3. How Far Could Donald Trump’s Assault on the Federal Reserve Go? - Some central-bank veterans are concerned about a scenario in which the President’s appointees gain effective control of the institution and end its independence.
4. New Yorker Covers, Brought to Life! - To celebrate the magazine’s hundredth anniversary, photographers collaborated with Spike Lee, Julia Garner, Sadie Sink, and other notable figures to update covers from the archive.
5. The U.S. Government’s Extraordinary Pursuit of Kilmar Ábrego García - The Trump Administration’s maneuvers are rising to a political prosecution.
6. Bouldering Beside the Harlem River Drive - After learning to climb by scaling his family’s Park Slope town house, a nineteen-year-old likes to tackle the ledges of upper Manhattan, unless the cops get in the way.
7. Inside Uniqlo’s Quest for Global Dominance - The brand conceives of itself as a distribution system for utopian values as much as a clothing company. Can it become the world’s biggest clothing manufacturer?
8. How Other Things End - With apologies to T. S. Eliot, clocking the dénouement of your kid’s bedtime ritual, the energy-drink craze, and your career, to name a few.
10. “Our Elsewhere,” by Maxine Scates - “I wanted to tell you about what it’s like here now, / I wrote to my friend David.”
11. Where the Waters Once Flowed - A local photographer tracks down the ghosts of former springs and wells in New York City.
12. Debbie Gibson’s Pavarotti Period - The eighties pop princess returns to the Metropolitan Opera, where she sang in the Children’s Chorus, and shows off her new memoir, “Eternally Electric.”
13. Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Homecoming - The Latin-trap performer is probably the most important pop musician of our time. Key to his success is that the bigger he gets, the more local he seems.
14. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to John Seabrook’s piece on floods, Eyal Press’s article on the National Restaurant Association, and Adam Gopnik’s essay on the history of gambling in New York.
16. Duck, Cover, and Pass: The Atomic Bowl - A former Crawdaddy editor produced a documentary on a peculiar postwar military football game in Nagasaki.
18. In Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, a Dynasty Comes Home - A new sanctuary on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway assembles a deliberately whimsical variety of materials, where sculpture moves and is moved in turn.
19. Is the Sagrada Família a Masterpiece or Kitsch? - In the century since Antoni Gaudí died, his wild design has been obsessively realized, creating the world’s tallest church—and an endlessly debated icon.
20. How Jessica Reed Kraus Went from Mommy Blogger to MAHA Maven - The founder of “House Inhabit” has grown her audience during the second Trump Administration with political gossip and what she calls “quality conspiracy.”
21. How Jane Birkin Handled the Problem of Beauty - She possessed a mysterious charisma and a seemingly effortless sense of style. Both obscured her relentless, often painful search for meaning.
22. T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads “The Pool” - The author reads his story from the September 22, 2025, issue of the magazine.
25. Jennifer Wilson on Susan Orlean’s “Orchid Fever” - The writer worried that the story was “too niche, too odd,” the crime of flower theft “too minor.” To think, I had loved it for precisely those qualities.
26. Restaurant Review: Bong - Bong, in Crown Heights, combines chaotic party energy with thrillingly funky cooking.
27. “The Pool,” by T. Coraghessan Boyle - If I’d been oblivious to the multidimensional dangers seething below the surface of suburban life, the kids and the pool and the hillside out back brought them home to me.
28. A Campus Mourns Charlie Kirk - Students at Texas A. & M. organized a vigil for the conservative activist, just months after he visited the university.
29. Kash Patel Plays a G-Man on TV - In his press conference announcing the capture of Charlie Kirk’s killer, the F.B.I. director revealed himself.
30. A Major Advance in the Search for Life on Mars - NASA published tantalizing evidence that the red planet once harbored life. But Trump’s proposed budget could leave the mystery unsolved.
31. The Ritual of Civic Apology - More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, cities across the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But it’s seldom clear who they’re talking to—or what they’re remembering.
32. Charlie Kirk and the Long Shadow of Political Violence - “We’ve lived through moments of more violence,” the staff writer Jane Mayer notes. “So we know it’s possible to quiet this.”
33. “Megadoc” Shows Francis Ford Coppola Going for Broke on “Megalopolis” - Mike Figgis’s documentary reveals the risky freedom of Coppola’s approach to his self-financed political fantasy.
35. Kevin Young on His Book “Night Watch,” Inspired by Death and Dante - The New Yorker’s poetry editor discusses his new collection of poems, and how the pandemic brought him to themes of grief, political outrage, and our susceptibility to hoaxes.
36. How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster - The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley spent decades trying to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and they know why it failed.
38. Pause at One Hundred Miles per Hour - Can liminal-space therapy be a thing? I think many Ukrainians need that.
39. Brittany Howard and Alabama Shakes Return with Audacious New Music - Also: Julio Torres’s “Color Theories,” Tiona Nekkia McClodden’s paintings of bondage, Rachel Syme’s stylish movie picks, and more.
40. The Intertwined Legacies of Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump - What the Wall Street Journal’s Epstein reporting and the end of the Murdoch succession battle mean for one of the most important relationships in twenty-first-century media.
41. Did Trump Just Declare War on the American Left? - After Charlie Kirk’s tragic killing, the President speaks not of ending political violence but of seeking political vengeance.
42. The Muted, Melancholy Synesthetics of “The History of Sound” - In Oliver Hermanus’s period drama, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor play music lovers whose passions prove less tempestuous than isolating.
43. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, September 11th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
44. MAGA Reacts to the Assassination of Charlie Kirk - In Washington, D.C., and online, people mourned the right-wing activist—and some called for vengeance.
45. Why New Yorkers Yearn for Barneys - A dishy memoir by the department-store scion Gene Pressman recounts an era of elusive, irreverent cool.
46. Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Crisis of Political Violence - After a shooting with obvious political resonance, news about the perpetrator’s motives rarely brings clarity.
47. Please Like, Share, Subscribe, and a Few Other Things, if You Don’t Mind - We’re trying to capture the hearts and minds of every citizen of the cyberworld and beyond. We wouldn’t hate some brand deals, either.
48. The Epstein Birthday Book Is Even Worse Than You Might Realize - Reading the two-hundred-and-thirty-eight-page document from start to finish is like examining a crudely illustrated contract with the devil.
49. Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “The Brothers Size” and Suzanne Bocanegra’s “Honor” - A gifted cast elevates the poetic drama at the Shed.
50. Why We’re All In on Gambling - Betting is not a new pastime, but the rise of platforms such as Polymarket and DraftKings has made it more pervasive than ever. In an increasingly unstable world, what’s the appeal of risking it all?
51. The New Yorker’s Head of Fact Checking on Our Post-Truth Era - Donald Trump’s second term has turned the fight over facts into a war over the authority to define reality itself.
52. Mark Hamill’s All-Time Favorite Books by Stephen King - The “Star Wars” actor, who appears in the new King adaptation “The Long Walk,” digs into his favorite books by the prolific American author.
53. One of Chantal Akerman’s Best Films Is in Legal Limbo - The Belgian-born director’s 1994 coming-of-age masterwork, about a precocious teen-ager’s romantic audacity, can’t be reissued because of its needle drops.
54. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, September 10th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
55. “Cashing Out” Examines an Investment Strategy That Profited from AIDS Deaths - Matt Nadel’s documentary short explores the moral complexities of buying the life-insurance policies of H.I.V.-positive gay men.
56. Social Media Is Navigating Its Sectarian Phase - Many liberals who had fled X for Bluesky seem to be embracing the Elon Musk-owned platform once more. Why?
57. Brazil Braces for a Verdict on Its Ex-President—and on Its Democracy - Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.
58. Does Society Have Too Many Rules? - When regular people seem burdened by bureaucracy, and the powerful act as they choose, it’s worth asking whether we’ve forgotten what makes rules effective.
59. Stephen Shore’s Precocious Adolescent Eye - A new book titled “Early Work” reveals that the acclaimed American photographer barrelled into the medium fully formed.
61. The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist - Through Friday, The New Yorker presents the longlists for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
62. Inside the Chaos at the C.D.C. - A former senior official and two current employees describe the turmoil at the agency under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship.
63. Intimate Daily Moments with Strangers - Accidentally making eye contact with someone through a bathroom stall.
65. Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Augustine the African,” “Hollywood High,” “The Old Man by the Sea,” and “Dusk.”
66. Texas’s Gerrymander May Not Be the Worst Threat to Democrats in 2026 - Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, on a consequential Supreme Court case and why Republicans are registering so many new voters.
67. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Rachel Aviv’s report on a schizophrenia patient who turned out to have an autoimmune disease, Zach Helfand’s Talk of the Town story about Youman Wilder, and Hua Hsu’s article on A.I. and education.
68. N.Y.U.’s Dumpster-to-Dorm Boutique - A group of students collected all the leather jackets, rice cookers, microwaves, and disco balls abandoned in last semester’s dorms to create the free Swap Shop.
69. How ICE Turned Venezuelan Migrants Into Enemies of the State - How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.
70. A Round of Gulf? - Golf in Scotland or the Gulf of Mexico, and how the President keeps them straight.
71. Tracks from Taylor Swift’s Wed Album - Swifties are going crazy for “All You Had to Do Was R.S.V.P.”
73. Playing the Field with My A.I. Boyfriends - Nineteen per cent of American adults have talked to an A.I. romantic interest. Chatbots may know a lot, but do they make a good partner?
74. Anthony Roth Costanzo Finds His Diva - The countertenor searches for the right look to conjure Maria Callas for his starring role in the new production of “Galas.”
75. They’ll Take You to the Candy Shop - The Composer Laureate twins Adeev and Ezra Potash team up with the actor Martin Starr to build the perfect gummy.
76. The Czech Composer Bohuslav Martinů Is One of Music’s Great Chameleons - The Czech composer energetically explored form after form.
77. From “Sometimes Tropic of New Orleans,” by Rickey Laurentiis - “Honey in my walk, & I lean, now down the Avenue, pseudo-pioneer to a seized / City, liege to a bee.”
78. Rivals Rub Shoulders in the World of Competitive Massage - Each year, massage therapists from around the globe gather to face off, collaborate, and make sure that no body gets left behind.
79. Why Christopher Marlowe Is Still Making Trouble - Spy, murder victim, and the boldest poet of his day, the transgressive Elizabethan dramatist taps into the gravely comical troubles into which humans tumble.
80. The War on Trans Art - Politics and aesthetics have an uneasy alliance. Too often, trans expression is on the losing end.
81. Nostalgic Cravings at the Minnesota State Fair - Many of the staffers at Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar start as teen-agers. Some of them are committed for life.
82. MAGAnomics Isn’t Working - A dismal jobs report affirms earlier warnings about the economic impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs, immigration restrictions, and DOGE-led firings.
83. Bella Freud’s Podcast, “Fashion Neurosis,” Offers a Talking Cure - A great-granddaughter of Sigmund—and a child of Lucian—has had a lot to unpack. She’s working through it, mesmerizingly, on “Fashion Neurosis.”
84. “I speak with gravity,” by Jane Hirshfield - “With your one, unchanging thought, what could you say?”
85. What’s the Deal with U.F.O.s? - Scientists consider whether we’ve been visited by aliens or their technology.
86. Philip Gourevitch on Gilles Peress’s Photo from September 11th - Peress reached the World Trade Center just as the second tower collapsed.
87. “Voyagers!,” by Bryan Washington - You didn’t want to go on this trip, Ronny said. You just wanted to get away from your boring husband.
89. Bryan Washington Reads “Voyagers!” - The author reads his story from the September 15, 2025, issue of the magazine.
90. R.F.K., Jr., Brings More Chaos to COVID Policy and the C.D.C. - When MAGA met MAHA, Donald Trump vowed that Kennedy would “go wild on health.” Promises made, promises kept.
91. Harvard’s Mixed Victory - A resounding win for the university in court still leaves the Trump Administration with plenty of ways to force schools into submission.
92. The Mystery of the Cat Mystery - Why was I reading all these cat-detective novels—was I, like the animal itself, trying to cheat death?
93. The Photographer Who Looked Past the Idea of Italy - Gianni Berengo Gardin spent a lifetime revealing the real people, real ironies, and real beauty of a country that people only think they know.
94. Donald Trump, Architecture Critic - With a new executive order, the President has turned his attention to remaking our federal buildings—and it’s not a good look for a democratic state.
95. Trump Has Grabbed Emergency Powers. How Will He Use Them? - The President is acclimating Americans to a state of emergency.
96. Anna Wintour’s Interview About Appointing a New Editor of American Vogue - The longtime editor and executive talks about appointing her successor, the arc of her career, and what she thought of “The Devil Wears Prada.”
97. Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override” - Wilco’s front man on his forthcoming solo record—a triple album, but “whittled down from five,” as he tells Amanda Petrusich. “I’ve made single records that feel longer.”
98. The Political Trickery of “Eddington” - Ari Aster’s drama, set in 2020, about conflict between a New Mexico town’s sheriff and its mayor, rips plotlines from the headlines and leaves them in shreds.
100. “I Who Have Never Known Men” Is a Warning - The slim, disquieting novel, which has become a sensation on TikTok, imagines a child who finds herself at the end of the world.
101. What “The Paper” Has to Say About Journalism - The new “Office” spinoff is a love letter to newspapers—if not the reporting inside them.
102. The Ministry of Joyce McDonald’s Sculptures - Also: New York City Ballet and New York Philharmonic kick off their fall seasons, Nourished by Time brings “The Passionate Ones” to Irving Plaza, and more.
103. How Many Court Cases Can Trump Lose in a Single Week? - From tariffs and immigration to the National Guard, federal judges are rejecting Trump’s ridiculous cover stories.
104. “Erupcja” Starts Charli XCX’s Acting Career on a High Note - The musician stars in the American filmmaker Pete Ohs’s thrillingly inventive drama, about a London couple’s trip to Warsaw and the rekindling of a passionate friendship there.
105. Daily Cartoon: Thursday, September 4th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
106. Reëxamining the American Dream in “The Last Carnival” - On the last day of carnival season, migrant workers keep the rides up and running for joyful kids, while they mourn lost time with their own families.
107. Our Fads, Ourselves - Labubus are the latest hard-to-find objects to capture the popular imagination. What can speculative manias of the past tell us about the enduring appeal of collectibles?
108. Ranking Things from Quiet Luxury to Loud Luxury - Organic blueberries. Buying organic blueberries from a weekday farmers’ market.
109. Why Pam Bondi Is the Attorney General of Trump’s Dreams - The upheaval under Bondi has left the Justice Department hollowed out, with consequences likely to outlast her tenure and reshape the institution itself.
111. Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced - International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?
112. “The Paper” Is Old News - The new workplace sitcom from Greg Daniels, who co-created the U.S. version of “The Office,” borrows its predecessor’s mockumentary format—but pales in comparison to what came before.
113. Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, September 3rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
114. The New Yorker Festival Announces Its Full 2025 Lineup - Tickets are now on sale for the three-day October event, which will feature Jon Stewart, Salman Rushdie, Demi Moore, Lina Khan, Lucy Dacus, Percival Everett, and more.
115. Arundhati Roy’s “Mother Mary Comes to Me,” Reviewed - A new memoir by Arundhati Roy, about a formidable matriarch, joins a host of recent books in which daughters reckon with mothers who are too much, not enough, or both at once.
116. Is Ghosting Inevitable? - We bemoan the injustice of being left on read. But perhaps missed connection is just a part of being a human on the internet.
117. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Man’s Best Friend,” Reviewed - “Man’s Best Friend,” the singer’s newest album, is an obvious companion to her 2024 breakthrough, filled with chatty asides and quick, carnal jokes.
119. Texas Democrats’ Weapons of the Weak - What could the minority party do to resist the Republican push for redistricting?
120. Why Are Kids So Funny? - The emergence of humor so early in life suggests something important about human nature.
121. Why Don’t We Take Nuclear Weapons Seriously? - The risk of nuclear war has only grown, yet the public and government officials are increasingly cavalier. Some experts are trying to change that.
123. Do State Referendums on Abortion Work? - Missouri voters approved a measure to protect abortion rights, but opponents have repeatedly blocked it from taking effect.
124. Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2014.
126. Restaurant Review: Lex Yard at the Waldorf-Astoria - Lex Yard, in the newly restored hotel, tries for maximalist seasonal cooking creative enough to draw in finicky locals and anodyne enough to satisfy an international clientele.
127. The End of the Late-Night Band - Talk shows have long brought musicians into our living rooms, giving them steady gigs and creating occasional musical magic. But maybe not for much longer.
128. How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Anti-Vax Agenda Is Infecting America - A vaccine expert warns that the Secretary of Health and Human Services is deliberately sowing confusion in order to drive down immunization uptake.
129. The Surreal Images of Erick and Elliot Jiménez - In “El Monte,” the Cuban American photographers construct a dizzying world inspired by a seminal work of ethnography.
130. The Lush Pain Music of Nourished by Time - The artist’s latest album, “The Passionate Ones,” catches your weariness, and, with a dreamer’s irrationality, asks if you would consider transforming it, even for a while.
131. What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department - Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.
132. Fred Armisen on “100 Sound Effects” - The comedian talks about his new album, a sound-effects record for the modern era, with the staff writer Michael Schulman.
133. Donald Trump’s War on Culture Is Not a Sideshow - Adam Gopnik discusses the Administration’s moves to dictate what is acceptable and unacceptable in American culture, and why pluralism remains essential to democracy.
134. The New Orleans That Hurricane Katrina Revealed - Twenty years ago, the storm showed how few resources a city built on extraction had.
135. Pictures of Life on a Christian Commune - Kate Riley’s début novel, “Ruth,” is about the workings of an insular religious community—and the irresistible pleasure of making up rules.
138. Your Midlife Girls’ Trip: A Waiver - By signing, you accept that going on this outing is voluntary, even if your group chat made it not feel that way.
139. The Long History of Life on Mars - A new book explores how Americans came to believe in an advanced Martian civilization at the turn of the twentieth century. What does it reveal about our current obsession with the Red Planet?
140. The Orgasm Expert Who Ended Up on Trial - Jurors in New York were asked to decide whether Nicole Daedone’s once high-profile California company, OneTaste, promoted a culture of empowerment or exploitation.
141. The Sycophancy for Donald Trump Must Be Televised - Notes from the longest, cringiest Trump Cabinet meeting yet.
142. A Letter from Ghislaine Maxwell - I’d like to take this opportunity to clear up any lingering doubts, particularly in regard to President Trump’s involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s life.
144. “Caught Stealing” Makes New York a Comedic Criminal Nightmare - Darren Aronofsky brings philosophical heft to his violent and frantic neo-noir, starring Austin Butler as a bartender trapped in a vortex of danger.
145. What Would Free Buses Look Like, Actually? - Zohran Mamdani has promised to make the bus fare-free, and so has Andrew Cuomo, sort of. Is New York City ready?
146. “Ritu,” by Akhil Sharma - Everyone was looking at us as though they all knew that Ritu had done the work and I had tried to mooch off her.
147. The Democratic Party’s Identity Crisis - Donald Trump’s unpopularity hasn’t translated into strength among the Democratic Party. Why are key blocs of voters drifting away?
148. André Holland on Stories of Community - The “Love, Brooklyn” and “Moonlight” actor recommends some of his favorites.
149. Scenes from the “This Is Spinal Tap” Cutting-Room Floor - On any given day, brilliant stuff would spontaneously fly out of someone’s mouth. A lot of that stuff had to go, to keep the film’s motor running.
150. Racing Mount Pleasant Makes Quiet Emotions Sound Grand - On its self-titled album, the Michigan band uses orchestral arrangements to get the most out of every song.
152. The Lessons of a Glacier’s Collapse - In May, an unprecedented landslide destroyed an Alpine village. Scientists are studying the role of climate change, and residents are trying to rebuild.
153. How to Survive Your Song Going Viral on TikTok - The band Cafuné had a social-media megahit in 2022 with the endlessly remixed “Tek It.” Now they want to make music that’s less online.
154. The Enormous Stakes of Trump’s Effort to Fire the Fed Governor Lisa Cook - The President’s authoritarian power grabs are undermining the institutional foundations of the American economy.
155. How Former Biden Officials Defend Their Gaza Policy - The former President’s support for Israel abetted a humanitarian catastrophe. But Jacob Lew, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the country, still thinks that the Trump White House could learn from its predecessor.
157. When It’s Acceptable to Be on Speakerphone in Public - Your daughter is in the middle of a bitter divorce, and she has no one to turn to but you and the strangers in your elevator.
158. Green Eggs and Sun - How the Trump Administration’s irrational dislike of solar and wind energy imperils both the environment and the economy.
159. “Eden” Is a Messy Survival Thriller with Nietzschean Appeal - In Ron Howard’s historical potboiler, an off-the-grid social experiment veers clumsily—but sometimes compellingly—into “Lord of the Flies” terrain.
160. When the Man Tried to Sell Minimalism to the Counterculture - Columbia Records saw Terry Riley’s “In C,” now rereleased for his ninetieth birthday, as a perfect anthem for the psychedelic Zeitgeist, but the mainstream couldn’t contain the composer’s utopian energies for long.
161. The Endless August Recess - Members of Congress went back to their districts for the summer, and they discovered that being at home is just as hard as being in Washington.
164. What The New Yorker Was Watching in 1925 - The first year of the magazine’s movie writing included proto-auteurist criticism, gossip, and a large dose of Charlie Chaplin.
165. The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History - Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
166. How Weekly Shōnen Jump Became the World’s Most Popular Manga Factory - The magazine, home to such series as “Naruto” and “One Piece,” has created a formula for coaxing hit franchises out of young talents. The twenty-four-year-old behind “Kagurabachi” may be next.
167. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Siddhartha Mukherjee’s article about early cancer detection and S. C. Cornell’s review of “The Genius Myth,” by Helen Lewis.
168. Elizabeth Gilbert’s Latest Epiphanies, in “All the Way to the River” - “Eat, Pray, Love” was a huge hit in part because readers imagined they could be like its author. Her new book, “All the Way to the River,” shows how dubious that notion was.
169. “We Are the World,” January 6th Style - In a Miami studio where the Eagles and Bob Marley recorded, a choir of pardoned Capitol rioters tries to “reclaim” the national anthem.
170. Zohran Mamdani Talks Love and Deuce with Some New Friends - The mayoral candidate and social-media whiz hit the bleachers at the U.S. Open for a new kind of social-media gambit: the fan meetup.
171. Fred Armisen Goes Bang! Zip! Zoop! - The latest album from the musical “S.N.L.” alum is a compilation of sound effects, including such tracks as “Obligatory Applause at a Speech” and “Tentative Sawing.”
172. Richard Renaldi’s Portraits of New Yorker Critics - Richard Renaldi’s large-format portraits capture the New Yorker writers who hold the culture to account.
173. Inside the Tent on “The Great British Bake Off” - The show captures disastrous custard-making, quintessentially British faux-modesty, and the blistering hubris of bakers—including me.
174. “70,” by Patricia Smith - “I stare at my reflection, and I see / my melody is waning—no surprise, / but only blues take root and hold.”
175. A24’s Empire of Auteurs - The studio is brilliant at selling small, provocative films. Now it wants to sell blockbusters, too.
176. The Celebrity Picture Book Boom - Celebrity picture books are having a moment. Are these the stories our children deserve?
177. Mary Petty, the Mysterious Cover Artist Who Captured the Decline of the Rich - Mary Petty was reclusive, uncompromising, but she peered into a fading world with unmatched warmth and brilliance.
178. Sweating and Storytelling in a Williamsburg Sauna - Aufguss: a world championship for twirling a really hot towel.
179. The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Reshape America’s Past - Ahead of next year’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the White House has issued a directive to the Smithsonian.
180. “Ichthys,” by Jay Fielden - “In the gorgeous summer air, / between the slip and squeeze, / it gasped.”
181. How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge - Music writers were once known for being much crankier than the average listener. What happened?
182. Briefly Noted - “Twelve Churches,” “My Childhood in Pieces,” “Women, Seated,” and “World Pacific.”
183. A.I. Is Coming for Culture - We’re used to algorithms guiding our choices. When machines can effortlessly generate the content we consume, though, what’s left for the human imagination?
184. How a Billionaire Owner Brought Turmoil and Trouble to Sotheby’s - Patrick Drahi made a fortune through debt-fuelled telecommunications companies. Now he’s bringing his methods to the art market.
185. Cindy Sherman’s and Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley - A special nod to celebrate a centenary of cultural coverage.
186. The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department - Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
187. How Patricia Lockwood Wrote “Will There Ever Be Another You” - The writer’s new novel, “Will There Ever Be Another You,” is a singular account of losing her mind, body, and art to COVID—and of trying to get them back.
188. “Project,” by Rachel Cusk - Reality became malleable, was always giving way and changing its rules.
189. Nathan Heller on E. B. White’s Paragraph About the Moon Landing - What sort of response could measure up to the occasion? White’s idea was as simple as it was audacious.
190. Rachel Cusk on Muriel Spark’s “The House of the Famous Poet” - The author on the New Yorker story that inspired her story “Project.”
191. Rachel Cusk Reads “Project” - The author reads her story from the September 1 & 8, 2025, issue of the magazine.
192. The Creator of “Subway Takes” One Hundred Per Cent Disagrees - The “entertainer” Kareem Rahma discusses Kamala Harris’s missed opportunity on his show, meeting Andrew Cuomo, and why disagreement is more fun.
193. Restaurant Review: Santo Taco - A new wave of excellent spots, such as Santo Taco and Tacos 1986, has transformed the landscape.
194. What’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover? - Late-summer days and nights amid troops on the streets of the nation’s capital.
195. The High Femme Dystopia of Star Amerasu - In a series of comic videos set in 2099, the multitalented artist imagines our petty future.
196. My Mother, New Orleans - Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, I’ve left the city that raised me.
197. The Vibrant, Disappearing World of India’s Photo Studios - The photographer Ketaki Sheth stumbled upon one of the dying businesses, which have been rendered obsolete in the smartphone era—then made it her mission to commemorate them in style.
198. The Retribution Phase of Trump’s Presidency Has Begun - There was a certain awful predictability about the F.B.I.’s Friday-morning raids targeting the former Trump adviser turned critic John Bolton.
199. How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump’s America - Evan Osnos speaks with Wired’s Katie Drummond about the hype around artificial intelligence, and what tech moguls learned from Elon Musk’s tenure in the White House.
200. How Extreme Heat Affects the Body - Dhruv Khullar, who reports on medicine for The New Yorker, investigates the medical effects of extreme heat.
202. What It Would Actually Take to End the War in Ukraine - With Ukraine drained by more than three years of fighting, time is on the side of Vladimir Putin.
203. “Splitsville” Plays Infidelity for Laughs; “A Little Prayer” Shows What’s Really at Stake - The meticulous shotmaking of Michael Angelo Covino’s film belies a dramatic staleness, whereas Angus MacLachlan orchestrates a powerfully understated catharsis.
204. A Merry and Rambunctious “Twelfth Night” in Central Park - At the newly renovated Delacorte, Saheem Ali directs a celebrity-packed production that is comically inventive but rarely stirring.
205. Why Moomin Mania Is Finally Hitting the U.S. - As Tove Jansson’s lovable creatures turn eighty, new generations are discovering a world where “trolling” means weathering life’s many anxieties.
206. What Killed the Two-State Solution? - How deceit, delusion, and the inexorable pull of the past have transformed an idea once seen as a possible means to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a dangerous gimmick.
207. Anthony Roth Costanzo Channels Maria Callas in “Galas” - Plus: the eclectic chaos of Haim, Trajal Harrell struts the catwalk at Park Avenue Armory, “Mamma Mia!” returns to Broadway, and more.
208. Eric Adams’s Kettle-Cooked Administration - A scandal over a bag of chips exemplifies all that has gone wrong at City Hall.
209. “Honey Don’t!” Revives the Spirit of the Coen Brothers’ Movies - Ethan Coen, working with his wife, Tricia Cooke, endows this neo-noir comedy, about a lesbian detective, with dazzle but little more.
211. Dear Pepper: I’d Rather Be Drawing - How dare life require so much of you, when what you were born to do is sit in a corner of the room and watch and draw?
213. How to Watch a Movie - The “politique des auteurs” proposed by filmmakers of the French New Wave changed the landscape of cinema. What might they teach us about the directors of today?
214. Will the MAHA Moms Turn on Trump? - A leaked draft of a White House report on how to “Make Our Children Healthy Again” suggests that the Administration will do little to address food safety or nutrition.
215. How Bad Is It?: Trump’s Self-Dealing and the Question of Kleptocracy - Trump’s eagerness to profit from office may be putting the U.S. on a path resembling that of an oligarchy.
216. Hilton Als’s Essential James Baldwin - Looking closely at a few of the legendary writer’s works.
217. The Holocaust Historian Defending Israel Against Charges of Genocide - How the war in Gaza is dividing scholars of Nazi Germany.
218. The Redemption of Chance the Rapper - His new album, “Star Line,” has the difficult task of reacquainting the world with the artist after several tumultuous years.
219. A Tale of Two Jurists in the Trump Era - James Boasberg, Emil Bove, and the state of the rule of law.
221. The Budding Rivalry of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner - The two young champions, who met as teen-agers, are expected to face off at this year’s U.S. Open. A new book by Giri Nathan tracks their parallel ascent.
222. IRL Brain Rot and the Lure of the Labubu - In the chimerical trend that is Labubumatchadubaichocolate, nothing is ever too extra. But those who embrace the aesthetic know that the only way out is further in.
224. The Nineteen-Thirties Novel That’s Become a Surprise Hit in the U.K. - Set in a small village in the Bavarian Alps, Sally Carson’s “Crooked Cross” presents an eerily familiar portrait of the rise of fascism.
225. The Revised Laws of Robotics - A robot must not hurt another robot, outside of some sort of cool sporting event you can place bets on.
226. Can Donald Trump Police the United States? - In a trial over the legality of the President’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, there may be a definitive answer to where his power ends.
229. “Suburban Divorcée,” by Cate Marvin - “Mowing the lawn, it’s revealed, is not the torture / it once appeared as the loved one tore through // the yard in heated fury.”
230. “O separation,” by Raymond Antrobus - “You mysterious cruel hand, / you cold dropped and not-yet-dropped rain.”
231. Bill Belichick Goes Back to School - Can the legendary former Patriots coach transform U.N.C. football?
232. The Ghouls of GHOST Are Dialling Back the Devil Stuff - Fresh from selling out Madison Square Garden, the dark priest of the Swedish metal band talked about his childhood TV dreams while backstage at “The Tonight Show.”
233. Pam Bondi’s Power Play - Donald Trump now has the Attorney General he always wanted—an ally willing to harness the law to enable his agenda.
234. The Family Fallout of DNA Surprises - Through genetic testing, millions of Americans are estimated to have discovered that their parents aren’t who they thought. The news has upended relationships and created a community looking for answers.
235. The Met vs. the Met—Softball Edition - The Metropolitan Opera’s team was undefeated. So was the Metropolitan Museum’s. On a Central Park ball field, sound guys and lighting technicians faced off against art handlers and registrars.
238. Helen Oyeyemi’s Novel of Cognitive Dissonance - Kinga, the protagonist of “A New New Me,” has an odd affliction: there are seven of her.
239. “And Just Like That . . . ,” the Lost Season - Plotlines we’ll never see: Carrie grapples with shoe tariffs, and Miranda moves into the sewers.
240. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Jane Bua’s Talk of the Town story about a gathering of Naomis in Prospect Park and Merve Emre’s piece on the history of advice columns.
242. The Otherworldly Ambitions of R. F. Kuang - The author of “Babel” and “Yellowface” is drawn to stories of striving. Her new fantasy novel, “Katabasis,” asks if graduate school is a kind of hell.
243. Did Racial Capitalism Set the Bronx on Fire? - To some, the fires lit in New York in the late seventies signalled rampant criminality; to others, rebellion. But maybe they were signs of something else entirely.
244. Big Business and Wall Street Need to Stand Up for Honest Data - In nominating an inexperienced MAGA partisan for commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Donald Trump is chipping away at an essential foundation of the American economy.
245. The Birds Flocking Back to the Fresh Kills Dump - New Yorkers stuck their garbage in Staten Island for fifty-three years. As the landfill becomes a park, foxes, deer, and grasshopper sparrows are moving in again.
246. The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing - By adopting an overly broad and controversial definition of antisemitism, the university is putting both academic freedom and its Jewish students at risk.
247. Miriam Toews on Saying Yes to Life’s Possibilities - The author discusses her story “Something Has Come to Light.”
248. Miriam Toews Reads “Something Has Come to Light” - The author reads her story from the August 25, 2025, issue of the magazine.
249. Trump Sends in the National Guard - Is the President’s takeover of D.C. a dry run for other cities?
250. Adam Gopnik on Joseph Mitchell’s “Joe Gould’s Secret” - Mitchell captured New York’s oddballs and renegades with an understated lyricism that transformed fact into literature.
251. A Season of Unease at the Edinburgh Festival - In this year’s offerings, the mood ranged from baffled sorrow to laughter in extremis, reflecting our unsettled times.
252. Restaurant Review: Farley’s - Farley’s, in Bed-Stuy, lavishes attention on an unsung icon of Americana cooking.
253. “Something Has Come to Light,” by Miriam Toews - He asked me if I wanted to ride with him, and I said no. He repeated that back to me. He said, No? Or . . . yes?
254. The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance - After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping the pressure on from afar.
255. The Fiery Mania of Dijon’s “Baby” - The album’s frantic, unruly nature aims to communicate the madness of living with big feelings—emotions that are difficult to process and to hold to the light.
256. Always Inadequate - The force of low self-esteem can feel so enormous, so unexplainable, it seems almost mythic.
257. Donald Trump’s Self-Own Summit with Vladimir Putin - Even the puffery-prone President couldn’t alchemize his non-deal with Russia into Trumpian gold.
258. A Palestinian Journalist Escapes Death in Gaza - The reporter Mohammed R. Mhawish was targeted in an Israeli air strike. He lived, and escaped Gaza. He continues to report on the deprivation and challenges of people trapped in the war.
259. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington on a Reunion Making “Highest 2 Lowest” - The director and the actor discuss their latest collaboration, nineteen years after their previous film together. “Time flies,” Lee says. “I didn’t know it had been that long.”
261. “And Just Like That . . . ,” Carrie Bradshaw Bids an Unsatisfying Farewell - The series sequel to “Sex and the City” ends with an abrupt, disappointing finale.
262. How an Asylum Seeker in U.S. Custody Ended Up in a Russian Prison - Eighteen months after an activist fled Russia to avoid persecution, an appeals court found that he lacked a “well-founded fear or clear probability of future persecution.”
263. Garrett Hongo Reads Charles Wright - The poet joins Kevin Young to read “T’ang Notebook,” by Charles Wright, and his own poem “On Emptiness.”
265. “Highest 2 Lowest” Marks a Conservative Pivot for Spike Lee - Denzel Washington stars as a music executive who takes police matters into his own hands, in this remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 kidnapping classic.
266. The Curious Symbolism of J. D. Vance’s English Getaway - The Vice-President built his political brand on bashing élites. Why does he vacation like one?
267. Ghislaine Maxwell’s Petition to the Supreme Court - The convicted sex offender is raising an important legal question—about whether an agreement by one federal prosecutor binds his colleagues across the country.
268. “My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent - In Julia Loktev’s epic documentary, filmed before, during, and after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, several courageous Moscow reporters see their worst fears realized.
270. Roman Polanski’s Self-Centered “An Officer and a Spy” - This historical drama, about efforts to clear the wrongly convicted French captain Alfred Dreyfus, brings to mind the director’s own legal troubles.
271. “An Open Heart,” by Jamil Jan Kochai - Arman scoffed at the idea of a life beyond death, and Dad pointed out the irony of a ghost denying the afterlife.
273. Les Américains à Paris - Americans have had a long cultural love affair with the French capital. What is it about Paris that draws us in?
274. What Happens After Someone Is Arrested by ICE? - Whether or not Trump can fulfill his promise of deporting one million people in a year, the nation should be concerned about the harm done—and rights violated—en route to that goal.
275. Dan-el Padilla Peralta on Learning How to Combat Loss - The Princeton classicist shares works that informed his thinking on identity and world-building, and his book “Classicism and Other Phobias.”
277. Adam Friedland’s Comedy of Discomforts - His rendition of the talk show is innately subversive, at direct odds with the squeaky-clean, white-bread humor that is typical of its cable counterpart.
278. Coming of Age in Panic Mode - Michael Clune follows up memoirs about drug addiction and computer games with “Pan,” a novel about a teen-ager with anxiety set in the nineties.
279. The Revenge of Millennial Cringe - The viral resurgence of the single “Home,” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, reflects a simultaneous disgust at and attraction to an era of unabashed sincerity.
280. What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This? - GPT-5, a new release from OpenAI, is the latest product to suggest that progress on large language models has stalled.
282. Can President Trump Run a Mile? - By reviving the Presidential Fitness Test, Trump is joining his predecessors in setting forth a competition that he would likely fail at.
283. The Worst City to Find Love Is Wherever You, Yes You, Live - Several factors were examined to determine that you are the epicenter of a phenomenon that swallows up the possibility of romantic love like a black hole sucking in light.
284. How the Bonds Among Virtual-Reality Furries Saved a Life, in “The Reality of Hope” - A short film follows a friendship in the V.R.-furry community which turns into a radical act of generosity.
286. A Visit from the V.R. Squad - Jon Griffith, a filmmaker on his third commission from Meta, has been strapping strangers into V.R. headsets in their living rooms and taking them up, up, and away.
287. Ripping Cards with Emma Roberts - The scream queen is a card-collecting obsessive, and her new favorite haunt is Tom Brady’s CardVault, in East Hampton.
288. The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin - An older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.
289. Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Ava Kofman’s Profile of Curtis Yarvin, Malcolm Gladwell’s review of “Unforgiving Places,” and Hilton Als’s review of “Superfine,” at the Met.
290. “I Was a First Alto in the 1980s,” by Deborah Garrison - “I used to sit for hours / at an electric typewriter. / I remember well its hum.”
291. How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency? - An honest accounting of our Executive-in-Chief’s runaway self-enrichment.
292. Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble? - As the stock prices of Big Tech companies continue to rise and eye-popping I.P.O.s reëmerge, echoes of the dot-com era are getting louder.
293. The One Race That Eric Adams Is Winning - The Mayor is lagging far behind Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo in the polls, but on social media he’s killing it.
294. Is Mac DeMarco the Last Indie Rock Star? - The musician’s overwhelming popularity can overshadow his ethos of self-reliance. On his new album, “Guitar,” he played every instrument and is releasing it on his own label.
295. Why Hasn’t Medical Science Cured Chronic Headaches? - More than 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from migraine and other debilitating conditions that are under-studied and often not taken seriously.
296. Ben Folds’s Latest Thing - After quitting his gig with the Kennedy Center in protest, the Gen X indie rocker is turning his talents toward MAGA trolls and Charlie Brown.
298. King Charles’s Crony Catches the Salmon of the Year - A Park Avenue finance guy goes fishing with a royal nanny and hooks a fifty-two-pounder.
300. The Quest to Cure Progeria Is a Quest to Slow Aging - Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old.
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