

79. “The Carbon Atoms of Saved Things,” by Brenda Hillman - “The carbon atom has six electrons / that move faster than bodies move / from one form to another.”

80. How God Got So Great - What monotheism means is surprisingly hard to pin down, but there’s a reason it swept the world.

81. “Giant” Takes on Roald Dahl and His Antisemitism - Mark Rosenblatt’s début play brings light, shadow, and humor to its portrait of a troubled writer.

82. A Wintry Utopia in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom - The region has long attracted idealists, from the radical performers of Bread & Puppet in the seventies to the striving artisan farmers of the early two-thousands.

83. The Perverse, Tender Worlds of Paul Thomas Anderson - The filmmaker behind “One Battle After Another” specializes in stories about people who are cut off, adrift, desperately seeking connection. His films are studies of American loneliness.

84. The Oscars: Who Will Win and Who Should Win - Every awards season is one battle after another, and the ninety-eighth Academy Awards ceremony promises a more climactic showdown than most.

85. A Day in the Pre-Internet World, as Understood by Someone Born in 2002 - When clock radios, film cameras, and the Yellow Pages ruled the world.

86. How to Prevent Insider Trading on Trump’s Wars - A flurry of well-timed and anonymous bets on Polymarket right before the U.S. strike on Iran shows the need for reform.

87. The Zombie Regulator - As the cost of living continues to spiral upward, the Trump Administration is gutting the government agency built to protect Americans from financial ruin.

88. Frankie Focus, Attention-Grabber - Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent policy cracks down on phones in schools. Her enforcer? A freaky neon-green creature.

89. The Battle Between Good and Evil - Angel or devil, book or TV, tea or Martini—in the eternal conflict, which side wins out?

90. Love in the Time of A.I. Companions - Some people have an A.I. bestie. Some have an A.I. husband. Some have three.

91. “Gold Street Barn,” by Henri Cole - “From my upstairs-bedroom window, I used to ponder / its sagging timber shoulders and open gable roof.”

92. Addie Citchens on Judging Women and the Spirit Life of New Orleans - The author discusses her story “The City Is a Graveyard.”

93. “The City Is a Graveyard,” by Addie Citchens - Life is a wild, silly ride when you’re out here yearning as hard as you are.

94. Where Is the Iran War Headed? - President Trump has both called for Iranians to rise up and oust the ruthless theocracy and then said that he’s fully prepared to deal with a new religious leader.

95. How China Learned to Love the Classics - The Chinese Communist Party has embraced the study of Greek and Latin—as, in some ways, an antidote to the modern West.

96. Addie Citchens Reads “The City Is a Graveyard” - The author reads her story from the March 16, 2026, issue of the magazine.

97. A Nineteenth-Century Countess’s Sultry Selfies - Virginia Oldoini helped conceptualize and starred in more than four hundred portraits so experimental and expressive that they have drawn comparisons to works by Claude Cahun and Cindy Sherman.

98. The Most Beautiful Freezer in the World - Notes on baking at the South Pole.

99. The Captivating Derangement of the Looksmaxxing Movement - In their warped and wrongheaded way, the omnipresent influencer Clavicular and his compatriots are intent on demystifying the ideal of natural beauty.

100. “Neighbors” Captures the Drama That Follows You Home - In the new HBO docuseries, about petty disputes between homeowners, everyone has a gun, a grievance, and a security camera.

101. “Yam Daabo” Reintroduces a Late, Great Filmmaker - Idrissa Ouédraogo’s first feature, now streaming, is a tense drama of romance amid politics and a striking advance in cinematic form.

102. Kristi Noem’s Fireable Offenses - The former Secretary of D.H.S. faced criticism for misspending funds, prioritizing her own self-promotion, and reflexively defending even the most brutal acts of the Trump Administration’s deportation efforts.

103. Ryan Coogler on “Sinners,” His Epic Film about Race, Music, and the Undead - The director talks with the New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb about his movie, which has been nominated for a record-setting sixteen Academy Awards.

104. The Global Fallout of Donald Trump’s War on Iran - As the conflict rapidly spreads throughout the Middle East, the New Yorker writers Dexter Filkins and Robin Wright discuss the stakes for Iran, the U.S., and the rest of the world.

105. Daily Cartoon: Friday, March 6th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

106. Barry Blitt’s “War-a-Lago” - No Nobel Peace Prize in sight.

107. Stephen Shore, Ryan McGinley’s Xeroxes in “Hard Copy New York” - Also: Jonathan Richman’s soft touch, Sean Hayes’s liquid charm in the play “The Unknown,” “The Bride!”-related culture picks, and more.

108. Can a “Living Drug” Cure Autoimmune Diseases? - CAR-T was developed as a cancer treatment. Now it is showing promise for conditions that have long been considered incurable, such as lupus and multiple sclerosis.

109. Iran’s Desperate, High-Risk Survival Strategy - The regime in Tehran knows it likely can’t win the war, but it can certainly globalize the pain of the conflict—even if it’s ultimately at its own expense.

110. “Hoppers” Is a Happy Leap Forward for Pixar - In Daniel Chong’s cheerfully ludicrous science-fiction comedy, robot technology enables an environmental activist to walk and talk with the animals.

111. The Iran War Spreads to Lebanon - As the region spasms, the clash between Israel and Hezbollah is gathering force.

112. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, March 5th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

113. The End of Limits on a President’s Wars - Past conflicts eroded Congress’s ability to decide when to go to war. Donald Trump’s attack on Iran destroyed it.

114. Zohran Mamdani and the Art of the Ask - The new mayor’s plans require funding. How will he get it?

115. The No-Explanation War - The Trump Administration has decided that it need not make a case for military action. In the current media environment, that approach makes a disturbing kind of sense.

116. The Sacred Vibes of Wunmi Mosaku - The Oscar nominee, who plays a hoodoo healer in “Sinners,” stops at a Brooklyn apothecary and reflects on pregnancy, learning Yoruba, and blessing Michael B. Jordan’s bag.

117. I Asked ChatGPT and This Is What It Said - It’s so important to care about your health, and you’re so clever to check!

118. The Hall of Fame—and of Shame—of Oscars Hosts - Even the most seasoned performers have had trouble nailing the gig. Why is it so hard to get right?

119. “Vladimir” TV Review - The new Netflix series stars Rachel Weisz as a professor whose lust for a younger colleague renews her lust for life itself—and drives her to alarming extremes.

120. The Washington Roundtable on the Iran War - Is the U.S. repeating the mistakes of the invasion of Iraq?

121. “The Bride!” Exclaims but Never Explains - Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped.

122. Yuval Sharon Reimagines the Canon - The opera director—whose Met début, “Tristan und Isolde,” premières next week—discusses a few of his influences.

123. Why a Democratic Congressman Is Supporting Trump’s War with Iran - Representative Greg Landsman explains his hope that the conflict remains limited but also creates an entirely new Middle East.

124. Has Taking the Perfect Photo Ruined Tourism in “The Spectacle”? - Yasmin van Dorp’s short film depicts beautiful destinations—and the crowds of cell-phone photographers who inundate them.

125. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, March 4th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

126. Honest Eyelash-Curler Reviews - Dang, no lashes left behind with this curler. It even reaches those tiny corner lashes. Lifts, separates—the works. Also, the first time I used this curler, I saw God.

127. The Future of Horror Movies Is on YouTube - With releases like “Iron Lung” and “Backrooms,” Hollywood is looking to the platform for the next generation of horror auteurs.

128. Chris Fleming Prances, Scuttles, and Undulates Onto HBO - In a new standup set, the comedian uses oddball physicality to locate the weird in the everyday.

129. Rimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park - “Godlike,” by the seminal punk musician Richard Hell, transposes a notorious affair between nineteenth-century French poets to nineteen-seventies New York—and testifies to punk’s paradoxical relationship with the past.

130. In the Texas Primaries, a Good Night for James Talarico, and a Bad One for John Cornyn - Democrats have not won a statewide race in Texas in more than thirty years, but on Tuesday night they seemed to have found an interesting prospect.

131. Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War? - On paper, declaring war is reserved for Congress. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution turned a constitutional requirement into a legislative habit of looking away.

132. Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, March 3rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

133. North Carolina Primary Map: Live Election Results - The state’s primaries on March 3rd will determine candidates for House and Senate races in November, with major implications for the balance of power in Congress.

134. Why a Woman Would Rather Love a Statue Than a Man - In “When the Museum Is Closed,” Emi Yagi takes her study of female objectification to a new, literal extreme.

135. Baking Cookies as a Modern Human - Hold up . . . do you even own an oven mitt?

136. Texas Primary Map: Live Election Results - Both parties’ primaries for U.S. Senate have been fiercely competitive, while Governor Greg Abbott looks to take a first step toward securing an unprecedented fourth term.

137. Martin Parr’s Eye for Human Folly - The British photographer spent his career examining appetites and the contradictions they engender.

138. Special Episode: War in Iran - U.S. and Israeli air strikes have killed the Iran’s Supreme Leader, sparked a regional conflagration, and set the stage for a “strategic shit show,” Ishaan Tharoor says.

139. Can Donald Trump Win a War with Iran If He Can’t Explain Why He Started It? - So far, explanations are few and the goals—from regime change to ending a nuclear program the President already claimed to have “obliterated”—are many.

140. The Republicans Are Messing with Texas - Amid the controversy over redrawn district maps, a bitter senatorial primary race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, and growing dissatisfaction with Donald Trump, has the Party overreached?

141. “Breath,” by David Baker - “When it’s time, let me walk where the grey moon / is light enough to lead.”

142. New York City Ballet Premières for the “No Kings” Era - Justin Peck takes on Beethoven’s “Eroica” symphony, while Alexei Ratmansky turns the tale of the Emperor’s new clothes into an anti-Trump satire.

143. “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” Is an Ode to Middle-Aged Friendship - The series, from the creator of “Derry Girls,” focusses on a group of Irish women investigating a death. But it feels less like a murder mystery and more like a buddy comedy.

144. Meet the Dad Making Music from Toddler Twaddle - Stephen Spencer is a college music lecturer, but his side gig is producing songs written by his three-year-old. “Apple The Stoola,” Record of the Year?

145. The Man Who Broke Into Jail - In Nashville, a criminal-justice activist commits a baffling crime.

146. Jafar Panahi Steps Out of the Shadows - The director of “It Was Just an Accident” will face arrest upon his return to Iran after the Oscars. But for now he’s looking for a new pair of shades.

147. Buckle Up for Bumpier Skies - With climate change, the skies are becoming more turbulent. Can today’s planes still keep us safe?

148. Kadir Nelson’s “Cold Chill” - Trying to stay warm.

149. Eugène Atget’s Epic Record of Time and Place - An exhibit of the French artist’s work at the I.C.P. shows how he taught photography to be specific.

150. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The War Within a War,” “The Last Kings of Hollywood,” “The Renovation,” and “Simple Heart.”

151. The Sexologist Who Unlocked the Female Orgasm - Fifty years ago, a controversial writer named Shere Hite taught us how to talk about sex and pleasure, selling books by the millions. Why do so few people know her name today?

152. Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial - This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing.

153. “‘I Might Not Be Here,’” by Rachel Eliza Griffiths - “We were being married / & it felt like marriage, our lives gliding in laughter.”

154. Can A.I. Be Pro-Worker? - As fears of mass unemployment grow, three leading economists advocate some policies to shift the focus from job displacement to job enhancement.

155. The Tree House and the Oil Pipeline - In the fight against climate change, sometimes you have to go out on a limb.

156. High Times, Flying Once More - The stoner magazine stopped publishing in 2024. Now the founder of Raw Rolling Papers is lighting it up again.

157. The Modern Conditions - “Keeping Cough,” “Theraphonia,” and, oh, yes, “polio”: common ailments in the age of R.F.K., Jr.

158. Daily Cartoon: Monday, March 2nd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

159. The Shocking Season 4 Finale of “Industry” - Yasmin’s nihilistic trajectory on the HBO show arrives at a horrific low point.

160. What Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Meant to Iran, and What Comes Next - The Supreme Leader, who ruled the Islamic Republic for nearly four decades, has been killed by Israel and the United States. Can the regime survive without him?

161. Has Trump Thought Through the Endgame in Iran? - The country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed by U.S. and Israeli strikes, but the conflict is far from over, and has convulsed the Middle East in a spasm of interstate violence.

162. “Calm Sea and Hard Faring,” by Yiyun Li - The children, two by two, walked into the woods solemnly, the hurricane lamp swinging, the light vanishing and then returning.

163. Yiyun Li on Stories That Happen Twice - The author discusses her story “Calm Sea and Hard Faring.”

164. Yiyun Li Reads “Calm Sea and Hard Faring” - The author reads her story from the March 9, 2026, issue of the magazine.

165. Daniyal Mueenuddin Reads Peter Taylor - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Two Pilgrims,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1963.

166. What Mehdi Mahmoudian Saw Inside the Iranian Prison System - The activist and Oscar-nominated co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident” speaks about the abuses he’s witnessed and endured, war between the U.S. and Iran, and the true stories behind the film.

167. Can the Democrats Get It Together? - The fight over the 2028 primary calendar is one of several proxies for a broader battle about the future of the Party—and the search for the best nominee.

168. Restaurant Review: The Golden Steer - The Golden Steer has attempted a rare reverse migration from Sin City to the Big Apple.

169. Donald Trump Launches a War of “Epic Fury” on Iran - The U.S. and Israel have ignited a campaign to topple the Islamic Republic—with little thought to what comes after.

170. Trump’s Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran - And the risks Democrats face if they fail to strongly oppose his war.

171. The Latest Columbia Student Detained by ICE - Elmina (Ellie) Aghayeva was taken from her university apartment on Thursday, almost one year after Mahmoud Khalil. How is the community coping?

172. The BAFTAs, and the Sloppy Pieties of Liberal Entertainment - The BBC spent resources politically castrating its awards-show broadcast that would have been better spent protecting vulnerable guests.

173. How High-Powered Lasers Became Part of Donald Trump’s Border-Security Complex - The funding debate in Congress is over immigration-enforcement practices, but the Administration is still spending unprecedented sums on military-grade equipment at the southern border.

174. The True Story of ISIS’s Rise in Syria - The rebellion against Assad led to sudden freedom, but also to crime and inequality. The Islamic State took advantage.

175. “Everyone is Overreacting” on the Tariff Ruling, Stephen Vladeck Says - Is the Supreme Court really checking Trump’s power?

176. The Ellison Media Empire Grows Again - After torpedoing Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros., Paramount Skydance is poised to have multiple major news organizations under its control.

177. The Iranians Waiting, and Even Hoping, for War - A war with the U.S. would be catastrophic for Iran. But some Iranians believe it may be the only way to topple the regime.

178. What Could Go Wrong, or Right, in a War with Iran - The foreign-policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour on what it would mean for the United States to pursue regime change in Iran, once again.

179. Failed “Finance Bros” Find Success with HBO’s “Industry” - Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the creators of the financial drama, explain what “finance bros” misunderstand about capitalism’s allure.

180. Mitski’s New Album Is a Dark Ode to Isolation - On “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me,” a reclusive woman confronts the inhospitality of the world beyond her door.

181. Two New Documentaries Are Haunted by Unsettling Natural Wonders - Gianfranco Rosi’s “Pompei: Below the Clouds” and Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants” offer thrilling but troubled visions of a world in environmental flux.

182. Spring Culture Previews—What to Do, See, and Hear This Season - What’s new in theatre, movies, television, art, dance, classical, and contemporary music.

183. Daily Cartoon: Friday, February 27th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

184. “What Does That Nature Say to You”: Don’t Meet the Parents - The South Korean director Hong Sangsoo finds high drama and philosophical insights in the chance encounter of a woman’s boyfriend with her family.

185. The Right-Wing Nonprofit Serving A.I. Slop for America’s Birthday - PragerU, a fount of Judeo-Christian edutainment, is now a key partner in the Trump Administration’s “civic education” campaign.

186. The Timeless Provocations of “Wuthering Heights” (the Novel) - A great fuss surrounds Emerald Fennell’s anachronistic adaptation, but Emily Brontë’s ruthless text will always have the last word.

187. The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement - Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

188. “Hate Radio” Chucks the Transcript - A jolting play about the Rwandan genocide takes liberties in order to capture dark truths.

189. The Media Merger You Should Actually Care About - An under-the-radar, Trump-approved deal could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it?

190. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, February 26th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

191. Critics at Large Live: “Wuthering Heights” and Its Afterlives - Emerald Fennell’s brazen take on the classic has both exhilarated and infuriated viewers. What does an adaptation owe to its source material?

192. Finishing School: The Moby-Dick Club - This year marks the hundred-and-seventy-fifth anniversary, or demisemiseptcentennial, of “Moby-Dick,” originally published in 1851. (Saving you the math.) Is it O.K. to have a “Moby-Dick” T-shirt for every day of the week?

193. How the Epstein Files Are Forcing a Reckoning with Power - Instead of providing closure, the release of thousands of documents has intensified the fear that the full truth may be unknowable—and that institutions cannot be relied on to provide it.

194. Kash Patel Can’t Contain Himself - So much winning to enjoy.

195. How Michael Pollan Expanded His Consciousness - The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.”

196. Adrian Matejka Reads C. D. Wright - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Against the Encroaching Grays,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost Home.”

197. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, February 25th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

198. Donald Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong - But at least the President thinks everything is going great.

199. When Do We Become Adults, Really? - Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what it’s like to grow up.

200. “TBPN” and the Rise of the Tech-Friendly Talk Show - Silicon Valley had grown to resent the mainstream media. Two tech insiders decided to build their own version of it.

201. The Betrayal of a Friend’s False Testimony - Under pressure from interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make amends?

202. What Makes an Object Sexy? - A book of reportage on kinky subcultures describes how “deviant desire” can be transcendent —and completely mundane.

203. Nonprofessional Actors Are the Heart of the Movies - This year’s leading Oscar contenders are invigorated by performers notable for their personalities and wider-world accomplishments.

204. The Russians Turning to Google Maps In Search of Missing Soldiers - Around a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, four years ago. Family members, who often aren’t informed of their loved ones’ fates, have been relying on a digital place of last resort.

205. Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, February 24th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

206. Are We Living in the Age of Jeffrey Epstein? - The scandal suggests that everything awful we’ve ever believed is true.

207. More Places Microplastics Can Be Found - In a funk: They couldn’t help but notice that the over-all vibe of the online chatter was negative.

208. A Visit with The Talk of the Town - The Most Interesting Man in the World judges ideas for The Talk of the Town.

209. New York’s Best-Dressed Dogs Compete - Zeph McDonough takes a tour through the Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, and talks to its quirky participants.

210. Maybe She’s Born With It. Maybe It’s . . . Something Else - Some women seem to have it all. How do they make it look so effortless?

211. What I Imagine My Boyfriend’s Ex-Girlfriends Are Doing Right Now - Your partner’s exes can get inside your head—and they might just enjoy a few mimosas while they’re in there.

212. Cartoon Cautionary Tales - Edward Steed animates some of life’s most crucial lessons.

213. Introducing Our Mind-Blowing Virtual-Reality App - Think you know what reading is? Think again. Test-driving The New Yorker’s newest technological breakthrough.

214. The Devious Mind Behind Wordle - In this comedic short, the new Wordle producer derives immeasurable joy from watching people fail.

215. Daily Cartoon: Monday, February 23rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

216. “The Tomb Attendant Contemplates His Own Death,” by Matthew Shenoda - “Though I’ve never uttered the name pharaoh / I knew he was there.”

217. The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs - There are seven separate opinions—and even the Justices who agree with one another are in some ways at odds.

218. “Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver,” Reviewed - A new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience.

219. Why the World Cup Can Feel Like War - Soccer stadiums can be dominated by violence, tribalism, chauvinism, and near-religious fervor‚ animated by the memory of old hostilities and the power of ritual.

220. James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters - The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values. Can he succeed in the age of Trump?

221. Vocal Resistance at the New York Festival of Song - The event’s theme: Fugitives.

222. Jan Staller, Constructor of Image - The photographer shoots the bolts and beams of building sites. His latest subject? The Gateway tunnel project being targeted by Donald Trump.

223. Ian McKellen Swings from Shakespeare to Gandalf to Virtual Reality - On a visit to New York, the actor reflected on mortality and coming out, and unleashed an Elizabethan anti-ICE monologue on “Colbert” that went viral.

224. Natasha Pickowicz, Hot-Pot Alchemist - In the aisles of H Mart, the James Beard-nominated chef chats about her new book, “Everyone Hot Pot,” and her leap from pastries to soup.

225. The Migrants in the Ancient Forest - Five years ago, Belarus began enabling people from high-conflict countries to migrate into Europe. Despite high walls and backlash, they’re still coming.

226. One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes Sense - Amid R.F.K., Jr.,’s vandalism of the public-health system, there’s shocking good news about a cancer-preventing vaccine.

227. The Endless Stages of Enlightenment - Until last week, I believed that “fullback,” “halfback,” and “quarterback” were terms that referred to players’ sizes.

228. “Slender Offering,” by Lucie Brock-Broido - “Everything has its dwindling. / Everything was dwindling.”

229. Cash and Carry, by David Sedaris - I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.

230. Noah Davis’s Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Reviewed - The artist, who died young, conjured the breadth of life’s moods with a rare economy.

231. Move Over, Olympics—Iceboating Is the Hottest Sport - This winter was finally cold enough for the legendary race along the Navesink River. But who brought home the trophy?

232. Jesse Jackson’s Timeless Economic Platform - He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.

233. Christoph Niemann’s “Winter Whiplash” - Hot and cold in the city.

234. Say It Again: A Treatment - If you’re on your phone: Clara and Desmond are spies, and they are meeting at a church in Paris. Their names, again, are Clara and Desmond, and they are spies.

235. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “To Catch a Fascist,” “Southern Imagining,” “Good People,” and “Every One Still Here.”

236. “Something Familiar,” by Mary Gaitskill - She didn’t remember what she’d said, only that it had gone on for the whole hour, and that he’d said, “I’m lonely,” and “Please,” and “Give me a chance.”

237. Mary Gaitskill Reads “Something Familiar” - The author reads her story from the March 2, 2026, issue of the magazine.

238. Mary Gaitskill on Damage and Defiance - The author discusses her story “Something Familiar.”

239. Roger and the Smooth Fox Terriers - My husband, who died at a hundred and one, was utterly secular. So where are these dogs coming from?

240. Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations - The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin.

241. Can Starting from Scratch Save “Vanderpump Rules”? - After eleven seasons, the show was tired. In the reboot, none of the new characters are pretending to be something they’re not.

242. The Quad God and American Reckoning at the Olympics - The skater Ilia Malinin, the snowboarder Chloe Kim, and the Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid are a few of the athletes who battled it out at the Winter Games.

243. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures - Following his arrest last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.

244. A Childhood in Jewish New Orleans - To assimilated German Jews in the South, the Holocaust was unimaginable. One solution was to shut it out.

245. The MAGA Agenda Is Sinking in Popularity. What Might Donald Trump Do? - What to expect at the State of the Union.

246. Conan O’Brien Is Ready for the Oscars - The comedian and television host talks about the decline of late night, the death of Rob and Michele Reiner, and why he loves when things go wrong onstage.

247. The Evidence on Ozempic to Treat Addiction - Dhruv Khullar on the latest research on GLP-1 drugs, which, though typically used to manage diabetes and obesity, are showing promise as groundbreaking treatments for addictions of all kinds.

248. Daily Cartoon: Friday, February 20th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

249. The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding - But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now.

250. The Unlikely Success of a Strange Alabama Bookstore - Jake Reiss only sells signed books, and mostly at publisher’s prices. It shouldn’t work, but it has.

251. Mitski’s Spellbinding Intensity - Also: the actions and art work of Lotty Rosenfeld, mixed-martial-arts sparring in the play “The Monsters,” a cocktail adventure at Oddball, and more.

252. “Come to Brazil?” The Oscars Just Might - “I’m Still Here” and “The Secret Agent” have brought Brazil’s exuberant online fan culture to the Academy Awards.

253. Prince Andrew Rides Again - A storybook ending.

254. Raymond Depardon’s Documentary Confrontations with Power - A retrospective at Lincoln Center showcases the French filmmaker’s masterworks of social conflict and inner struggle.

255. Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants - How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals.

256. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, February 19th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

257. Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor - On your phone, on the street, on Taxi TV—you''ve been seeing New York’s new leader wherever you turn, whether you want to or not.

258. The Truth of Toni Morrison - The writer looms large in the public imagination. But does the monument we’ve built of Morrison do justice to her work?

259. The Chaos of an ICE Detention - When Manuela’s husband texted her that he’d been apprehended on the street, her life in New York instantly capsized.

260. Does “Wuthering Heights” Herald the Revival of the Film Romance? - Emerald Fennell’s new movie may be mediocre, but its popularity demonstrates the strength of a genre that Hollywood has all but abandoned.

261. Lauren Groff on Masters of Short Fiction - The award-winning writer discusses some of her favorite story collections and why they’ve stuck with her.

262. The Best Books of 2025 - The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

263. The New Yorker Wins Two Polk Awards for 2025 Reporting - The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson is honored for chronicling Congo’s devastating war, while Andy Kroll is recognized for a profile of the Trump official Russell Vought.

264. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, February 18th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

265. When Sexual Exploitation Is Fundamental to Police Corruption - A new book provides a twist on the wrongful-conviction genre, showing how deep the rot can be when sexual violence is involved.

266. How Nick Land Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Doomsayer - Nick Land believes that digital superintelligence is going to kill us all. In San Francisco, his followers ask: What if, instead of trying to stop an A.I. takeover, you work to bring it on as fast as possible?

267. Why Some People Thrive on Four Hours of Sleep - Short sleepers, who make up less than one per cent of the population, spend significantly less time snoozing without any apparent health consequences.

268. Remembering the Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman - In nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own.

269. Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, February 17th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

270. The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. - What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.

271. Is This Waymo a Better Person Than You? - What about the time it parked perfectly between two lines on the first try, despite you having spent your entire life contorting to fit in—socially, emotionally, and physically?

272. Our Company’s New Team Support Space - Please see the employee-efficiency team if you would like to schedule an organizational-issue repair conversation, as those are best done in private and not in the team support space.

273. How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap - Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.

274. How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality - As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.

275. Presidents’ Days: From Obama to Trump - The official oral history of the Obama White House is a stark and extensive reminder of the values and the principles that are being trampled.

276. The Jeffrey Epstein Files Are Peter Mandelson’s Final Disgrace - The Labour politician and strategist was a great survivor. Then came revelations that he passed sensitive government information to Epstein during the financial crisis.

277. Daily Cartoon: Monday, February 16th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

278. What the Royal Family’s Links to Slavery Mean in the Age of Epstein - Just as the former Prince Andrew will always be royal, so will the trafficking of African people.

279. Peter Strausfeld, the Movie-Poster Master - An exhibition in New York celebrates the work Strausfeld made for a cinema in London over the course of more than thirty years—designs of graphic confidence that were clean, strong, and scornful of embellishment.

280. The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family - After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role.

281. Restaurant Review: Bistrot Ha - At a new establishment, the chefs behind the hit Ha’s Snack Bar are pushing past the hype, with food that is no less thrilling.

282. “Love Story” Is a Forgettable Elegy for Gen X - The FX series, with its Wikipedia-page-like narrowness on the romance between John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Carolyn Bessette, excises all that contemporary drama that makes the Kennedy story, one of a relationship to a greater culture, so compelling.

283. A Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds - Arthur Tress’s new book, “The Ramble, NYC 1969,” provides a view into a world otherwise all but invisible to passersby.

284. Losing Faith in Atheism - I spent years searching for a livable secular world view, but none of them quite offered the value of belief.

285. What Happens When a Megalomaniac Begins to Fail - The historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Donald Trump and “autocratic backfire.”

286. The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie - The search for the “Today” show host’s mother, nearing its second week, has transfixed the public in Arizona and beyond.

287. “Crime 101” Movie Review - The English director Bart Layton’s new film reveals a shaky grasp of L.A. but a pleasingly deep knowledge of noir.

288. Bonus Daily Cartoon: Stupid Cupid - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

289. Richard Brody Presents the 2026 Brody Awards - The New Yorker critics Richard Brody and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the year’s best offerings, and how films seem to be getting better these days.

290. The Epstein Files Reveal What Trump Knew - A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.

291. Gifted and Talented in Mamdani’s New York - Four mayors in a row have inflamed the debate over gifted-and-talented programs. Why does G. & T. stir such strong emotions?

292. Daily Cartoon: Friday, February 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

293. Do You Need a Writer’s Room? - We think we need space to be creative—but that might have it exactly backward.

294. Whodunnit: The Upstate Murder-Mystery Weekend - Also: Valentine’s songs for the ages.

295. “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” - Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798.

296. Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress - The Attorney General treats oversight like roller derby.

297. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, February 12th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

298. A Terrifying Scam and the System That Made It Possible - Product-liability lawsuits can bring justice for people harmed by corporate failure. But a complicated, opaque process provides opportunities for con artists.

299. What Is Love? - My parents never said “I love you” to me when I was growing up.

300. Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China - The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.