2. Book Review: Olivia Nuzzi’s “American Canto” - Across social media, definitely. In her new memoir, “American Canto,” not so much.
3. Now Watch Me Read - “Performative reading” has gained a curious notoriety online. Is it a new way of calling people pretentious, or does it reflect a deprioritization of the written word?
4. When to Go to the Hospital for Childbirth - Nausea can be a sign that labor is approaching, but it’s also a sign of so many other things—reading the news, for example.
5. The Best Podcasts of 2025 - Some of the medium’s all-time best shows ended, but a crop of new contenders is keeping meaningful audio alive.
6. The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats - New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
7. The Legal Consequences of Pete Hegseth’s “Kill Them All” Order - A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.
9. Donna Lieberman Is at the Wheel - The head of the New York Civil Liberties Union doesn’t only lead the fight against injustice. She can also make you a great pottery bowl.
10. What Can Economists Agree on These Days? - A new book, “The London Consensus,” offers a framework for rethinking economic policy in a fractured age of inequality, populism, and political crisis.
11. Tartuffe Times Two - Matthew Broderick and André De Shields have both undertaken Molière’s con-man character. They feel he has a few things in common with a certain orange President.
12. How the Sports Stadium Went Luxe - Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America’s largest entertainment venues changing the fan experience?
13. What Makes Goethe So Special? - The German poet’s dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.
14. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Susanna Wolff’s Shouts & Murmurs piece about child-led parenting, Molly Fischer’s profile of Costco, and Cal Revely-Calder’s review of Paul Kingsnorth’s book “Against the Machine.”
15. TV Review: Tim Robinson’s “The Chair Company,” on HBO - The comedian’s new HBO series is full of characters who possess their own sparks of madness.
17. How to Make the Perfect Partner in 18 Easy A.I. Prompts - Generate yourself as a [age] [gender] who sounds like [parental figure or lost loved one] mixed with [favorite entertainer].
18. Mamdani Family Values - Mahmood Mamdani, Zohran’s father, just published his twelfth book. The subject? Dictators.
19. Hey, Kids! Get Yer Epstein Files Activity Fun Page! - Maybe the Justice Department should try a Word Search puzzle and a Connect the Dots.
20. When Participating in Politics Puts Your Life at Risk - During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.
21. The High-Born Rebel Who Took Up the Cause of the Commoner - A new biography details the secrets and scandals of the Mitfords, a notorious family of aristocrats—and of the one sister who broke away from the rest.
22. The Best Albums of 2025 - There are plenty of albums that might have made the cut on a different day. But good list-making requires hubris, constraint. A moment of wild and fearless conviction.
23. A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language - In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel over identity, belonging, and the sound of authenticity.
24. “Blue Baby,” by Mary Jo Salter - “You thought yourself lucky as a sickly / child, who got to spend whole days // reading long books in bed.”
25. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Diversity of Morals,” “Night People,” “Venetian Vespers,” and “Television.”
26. Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People” Becomes a Spanish Opera - Francisco Coll gives Ibsen’s drama a stem-winder of a score.
27. “Tornado Imagined from Far Away,” by Sharon Olds - “Some homes almost disappeared, / as if the atoms that had made them were gone.”
28. Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Elephant,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1986.
29. Tom Stoppard’s Radical Invitation - The playwright offered a kind of on-ramp to the literary canon, a way into a life of unabashed, unstoppable thinking.
30. “Safety,” by Joan Silber - It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?
31. Jorie Graham on Elizabeth Bishop’s “At the Fishhouses” - The poem confirmed the ascent of a rare new voice—a mesmerizing voice that became indispensable to American verse.
32. How Noah Baumbach Fell (Back) in Love with the Movies - The writer-director talks about the art of dialogue, his love of marital fight scenes, and how his new film, “Jay Kelly,” helped him rekindle his affection for the medium.
33. How the Ceramicist Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye Makes Bowls That Hold Time - Over decades and through thousands of repetitions, the Turkish artist has whittled down her distinctive stoneware bowl to its very essence.
34. The Undermining of the C.D.C. - The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
36. Joan Silber Reads “Safety” - The author reads her story from the December 8, 2025, issue of the magazine.
37. My Mother’s Memory Loss, and Mine - When I began forgetting words in midlife, I wondered if it was menopause—and worried that it was something more.
38. A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Music Lovers - Our music critic gives a roundup of tactile, old-fashioned ways to honor sound, and the people who make it.
39. Louis C.K. Débuts a Standup Special, “Ridiculous,” and Book, “Ingram” - In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
40. The Offices Only a Newsperson Could Love - Ann Hermes spent six years documenting American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action.
41. Noah Baumbach on “Jay Kelly,” His New Movie with George Clooney - The director talks with the New Yorker editor Susan Morrison about his new film, in which a famous actor wonders whether he’s made the right choices.
42. Ian McEwan on Imagining the World After Disaster - The novelist talks about his new book, set a century in the future, and why writers should try to describe the wider world—not just themselves.
44. God Bless “A Christmas Carol,” Every One - Also: the galloping Americana of Ryan Davis, Michael Urie’s tragic “Richard II,” a holiday roundup, Inkoo Kang’s TV picks, and more.
46. The Newest States in the U.S.A. - Bunly: State Nickname: The Creamy Leftovers State. State Motto: “Oops, I left it in Bunly.” State Gemstone: The humble pebble.
47. What are Putin’s Ultimate Demands for Peace in Ukraine? - The Trump Administration has claimed that it’s nearing a deal to end the war, but, for now, the conflict’s essential impasse still holds: Moscow won’t accept what Kyiv can stomach.
49. A Chef’s Guide to Sumptuous Writing - How the restaurateur Gabrielle Hamilton—of the beloved New York City establishment Prune—became a noted memoirist.
50. Sam Shepard’s Enactments of Manhood - “Coyote,” a new biography by Robert M. Dowling, recounts how the cowboy laureate of American theatre invented himself.
51. Traci Brimhall Reads Thomas Lux - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Refrigerator, 1957,” by Thomas Lux, and her own poem “Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It.”
52. Ken Jennings on Why Facts Still Matter on “Jeopardy!” - The man who’s been called “America’s hardest-working nerd” joins Tyler Foggatt live onstage at The New Yorker Festival.
53. “Landman” Goes Down Like a Michelob Ultra - Taylor Sheridan’s oil-industry drama trades in gender stereotypes, reactionary politics, and blatant product placement. Why, then, is it so damn satisfying?
54. “The Secret Agent,” Reviewed: A Brazilian Political Thriller Teeming with Life - The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho conjures fateful interconnections among vivid characters living in the grip of military dictatorship.
55. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, November 26th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
56. Which of These Updated Health-Care Plans Is Right for You? - If the San Andreas Fault opens up, we’ll send Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson to help. Not to help you, specifically—he’ll just generally lend a hand in California.
57. Ukrainian Men Approaching Military Age Are Fleeing in Droves - A new policy has led to an exodus of male citizens. Will they return if the war ends?
58. A Family Drama Over Gender in “Holy Curse” - In Snigdha Kapoor’s short film, an Indian preteen’s queerness is treated as something to be ritually cleansed—with unpredictable results.
59. The Turkey Trot Is for Wimps—Welcome to the Iron Turkey - If you manage to make it through the swim, and to peel off your starchy bathing suit, you’ll begin a hundred-and-twelve-mile uphill bike ride to the most crowded grocery store in America.
61. A Romp Through Rea Irvin’s Forgotten Sunday Funnies - Revisiting a comic strip by The New Yorker’s first art editor.
62. Jeffrey Epstein, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the Future of American Politics - Life after Trump may not be what we expect.
63. The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All - The menu is malleable, the gratitudes negotiable, but the turkey’s second life as stock is one of the greatest gifts of the entire blessed year.
64. In a Sargent Painting, a Vicomtesse Lives On - The great-great-grandmother of Laurent Saint Périer was one of John Singer Sargent’s alluring muses, before she died in a notorious fire. Now Saint Périer visits her portrait in the Musée d’Orsay.
65. The Airport-Lounge Wars - When you’re waiting for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here?
66. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Tragedy of True Crime,” “Splendid Liberators,” “The Land in Winter,” and “Flop Era.”
67. “Letter in April,” by Marie T. Martin (translated, from the German, by Kathleen Heil) - “Do you still receive letters from the dead?”
72. Malika Favre’s and Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley - The covers for the fourth and final centenary special issue.
73. In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended - Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape.
74. One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World - In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.
75. What Does “Capitalism” Really Mean, Anyway? - In a new global history, capitalism is an inescapable vibe—responsible for everything, everywhere, all at once.
76. Disappeared to a Foreign Prison - The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.
77. Can Trump’s Peace Initiative Stop the Congo’s Thirty-Year War? - The President declared a diplomatic triumph. The view from the ground is more complex.
78. Kurtis Blow, Still Blowing - After the rapper’s 1979 hit “Christmas Rappin’,” his song “The Breaks” was the first rap single to go gold. Now he’s embracing the good ole days with a “Legends of Hip-Hop” concert.
79. What Happens in Kyoto Comes to New York - In 1997, scientists and bureaucrats gathered in Japan to talk about greenhouse-gas emissions. At Lincoln Center, a group of actors rehash all the drama—in front of the original negotiators.
80. Weak Female Lead - For some reason, I have been voted to be the leader of the uprising against Society in this dystopian Y.A. action movie, but I really just need to lie down.
81. Where Dante’s Divine Comedy Guides Us - The Divine Comedy, the poet’s tour of the Christian afterlife, is filled with strikingly modern touches—and a poetic energy rooted in the imperfectly human.
82. The World’s Fair That Wasn’t - “Tomorrowland Amerifair,” a previously unpublished piece by the late artist and writer.
83. “The Golden Boy,” by Daniyal Mueenuddin - Bayazid had never quite given up the fantasy he nurtured in boyhood, of discovering himself a child of some minister or prince.
84. Daniyal Mueenuddin Reads “The Golden Boy” - The author reads his story from the December 1, 2025, issue of the magazine.
85. Daniyal Mueenuddin on the Great Curve of History - The author discusses his story “The Golden Boy.”
86. Restaurant Review: I’m Donut ? - The viral Japanese bakery, now with a location in Times Square, is one of the few imported brands that has broken through to become genuinely hot while maintaining considerable good will.
87. The Justice Department Hits a New Low with the Epstein Files - Not only is the department’s behavior not normal; it is also, as is becoming increasingly clear, self-defeating.
88. Ariel Levy on Emily Hahn’s “The Big Smoke” - In 1969, the longtime foreign correspondent recalled a youthful adventure in which she moved to China, keen on becoming an opium addict.
89. Edwidge Danticat on Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” - The mother in Kincaid’s story is not only trying to tame a shrew; she is offering a template for survival.
90. For Trump, “Fostering the Future” Looks a Lot Like the Past - By putting the religious rights of potential foster parents above the civil rights of L.G.B.T.Q. youth, a new executive order reënacts the original sin of the child-welfare system.
91. A Battle with My Blood - When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
92. Does MAGA Have Ideas? - A new book traces the intellectual origins of Trumpism—straight into the void.
93. The Obliging Apocalypse of “Pluribus” - The new sci-fi drama from Vince Gilligan posits an end-of-humanity scenario that everyone other than its protagonist can agree on.
94. Alice Austen’s Larky Life - The Victorian photographer has gained a cult following for her intimate and surprising images of women.
95. A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents to Thank Your Host - Whether you’re staying for one meal or the entire season, these festive offerings will show just how grateful you are.
96. The Political Scene Live: A Year Since Trump’s Win, What Have We Learned? - The second Trump Administration has already made good on many of MAGA’s promises. Where will the President’s coalition go from here?
97. “Two People Exchanging Saliva” Rewrites the Slap in Cinema - Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata’s film is set in a dystopian version of Paris where kissing is forbidden and purchases are made through small acts of violence.
98. Senator Chris Van Hollen on the Epstein Files, and the Leadership Crisis in Washington - The Maryland Democrat talks about Chuck Schumer’s leadership of a fractured party, and whether Van Hollen himself harbors Presidential ambitions.
99. Why Is Leaving MAGA So Difficult? - Rich Logis was a MAGA warrior before he hung up his red hat, and founded the organization Leaving MAGA to help others do the same. He speaks with the New Yorker Radio Hour producer Adam Howard.
100. Dev Hynes Returns as Blood Orange - Also: the kamancheh playing of Kayhan Kalhor, Ethan Lipton’s surrealist “The Seat of Our Pants,” our writers’ holiday traditions, and more.
101. “Hamnet” Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn? - In Chloé Zhao’s film, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, the death of a child gives rise to the creation of a literary masterpiece.
103. “Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad - In the second of two movies adapted from the Broadway musical, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo battle fascism, bigotry, and some fairly dreadful filmmaking.
104. Dick Cheney’s Long, Strange Goodbye - On seeing Rachel Maddow at the former Vice-President’s funeral, while Donald Trump threatened Democrats on social media with death by hanging.
105. The Ghosts of Girlhoods Past in “Sound of Falling” - Mascha Schilinski’s dark, century-spanning ensemble drama sees four generations of women take up spectral residence in a German farmhouse.
106. The World-Shifting Grooves of Fela Kuti - Jad Abumrad’s new podcast, “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” shows how one musician created both a genre and a way of challenging those in power.
107. A Startup’s Bid to Dim the Sun - The gloomy arguments in favor of solar geoengineering are compelling; so are the even gloomier counter-arguments.
108. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, November 20th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
109. Lesser-Known Celebrity-Owned Alcohol Brands - Featuring Walton Goggins’s Weirdly Hot Jalapeño Tequila and Sydney Sweeney’s Pure White Rum.
110. In “Pluribus,” Utopia Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be - Artists and thinkers have long fixated on the notion of an ideal society—but these experiments, in fiction and in life, inevitably fall short. Why are we still drawn in by the possibility of perfection?
111. “This World of Tomorrow” and “Oedipus” Dramatize the Power of the Past - Tom Hanks plays a time-travelling tech titan, and Mark Strong and Lesley Manville star in a modern tragedy.
112. Family Estrangement Is on the Rise. Are Politics to Blame? - In recent years, severing ties with family members over political differences has become increasingly normalized. Is going “no contact” a necessary boundary, or a harmful overcorrection?
113. What We Talk About When We Talk About Dignity - The political philosopher Lea Ypi discusses four books about the inviolable quality of dignity.
114. The Sikh-Separatist Assassination Plot - A murder in Canada and an attempted one in New York suggest a transnational campaign of violence that has imperilled Indian diplomacy with the West.
115. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, November 19th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
116. The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon - At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set about championing writers like Kerouac and Faulkner as uniquely American.
117. A Development Economist Returns to What He Left Behind - Paul Collier spent decades studying the poorest countries on earth. Now he advises struggling towns in the place where he grew up.
118. A Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps - Our columnist on digital culture suggests technology—or anti-technology technology—to give this holiday season.
120. How M.B.S. Won Back Washington - After the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi leader became a pariah. He’s been slowly rehabilitated, and is now being celebrated in the Oval Office.
121. Lives in Upheaval After an Eviction, in “Last Days on Lake Trinity” - Charlotte Cooley’s short film follows three women as they navigate months of uncertainty after the shuttering of a Florida mobile-home park.
122. Nick Fuentes Is Not Just Another Alt-Right Boogeyman - The rise of the white-nationalist streamer should worry us even more than it already does.
124. “Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face” Brings a Star’s Genius to Light - A new biography traces the self-transformative creation of the most movie-made actress of classic Hollywood.
125. How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe - After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
126. The Most Dangerous Genre - Our obsession with deadly game shows—from “The Running Man” and “Squid Game” to MrBeast’s real-life reënactments—reflects a shift in the national mood to something increasingly zero-sum.
127. Automatic-Reply Text Messages - “Appreciate you reaching out. I will get back to you as soon as I figure out whose unsaved number this is.”
128. The Darkest Thread in the Epstein E-mails - Donald Trump occupies a kind of negative space in the available files, which run an enervating gamut from the inane to the depraved.
130. Amelia Dimoldenberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest - The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
133. Effigies of Me - Would you like the standard, “classic” effigy of me, suitable for hanging from a tree limb or a scaffold? Or would you like the effigy of me that is designed for burning at the stake?
134. Kash Patel’s Acts of Service - The F.B.I. director isn’t just enforcing the President’s agenda at the Bureau—he’s seeking retribution for its past investigations of Donald Trump.
135. Keeping Up with Andrea Martin - The actress stars in “Meet the Cartozians,” a new play about an Armenian family of reality-TV stars who are suspiciously similar to the Kardashians.
136. The Harlem River Houses’ Newest Residents - Decades after the complex’s beloved stone penguins were beheaded and then used for drug stashes, new sculptures have taken their place around the wading pool.
137. Ruth Asawa’s Art of Defiant Hospitality - A retrospective at MOMA puts forth a persuasive case for an artist who saw making her work and living with others as inextricably entwined.
138. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to E. Tammy Kim’s article about the Trump Administration’s attack on immigration courts, Manvir Singh’s piece about mythologies, and Maggie Doherty’s review of “True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen,” by Lance Richardson.
139. Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy - It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.
141. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Zorg,” “A Hollywood Ending,” “The Age of Extraction,” and “Two Paths to Prosperity.”
142. Donald Trump Can’t Dodge the Costly K-Shaped Economy - John Cassidy writes that, after Trump insisted that his tariffs weren’t raising prices, he has virtually admitted the opposite by moving to scrap the duties on certain foodstuffs.
143. If the Legal Campaigns Against Donald Trump Had Ended Differently - New books look at the January 6th Trial That Wasn’t and other failed prosecutions—and whether they might have changed history.
144. Annie Leibovitz Outside the Frame - After a prod from Hillary Clinton, the photographer reissued her 1999 book, “Women,” and celebrated with some subjects—Martha Stewart, Gloria Steinem—on hand.
145. What’s the Best Movie About the Subway? - “The Big Picture” podcast has interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicolas Cage. It recently hit the 92nd Street Y for a live show to pick the best New York films in six categories.
146. Stephen Fry Is Wilde at Heart - The polymathic entertainer has had a lifelong bond with the wittiest—and the most tortured—of writers. And now he’s starring in “The Importance of Being Earnest.”
147. “The Loved Ones,” by Wendell Berry - “The loved ones we call the dead / depart from us and for a while / are absent.”
148. Kristin Chenoweth’s Uneven Gilt Trip in “The Queen of Versailles” - The Broadway veteran stars as a Marie Antoinette wannabe in a musical about excess, and Anne Washburn goes post-apocalyptic with “The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire.”
149. The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star - As af Klint’s fame has grown, so have the questions—about what she believed, whom she worked with, and who should be allowed to speak in her name.
150. Hanif Abdurraqib on Ellen Willis’s Review of Elvis in Las Vegas - The magazine’s first pop-music critic was never afraid to be overtaken by unexpected delight, even if it came at the expense of some preëxisting skepticism.
152. “Lara’s Theme,” by Madhuri Vijay - Buried within every family, perhaps, is the secret desire to self-destruct, to push intimacy to its ugliest extremes.
153. Madhuri Vijay Reads “Lara’s Theme” - The author reads her story from the November 24, 2025, issue of the magazine.
154. The Meaning of Trump’s Presidential Pardons - The President granted two hundred and thirty-eight pardons and commutations in his first term; less than a year into his second, he has issued nearly two thousand.
155. A Holiday Gift Guide: Tools, Treats, and Trifles for Food Lovers - Our food critic’s annual roundup of gastronomic ideas for giving.
156. Life at the Edge of a Famous Family - Eleanor Coppola’s new memoir, “Two of Me: Notes on Living and Leaving,” explores the difficulties of having a celebrated director for a husband, and a celebrated director for a daughter.
157. The Mystery of the Political Assassin - Even in cases like Luigi Mangione’s, the intentions of assassins are dwarfed by the meanings we project onto them.
158. A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Kids - Toys, crafts, lab kits, and more for the young loved ones in your life.
159. Time Runs Out on Nico Harrison and the Dallas Mavericks - The infamous N.B.A. executive once said that “time will tell” on the trade that sent superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. Not even a year later, he’s out of a job.
160. Is the Epstein Scandal Trump’s Kryptonite? - How twenty thousand pages of Epstein documents, with more potentially on the way, might damage Trump’s Presidency.
161. Andrew Ross Sorkin on What 1929 Teaches Us About 2025 - The financial journalist discusses his new book about the Wall Street crash of 1929, and the mounting concerns about an A.I. bubble.
162. Rewriting Art History at the Studio Museum in Harlem - The curator Thelma Golden takes David Remnick on a tour of the unique institution, which is reopening to the public after a seven-year building project.
163. The Liberal Scholars Who Influenced Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship - The President’s executive order took inspiration from an esoteric legal argument from 1985, by two Yale professors. They have some regrets.
165. Is “Six Seven” Really Brain Rot? - The viral phrase is easy to dismiss, but its ubiquity suggests something crucial about human nature.
166. “Sirāt” Is a Harrowing, Exhilarating Dance of Death - In Oliver Laxe’s desert thriller, an intensely agonizing journey reveals both the pitiless nature of fate and the stubborn persistence of compassion.
167. Did Women Really Ruin the Workplace? - I can answer that question: yes. Specifically, me—I’m the woman who ruined the workplace. And, frankly, I had a blast.
168. The Icelandic Artist Ragnar Kjartansson, Absurd and Profound in Equal Measures - Also: The weird and wild new music of Geese, the tweetstorm-inspired “Slam Frank,” the elaborate cocktails of Double Chicken Please, and more.
169. The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency - Read the e-mails—this isn’t going away anytime soon.
170. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, November 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
171. Texas’s Water Wars - As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.
172. Preliminary Sketches for the White House Renovation - The ballroom ceiling will feature a Sistine Chapel-inspired fresco, depicting traditional American heroes.
173. The Guilty Pleasure of the Heist - Elaborate robberies are a Hollywood staple, and the real-life theft at the Louvre has become a phenomenon. Why are we riveted by this particular type of crime?
174. The Dream of Finishing One’s To-Do List in “Retirement Plan” - In John Kelly’s animated short film, narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, nothing’s off limits when it comes to thinking about the future—particularly when there’s so much left to do.
175. How Zohran Mamdani Won, and What Comes Next - Mamdani ran against New York City’s political establishment. Do his early appointments suggest he’s preparing to work within it?
176. The Joyful Mythology of “Nouvelle Vague” - Richard Linklater’s dramatization of Jean-Luc Godard’s making of “Breathless” embraces the legend of the French New Wave and its enduring influence.
177. Malala’s Favorite Mother-Daughter Memoirs - The activist recommends four books about maternal relationships.
178. That New Hit Song on Spotify? It Was Made by A.I. - Aspiring musicians are churning out tracks using generative artificial intelligence. Some are topping the charts.
179. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, November 12th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
180. Battling the Sea on the Outer Banks - Daniel Pullen offers beautifully composed and striking images of the destruction that climate change has brought to his lifelong home.
181. How the Supreme Court Defines Liberty - Recent memoirs by the Justices reveal how a new vision of restraint has led to radical outcomes.
182. The Mess at the BBC Will Never End - The public broadcaster desperately needs the public to believe in it. Between its own stumbles and ceaseless right-wing hostility, it is in danger of losing its way.
183. “Death by Lightning” Dramatizes the Assassination America Forgot - The new Netflix miniseries makes the 1881 killing of President James Garfield feel thrillingly current.
185. Just As You Feared—Life in Zohran Mamdani’s New York - At school, I wave goodbye to my son, but he doesn’t even look back, such is his hurry to get to the singing of the Soviet Anthem.
186. In Gaza, Home Is Just a Memory - After the ceasefire, many Palestinians who were displaced during the war are still grieving the homes they can’t return to—and which they often had to evacuate in minutes.
187. The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes - Their health effects extend far beyond official death tolls.
188. Why Can’t A.I. Manage My E-Mails? - Chatbots can pass the Turing test—but they can’t yet handle an office worker’s inbox.
189. The Grim Resonance of “The Innocents of Florence” - A slim, compelling book about one of the first orphanages in Europe contains painful echoes of the present.
190. Did Democrats Win the Shutdown After All? - What the Party got out of the longest government closure in American history.
192. The Art of the Profile - The New Yorker staff writers Larissa MacFarquhar, Rebecca Mead, Ian Parker, Kelefa Sanneh, and Michael Schulman join the executive editor Daniel Zalewski for a conversation about building trust with subjects, revealing character, and capturing life on the page.
193. Rian Johnson Is an Agatha Christie for the Netflix Age - The director revived the cozy mystery with “Knives Out.” In a new sequel, can he find his way to the end of the maze?
194. I Bite Back - Though I cannot sue the people or entities that have wronged you, I BITE BACK, and you will owe me nothing until I bite.
195. What Was the American Revolution For? - Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.
196. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Emma Green’s piece about the Trump Administration’s attacks on higher education.
197. “Modern European,” by Declan Ryan - “Although we speak, now, to each other in new ways / we can still meet here, I think. We always have.”
198. Nina Hoss’s Latest Act of Defiance Is “Hedda” - After playing Ibsen’s title character onstage, the actress now takes to the screen for Nia DaCosta’s adaptation. But if Hedda is played by Tessa Thompson, who is Hoss?
199. Robert Rauschenberg’s Art of the Real - How the artist’s transformative energy made us see the world around us.
200. David Byrne’s Career of Earnest Alienation - At seventy-three, the former front man of Talking Heads is still asking questions about what it means to be alive. But now he’s also offering ideas of hopefulness and service.
201. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Palaver,” “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother),” “The Genius of Trees,” and “Flashes of Brilliance.”
202. Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback - The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
203. Solvej Balle’s Novels Rewire the Time Loop - Most stories in the genre build to a moment of escape. “On the Calculation of Volume” imagines a woman making a life inside an infinitely repeating November 18th.
204. Socialism, But Make It Trump - After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around.
205. The Comic Genius Who Pushed Television Further Than It Could Go. - In mid-century America, no one quite knew what TV would be. Sid Caesar made the medium into something new and remarkable—until the medium unmade him.
206. Nicholas Christopher, Broadway’s Grand Master - To prep for his role in the new revival of “Chess,” by Tim Rice and two ABBA members, the star headed to Brighton Beach to dine with locals who know a thing or two about the game.
207. Governments and Billionaires Retreat Ahead of COP30 Climate Talks - Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance.
208. “Black Snow,” by Kim Addonizio - “Falling in Austria and the Himalayas, / deliquescing into the dirt of Russia.”
209. Hannah Goldfield on Anthony Bourdain’s “Don’t Eat Before Reading This” - Bourdain was much more than a whistle-blower, even at the very beginning of what would become his second, incredibly significant career.
210. Paul Yoon Reads “The New Coast” - The author reads his story from the November, 17, 2025, issue of the magazine.
212. Restaurant Review: La Boca - The Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann is notorious for his love of cooking over open flames. With his New York début, he fizzles out.
213. What Did Men Do to Deserve This? - Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
214. “The New Coast,” by Paul Yoon - I think it was at this moment, on the beach, that everything seemed the most possible. That our sister was alive and in that building somewhere.
215. Laura Dern Has the Spirit of Seventies Cinema - The actor, who plays George Clooney’s publicist in “Jay Kelly” and Will Arnett’s estranged wife in “Is This Thing On?,” has spent her life surrounded by Hollywood luminaries.
216. A Master of Fashion Photography Who Embraces Accidents - Paolo Roversi’s studio portraits push the Polaroid process to its limits.
217. The Allure—and the Policing—of Subway Surfing - Mayor Eric Adams’s administration has wrapped an expansion of invasive surveillance in the apolitical packaging of saving teen-agers from their addled selves.
218. The Human Toll of the Suspension of SNAP - The food-assistance program serves around forty-two million Americans. In Texas, even people with decent jobs are feeling the pain.
219. The Washington Roundtable Answers Your Questions - How might this week’s election results shape the next year of American politics?
220. The Fall of El Fasher - Victorious rebels livestream war crimes in Sudan as the world does nothing.
221. J. B. Pritzker Sounds the Alarm - The governor of Illinois discusses what ICE is doing in Chicago, how the Trump Administration has created a “secret police,” and what to do when the federal government is breaking the law.
222. Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album, “Horses” - In the musician’s most revealing account, she discusses her retreat from public life, the early loss of her husband, and the challenge of learning and writing about her biological father.
225. Rosalía Album Review: “Lux” - On “Lux,” her intense and expansive new album, the artist transgresses the limits of pop music.
226. The Bad Show-Biz Dads of “Sentimental Value” and “Jay Kelly” - In new films from Joachim Trier and Noah Baumbach, success in filmmaking proves depressingly incompatible with success in fatherhood.
227. Renoir’s Surprising Experiments in Perception - Also: a Quadrophenia ballet, the brave women of “Liberation,” the cultural business of affairs, and more.
228. Is Gambling Really Threatening the Integrity of Sports? - After a recent N.B.A. scandal, more writers and pundits have come out against legalized betting. But the case that they’re making is weaker than it appears.
229. Tehching Hsieh Turned Every Second Into Art - In a series of daring, often yearlong works—locking himself in a cage, refusing to go indoors, tying himself to another artist—Hseih showed how the passage of time could be a medium in itself.
230. America Begins Clapping Back at Donald Trump - In a week of political exits, a reminder that Trump’s time is coming soon, too.
231. How Far Can Donald Trump Take Emergency Power? - In the Supreme Court’s tariffs case, the conservative Justices will weigh two conflicting impulses regarding Presidential authority.
232. John Early Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest - The comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
233. Ilana Glazer Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest - The actor, writer, and comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
234. Nate Bargatze Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest - The comedian and actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
235. Ronny Chieng Enters the Caption Contest - The actor and comedian tackles The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption Contest.
236. Andy Samberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest - The actor tackles The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption Contest.
238. America!: Gummies for Everything That Ails You - Including one that transports you back to the year 2000, where bitcoin and N.F.T.s are simply the names of new boy bands.
239. Florence Welch Learns How to Scream - On Florence and the Machine’s sixth album, Welch confronts real-life horror with gothic fury.
240. “Peter Hujar’s Day” Gives the Past a New Life - Ira Sachs’s film, starring Ben Whishaw as the renowned photographer and Rebecca Hall as his interviewer, is a personal memorial for the protagonist and his milieu.
241. Critics at Large Live: Padma Lakshmi’s Expansive Taste - The host of “Top Chef” and “Taste the Nation” has sampled—and judged—dishes from around the country and the world. How did she develop her discerning palate?
242. Have the Democrats Figured Out How to Win Again? - “We have a lot of indications over the last [few] months that the country is, for the second time, falling out of love with Donald J. Trump,” the staff writer Benjamin Wallace-Wells says.
243. The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands - The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
244. Salman Rushdie’s Literary Inspirations - The author of “The Eleventh Hour” looks back on a few works—by Mikhail Bulgakov, Franz Kafka, Voltaire, and E. M. Forster—that have helped him craft his own.
245. What the Democrats’ Good Night Means for 2026 and Beyond - The senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics on what the Party might’ve learned, and how the electorate is changing.
246. California Strikes Back in the Redistricting War - As the midterms approach, Republicans are trying to gerrymander new seats, and Democrats are responding in kind. Can either side win?
247. It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now - As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
248. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, November 5th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
249. A Next-Generation Victory for Democrats - Tuesday’s elections were often described as a contest between the far left and center—but what united the winning candidates may be even more significant for the Party’s future.
250. Dick Cheney’s Brand of Conservatism - For years before taking office, the former Vice-President appeared less dogmatic than he was.
252. The Mamdani Era Begins - His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
255. “Die My Love” Is Smaller Than Life - Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson exert themselves strenuously to give this fervent drama of marriage and motherhood a semblance of reality.
257. Restoring America’s Strong American Future by Eradicating Its Un-American Past - Once this policy is enacted, it will be illegal for Americans to retain any mental impression longer than that little haptic buzz you get when you use Apple Pay.
258. The N.Y.C. Mayoral Election, as Processed in Therapy - Before voters go to the ballot box, they’re sitting on their therapist’s couch—where they’re unpacking their Mamdani-induced fears and their Cuomo-fuelled stress. Or, as usual, they’re talking about Trump.
259. Lily Allen Album Review: “West End Girl” - On “West End Girl,” all the gritty bits are there: messages with a husband’s mistress, the discovery of a cache of sex toys.
261. Can the Global Economy Be Healed? - A noted Harvard economist presents an optimistic vision of a world after Donald Trump.
263. Introducing Shuffalo, a New Word Game from The New Yorker - A daily anagramming challenge with a twist.
264. Inside Curtis Sliwa’s Never-Ending Campaign - The Republican candidate for New York City mayor has been aggressively ramping up his campaign, even if it’s to the benefit of Zohran Mamdani.
265. The Case That A.I. Is Thinking - ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.
266. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Trump and Hegseth’s vision of the military, Kelefa Sanneh’s review of two books about African decolonization, and Justin Chang’s review of “One Battle After Another.”
267. Who My Child Was and Would Be - When Nat transitioned, I learned that when someone you love changes, you change, too.
268. A Bulgarian Novelist Explores What Dies When Your Father Does - Writing about a son’s vigil at his dying father’s bedside, Georgi Gospodinov examines what parents and their children reap and sow.
269. “On Being Watched from Above,” by Carolyn Forché - “They see everything not only from the air but from the side and rear. / To help you stay invisible these tips have been compiled.”
270. The Remarkable Quotidian of Peter Hujar - In 1974, the photographer described his day to a journalist: a shoot with Allen Ginsberg, a chat with Susan Sontag. The delayed result: “Peter Hujar’s Day,” a film by Ira Sachs.
271. The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement - “I wasn’t fooled by these walls of my body / but loved them touched.”
272. Mobsters We Have Seen on High - The jewel heist at the Louvre reminded Brooklynites of the time, in 1952, when two bejewelled crowns were swiped from a beloved local church—the one with a Mob boss on the ceiling.
273. Joachim Trier Has Put Oslo on the Cinematic Map - His new film, “Sentimental Value,” is another intimate character study set in the Norwegian capital. His approach to directing is as empathic as his films.
274. The Doctor’s Plan - I know why I’m here today, Mr. Secretary. An inquiry? Right. It’s a setup, but I got this place surrounded with nurses, and every last one knows how to apply a tongue depressor.
275. Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir - The actor recalls his life, from provincial Wales to Hollywood, in stop-start rhythms with curt, unflinching reckonings.
276. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Fort Bragg Cartel,” “We Survived the Night,” “The Mind Reels,” and “Pick a Color.”
277. At Ninety, Arvo Pärt and Terry Riley Still Sound Vital - Both composers remain intriguing outliers, notable for the stubbornness with which they have held to their youthful convictions.
278. Staten Island’s New Oyster Cult - New York Harbor was once jammed with bivalves. Now the Billion Oyster Project seeds breakwaters with baby shellfish—not for eating but for purifying the local waters.
279. The Surprising Endurance of Martha Stewart’s “Entertaining” - Home-cooking culture has leaned into the loose and unfussy. Stewart’s 1982 classic, newly reissued, makes the case for hosting as an endurance sport.
280. Miss America Meets the Queen of Versailles - Cassie Donegan dreams of making it to Broadway. After seeing the new musical “The Queen of Versailles,” she got some tips from an old pal, the “Wicked” alum Kristin Chenoweth.
281. “The World Was All Before Them,” by Maya C. Popa - “I wasn’t fooled by these walls of my body / but loved them touched.”
282. What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America - The Islamophobic attacks on the candidate carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present.
283. Abigail Spanberger Thinks That Democrats Need to Listen More - The front-runner for Virginia governor has long made the case for moderation.
285. Voting Rights and Immigration Under Attack - The President’s goals were clear on the first day of his term, when he issued an executive order overruling the Fourteenth Amendment’s birthright-citizenship clause.
286. “Mother of Men,” by Lauren Groff - I saw someone coming toward me through the twilight on the road ahead, a skinny man in a glowing white shirt, and dread rushed into me.
287. The Eighteen Letters Project - My son hadn’t even been born when I started secretly writing him a birthday letter each year. As he neared adulthood, I wondered how he would receive them.
288. Ed Caesar on Nick Paumgarten’s “Up and Then Down” - A story about a man trapped in an elevator for forty-one hours has just the right amount of anxiety.
289. Lauren Groff Reads “Mother of Men” - The author reads her story from the November 10, 2025, issue of the magazine.
290. Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Backbone,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2011.
291. James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed - A collaborative work by a photographer, a poet, and an artist, “The Harlem Book of the Dead,” newly reissued, tells stories through funerary portraits.
292. Chicago, ICE, and the Lie of the American Pastoral - The city has often been spoken about as a war zone in need of saving from itself. But at home, as abroad, America’s enemies are so often of American invention.
294. Portland Prepares for Invasion - The Trump Administration, looking for another TV-ready fight in Oregon, is ready to sic the National Guard on the city’s inflatable-costumed protesters.
295. Watch the Trailer for “The New Yorker at 100” - The Netflix documentary, out on December 5th, explores the magazine’s first century and the lead-up to its 100th Anniversary Issue.
297. Will Paramount Cancel Jon Stewart? - The comedian talks about the suppression of political speech under Donald Trump, why social media doesn’t mix well with democracy, and the future of “The Daily Show.”
298. What Explains Graham Platner’s Popularity? - The U.S. Senate candidate from Maine seems like the embodiment of the dirtbag left. But there’s another way to understand his appeal.
299. Claire-Louise Bennett’s Misanthropic Breakup Novel - “Big Kiss, Bye Bye” is a portrait of frustrated intimacy—and the ungovernable force of a woman’s mind.
300. Laurie Metcalf’s Stunning Return to Broadway in “Little Bear Ridge Road” - The playwright Samuel D. Hunter tailors a family drama to the actress’s specific gifts; at Powerhouse: International, the artist Carolina Bianchi explores violence against women.
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