Éric Rohmer’s Novel “Élisabeth” Is a Precocious Literary Triumph - Before he had any interest in movies, Rohmer was a writer, and his 1946 début is a fine-grained vision of small-town lives in prewar France. (www.newyorker.com)
“Birthright” and “Giant” Tackle Jewish Identity. - The plays explore interpersonal rifts over Israel, but only one lets the ugliness linger. (www.newyorker.com)
“Broken,” by Rabih Alameddine - Usually, when I informed a guy that I had a type, that I couldn’t help whom I was or wasn’t attracted to, he moved on. Not you. (www.newyorker.com)
Trump and NATO Court Erdoğan, Turkey’s Strongman - In Ankara, the leaders of the alliance appeared more concerned about Western geopolitical power than about Western democratic values. (www.newyorker.com)
How New York Watched the World Cup - Ahead of hosting the championship match, New Yorkers gathered in crowded bars and restaurants, sometimes overflowing onto street corners, to follow the twists and turns of the tournament. (www.newyorker.com)
How the Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Reshaping Executive Power - Those hoping for the judiciary to act as a counterweight to President Trump this term were mostly left disappointed. (www.newyorker.com)
The Unlikely Journalist Who Looked Into the Heart of War - Vasily Grossman was an out-of-shape novelist writing for a propaganda machine during the deadliest conflict in history. Somehow, he remade what war reporting could be. (www.newyorker.com)
What Scientists Learned by Eavesdropping on Thousands of People - After researchers discovered that we’re speaking less and less each year, I spent a week collecting audio recordings from my own life. (www.newyorker.com)
The Rise of the “As Seen on TikTok” Sticker - A promotional sticker used to mean that a book had been discovered. Now it means that a book was designed to be. (www.newyorker.com)
Graham Platner’s Point of No Return - Following an allegation of sexual assault, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine is considering his future. What would his exit mean for the race, and for the broader direction of American politics? (www.newyorker.com)
The U.S. Crashes Out of the World Cup - Despite a strong start to the tournament, and an egregious intervention by President Trump into FIFA’s suspension of its star striker, the U.S. men’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with Belgium. (www.newyorker.com)
A New American Soccer Culture Is Emerging - A decade ago, the fandom around Major League Soccer and the U.S. men’s national team was very white and very imitative. That’s starting to change. (www.newyorker.com)
Skarsgård Green-Card Marriages - Each one of our lucky clients will be expertly matched with a Skarsgård sibling, which are indeterminate in number. (www.newyorker.com)
How Political Is This Supreme Court? - The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism. (www.newyorker.com)
David Wain’s Wet Hot American Comedy - The comedian and director talks about the State, making his first film in eight years, and the challenges of creating original comedy in Hollywood’s bleak landscape. (www.newyorker.com)
The Summer When Everyone Wanted a Good, Good Night - In 2009, every big hit sounded like a version of “I Gotta Feeling,” by the Black Eyed Peas. (www.newyorker.com)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Marriage Plot - The nuptials, which drew some of the most famous people in the world to Madison Square Garden, promised a kind of narrative closure for Swifties: after years of singing about imagined weddings, the pop star’s life was finally catching up with her art. (www.newyorker.com)
Ryan McGinley Tries to Photograph What It Means to Be Alive - In “Night Shift,” his first New York show in eight years, the photographer brings his travelling bacchanal home to the city’s streets. (www.newyorker.com)
American Idols - Who’s your favorite American? We asked a range of luminaries, and the answers included scientists, playwrights, pop stars, bureaucrats—and one cartoon character. (www.newyorker.com)
The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup - A racist takeover in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, has reverberated across generations as a reminder of American democracy’s terrifying vulnerability. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday - At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North Dakota, the President casts himself as the rightful heir to American greatness. (www.newyorker.com)
The Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure - The President cashed in on his office to the tune of billions of dollars last year, largely through the sale of crypto tokens. His investors weren’t so fortunate. (www.newyorker.com)
Why The Last Battle of the American Revolution Was Fought In India - The conflicts that took place elsewhere in the world have receded from our collective imagination, but the American rebellion was, in many ways, a sideshow to a far greater imperial drama. (www.newyorker.com)
An American Playlist - As the country celebrates its semiquincentennial, the hosts of Critics at Large reflect on its past, present, and future—through songs. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Have Liberals Abandoned a Moral Reading of the Constitution? - From slavery to abortion, conservatives and liberals alike have reached for “natural law” to resolve many of the country’s most important cases. But, in recent years, the balance has shifted. (www.newyorker.com)
Behind the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Transgender Athletes - The decision, unanimous on Title IX but split 6–3 on equal protection, upheld bans in twenty-seven states on transgender female athletes playing on girls’ and women’s teams. (www.newyorker.com)
Paul Revere’s Unabridged Instructions - Light twelve lanterns and give yourself a mop-top haircut if it seems like more of a cultural invasion. (www.newyorker.com)
Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Hostel,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2024. (www.newyorker.com)
The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over - The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close. (www.newyorker.com)
The Supreme Court’s Check on Trump’s Power Was Too Close for Comfort - Despite some rulings that limited the President’s authority, the Court made clear its commitment to a conservative agenda. (www.newyorker.com)
Searching for Survivors After Venezuela’s Historic Earthquakes - With nearly fifty thousand people still missing, an improvised rescue operation comprising civilians, local firefighters, and foreign brigades is racing to sift through the wreckage. (www.newyorker.com)
An Ecuadorian Fishing Boat Disappears Amid Trump’s Strikes in the Pacific - The President claims to be targeting vessels involved in drug trafficking. Were the fishermen who went missing with the Fiorella collateral damage? (www.newyorker.com)
The Joyful Pointlessness of World Cup Sticker Books - For a parent, finding a children’s activity that hasn’t been digitized, optimized, or turned into gambling feels like a balm. (www.newyorker.com)
America!: Insane Clown Posse Changes Their Name to Pretty Reasonable Clown Posse - The Overton window of bonkersness has shifted so far that songs like “Still Stabbin’ ” sound Sinatra-esque. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump Has Officially Lost the Plot - His refusal to sign a bipartisan affordable-housing bill demonstrates his obliviousness to the economic concerns of voters. (www.newyorker.com)
How the Mass Shooting at Bondi Beach Shattered Australia’s Political Consensus - After the country’s most deadly act of gun violence in nearly thirty years, some politicians asked whether the real problem wasn’t gun control but antisemitism. Were they right? (www.newyorker.com)
Something Is Very Wrong with Modern Longevity Science - A new book argues that many of the world’s oldest people aren’t so old after all. (www.newyorker.com)
The Billionaires’ Vagina Club - With her motto, “Sexual health is health,” Dr. Sally Greenwald aims to optimize orgasms for the women of Silicon Valley. (www.newyorker.com)
Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain? - An Austrian court pieces together the mysterious circumstances of a couple’s disastrous hike. (www.newyorker.com)
Postscript: Mark Singer - In a 1997 Profile for the magazine, he looked for Donald Trump’s soul. Where it should have been he found—nothing. (www.newyorker.com)
The Natural Memory of Kabir Sehgal - For his new album, “Stars and Static 2026,” the fourteen-time Grammy winner recorded sounds from across the country. Did it change how he thinks about America? (www.newyorker.com)
Bruce Nauman Isn’t Bound by the Rules - At a gallery in Tribeca, the artist talked bald spots with Eric Fischl and walked through his quickie exhibition “No Mistakes,” 3-D videos of him drawing with his eyes closed. (www.newyorker.com)
The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us - Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life. (www.newyorker.com)
“Costume Art,” at the Met Museum’s Costume Institute, Makes a Case for Fashion - From its new galleries off the museum’s Great Hall, the Costume Institute seeks to put clothing at the center of art history. (www.newyorker.com)
Are Humanoid Robots Ready to Be Deployed? - Neo and a dozen other robots with human forms are scheduled to hit the market. Experts are nervous. (www.newyorker.com)
At Pacha New York, an Infamous Night Club Is Reborn - After the Brooklyn Mirage—a popular but troubled music venue—was torn down, a glitzy Ibiza institution took its place. (www.newyorker.com)
Herding the Fro-Yo Sheep - This summer, every trendy dessert joint has a mile-long line of transplants and tourists. One New Yorker is protesting in his own way—by “baa”-ing at them. (www.newyorker.com)
Sublime Fury at the Ojai Festival - In an idyllic setting, Leila Josefowicz and Esa-Pekka Salonen delivered an explosive performance of Ligeti’s Violin Concerto. (www.newyorker.com)
“Pig Lab,” by Will Mackin - In this upside-down world there’d be a pig like Ted Waters, who, one blue winter night outside Marjah, had his leg blown off by a bomb disguised as a guardrail. (www.newyorker.com)
Nobody’s a Stranger When You Play “No Letting Go” - To a young d.j. in 2003, Wayne Wonder’s dancehall anthem seemed like a beacon from a better world. (www.newyorker.com)
László Krasznahorkai Writes Because He Fails - The Nobel laureate on his notoriously long sentences, our estrangement from beauty, and why he would “never voluntarily reread” one of his books. (www.newyorker.com)
“Couture,” Reviewed: Angelina Jolie Faces Trouble with Style - The new melodrama, starring Jolie as a movie director, treats the Paris fashion world as a backdrop for medical and domestic crises. (www.newyorker.com)
Scenes from La Canicule in Paris - During a historic heat wave, air-conditioning has become the linchpin of an intensifying political debate in France. (www.newyorker.com)
Can J. D. Vance Serve Both God and Donald Trump? - The Vice-President has written a book about his faith that leaves out the most important questions. (www.newyorker.com)
The Popularity Contests of “Love Island” - Most romantic reality TV would have us believe that dating is about getting married, or simply being chosen. One show knows better. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump’s Dangerous Politicization of America’s Spy Agencies - Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick for acting Director of National Intelligence, has no national-security experience. (www.newyorker.com)
The Coastal Mysteries of “Romería” and “Rose of Nevada” - In rich, melancholy new films from the directors Carla Simón and Mark Jenkin, the restorative power of cinema turns out to be a shore thing. (www.newyorker.com)
America at 250: A View from Britain, with “The Rest Is History” - The historian-podcasters Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland explain why losing the thirteen colonies “annoyed” the British, but “it could have been a lot worse.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Supreme Court Enables Trump’s Cruel Immigration Agenda - Two new rulings make it easier for the Administration to prevent migrants from claiming asylum and to expel lawful refugees. (www.newyorker.com)
The Artistry of Tarot - Also: the modern reggae of Original Koffee, Tina Fey’s modern take on “The Four Seasons,” Hugh Jackman’s gory Robin Hood, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
The Israeli Employers Who Want Their Palestinian Workers Back - More than a hundred thousand Palestinians worked in Israel before October 7th. Most can no longer cross the border—and many are now destitute. (www.newyorker.com)
Refik Anadol, The Art World’s Happy Warrior for A.I. - His new museum, Dataland, is a joyful monument to the technology. Is he a visionary, or Silicon Valley’s court painter? (www.newyorker.com)
Everyone Wants to Touch the Blue Coating in the Reflecting Pool - How the President’s stalled renovation projects inspired a wave of Schadenfreude sightseeing. (www.newyorker.com)
America’s Last Bookie Goes Down - Tim Pughsley built a sports-betting website that moved billions, then the I.R.S. got involved. In the age of FanDuel and DraftKings, where is the line between legal and illegal gambling? (www.newyorker.com)
How Bad an Idea Was Brexit? - It hasn’t done what its supporters promised—but it has reshaped politics not only in the U.K. but across Europe and in the United States. (www.newyorker.com)
Robby Hoffman Thinks There Are Worse Things Than Being Offended - The standup comic and “Hacks” actor thinks the conversation about class in America is long overdue, and she’ll keep talking about it until people listen. (www.newyorker.com)
Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I Catch Sight of the Now” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “Piano Lesson.” (www.newyorker.com)
The A.I.-Design Aesthetic That’s Taking Over the Internet - How Anthropic’s new tool, Claude Design, is creating overnight web-design clichés. (www.newyorker.com)
A Sprawling Monument to How Things Get Made - Mark Power’s “Fashion” lavishes formal attention on industrial machinery and, by extension, on the human effort behind it. (www.newyorker.com)
Job Opportunities for Former Screenwriters - Standup Comedian: Yes, it pays less than minimum wage—and that’s if you get paid—but, on the bright side, you’ll get lots of blurry photos of you sweating near a microphone. (www.newyorker.com)
Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold - Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s “Regime Change” is packed with news about the Trump White House that will stay news. (www.newyorker.com)
New York Primary-Elections Map: Live Results - A number of Democratic strongholds are hosting competitive congressional primaries, with establishment incumbents and candidates trying to fend off left-wing challengers. (www.newyorker.com)
Who Is the Real Kevin Warsh? - Before the new Fed chairman got the job, he intimated that the central bank could cut interest rates, but last week he assumed the role of an inflation hawk. (www.newyorker.com)
Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative? - Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran. (www.newyorker.com)
The Torture Chamber of British Politics Crushes Its Latest Prime Minister - Keir Starmer becomes the sixth Prime Minister over the past decade to resign, surrendering to the U.K.’s manifold problems. (www.newyorker.com)
The NY-12 Primary Is Awash with Money but Short on Belief - The race—whose candidates include Micah Lasher, Alex Bores, George Conway, and Jack Schlossberg—is at once glitzy, confusing, and uninspiring. (www.newyorker.com)
Alexandra Grant Brings Spirit Back - Walking through her new exhibition, “Antigone 3000,” the artist known to online hordes as Keanu Reeves’s mysterious silver-haired girlfriend reflects on Sophocles and the color pink. (www.newyorker.com)
The Repo Man Coming for Your Ride - As America’s auto debt nears 1.7 trillion, repossessions are reaching levels not seen since the Great Recession. Inside an industry at the front line of the country’s affordability crisis. (www.newyorker.com)
What’s the Point of Sex, Anyway? - The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother. (www.newyorker.com)
The Curious Career of “the American Dream” - How a phrase coined during the Depression became a national creed, a global brand, and a vessel for disillusionment. (www.newyorker.com)
Dan Mintz, Reanimated - The comedian and voice artist puts his “Bob’s Burgers” expertise to the test with a cartoon standup special—produced by the man who officiated his wedding, John Mulaney. (www.newyorker.com)
Isabel J. Kim Makes Her Own World - At a board-game café on the Upper West Side, the lawyer and author discusses her new book, “Sublimation,” about borders, parallel selves, and an eerily Trump-like government. (www.newyorker.com)
Colson Whitehead’s Big Score - As he closes out his Harlem crime trilogy with “Cool Machine,” the two-time Pulitzer winner turns again to the city that made him, and to the private ghosts behind his restless reinventions. (www.newyorker.com)
What Science Knows About Grief - After my husband’s death, I had never been more pliable, tender, open, or raw. It was then that I tried E.M.D.R. therapy. (www.newyorker.com)
The Pied Piper - The man with the fife was good at getting rid of Hamelin’s rats. What, the townspeople wondered, could he do with the children? (www.newyorker.com)
Why the Odyssey Keeps Defeating Filmmakers - Full of violence, desire, monsters, and magic, Homer’s epic has tempted directors for decades. Can Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation survive the voyage? (www.newyorker.com)
How Matthew Rhys Stays Hungry - The star of “Widow’s Bay” on the series’ emotional season finale, his formative love for Richard Burton, and the subtle power of scarfing a whole chicken onscreen. (www.newyorker.com)
The Difference Between the Knicks and the White House Cage Fight - Sports, spectacle, and what Juvenal would have made of this moment. (www.newyorker.com)
A Lonely Adolescent Summer, Set to “Bad Moon Rising” - To an eleven-year-old in a Long Island suburb, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1969 hit sounded like it came from somewhere distant, deep, and haunted. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Readers,” by Ben Lerner - It would be one thing if I wrote fiction about Cromwell or aliens, but, given that my protagonists resemble me, how could I know you weren’t mixing us up? (www.newyorker.com)
A Diehard Drinker Accidentally Quits - The cultural discourse around avoiding alcohol never convinced me—and why sober up when the world is burning? Then life intervened. (www.newyorker.com)
Pencils Up! The Knicks on Broadway - The N.B.A. championship was a win for Mayor Mamdani, but the city’s public-school kids, stuck taking their Regents exams as the ticker-tape parade thundered past their windows, weren’t so sure. (www.newyorker.com)
How the Trump Administration Pushed Judges to Deport Children - The D.O.J. has fast-tracked immigration cases for unaccompanied minors and fired judges who appear not to comply. (www.newyorker.com)
“Toy Story 5” Won’t Leave Kids to Their Own Devices - In the Disney-Pixar series’ latest chapter, Jessie, Woody, and Buzz Lightyear confront a looming threat—screen time—that’s changing the play habits of children everywhere. (www.newyorker.com)
J. D. Vance’s Contemptuous Conversion Memoir - “Communion” tells the story of Vance''s decision to become Catholic, but it’s strangely distasteful of the faith he has joined. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Invite” Movie Review - In Olivia Wilde’s bickersome couples comedy, an evening of refreshments and recriminations leads to an intriguing proposition. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump’s Iran Deal Is Israel’s Disaster - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has few allies but Trump—and that partnership is now in question. (www.newyorker.com)
The Dance Legend Lucinda Childs’s “Momentary Reprise” - Also: the images of Yves Saint Laurent, “Girl, Interrupted” reviewed, the fusionist wonderland of Tortoise, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
Clearing Out Dad’s Room - It was filled with things he had purchased on Temu, which he’d recently discovered (much to my mom’s annoyance). (www.newyorker.com)
Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure? - The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow. (www.newyorker.com)
“Widow’s Bay” Sets a High Bar for Horror Comedy - The Apple TV series starring Matthew Rhys follows a winning cast of small-island bureaucrats through a living hell. (www.newyorker.com)
The Spectacular Failure and Ruinous Costs of the Iran War - Even though an agreement has been reached, nations around the world will be feeling the effects of the war for some time. (www.newyorker.com)
Can Zohran Mamdani Sway the Commie Corridor’s “Civil War”? - Famously, mayors of New York City almost never graduate to higher office, but in Claire Valdez, a candidate in the Seventh Congressional District, the Mayor and the D.S.A. have an immediate avatar. (www.newyorker.com)
Steven Spielberg’s Blockbusters - Half a century ago, the “Jaws” director created the blueprint for the modern blockbuster. With “Disclosure Day,” he returns to the form he helped invent. (www.newyorker.com)
The Politics of the Big Game - What Trump’s attendance at an N.B.A. Finals game, the surreal vulgarity of the U.F.C. Freedom 250 event, and “soccer diplomacy” at the World Cup reveal about this political moment. (www.newyorker.com)
Hillary Rodham Clinton Slams Joe Biden’s “Terrible Mistake”—and More - The retired politician speaks frankly about the failure of the Democratic Party, the threat of Trumpian authoritarianism, and the “failure” in Iran. (www.newyorker.com)
The Israeli Ultra-Hawks Who Feel Betrayed by Trump’s Iran Deal - Shimon Riklin, an anchor on the country’s right-wing Channel 14, and a Netanyahu ally, thinks America stabbed Israel in the back. (www.newyorker.com)
The Hole in Donald Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Strategy - American investors are flocking back to the country’s vast reserves, lured by promises of reform. But the officials who ran the industry into the ground are still the ones in charge. (www.newyorker.com)
A Trollish New Campus Novel Hates Students and Professors Alike - “The Vivisectors,” by Missouri Williams, critiques the hollowness of contemporary life. But it’s tricky to gauge the book’s level of self-awareness. (www.newyorker.com)
Has Tech Robbed Us of Our Sensory Lives? - Ian Bogost’s new book, “The Small Stuff,” argues that reclaiming the tiny, mundane pleasures of the physical world can help us offset the encroachment of screens. (www.newyorker.com)
In “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg Steps Out from Behind the Curtain - This tale of aliens on Earth and the coverup of their presence, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, is a catalogue of the director’s obsessions, and a deeply personal vision. (www.newyorker.com)
How to Canoe to the World Cup in New Jersey - MetLife Stadium, the site of eight FIFA matches, is surrounded by creeks and canals. Amid exorbitantly priced public transportation and reports of bumper-to-bumper traffic, we tried our luck arriving by boat. (www.newyorker.com)
How Scott McTominay Led Scotland Back to the World Cup - The star midfielder’s acrobatic goal against Denmark last November secured his team a spot in the tournament for the first time in almost thirty years. Now, for the Tartan Army, it’s time to party. (www.newyorker.com)
I Am Your Dad’s Nest Camera and I Am Ready for Shit to Go Down - You taking an after-dinner stroll? BAM—I hit you with my floodlight. You taking out the trash? BAM—floodlight again. (www.newyorker.com)
Olivia Rodrigo’s Early-Twenties Lament - On her new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” the singer inches away from frisky pop-punk and toward the velvety yearning of New Wave. (www.newyorker.com)
How Tina Fey Wrote the Most Realistic—and Optimistic—Marriage on TV - On “30 Rock,” she pioneered the kind of heteroskepticism that’s now more prevalent than ever. With “The Four Seasons,” she’s exploring a more hopeful counternarrative. (www.newyorker.com)
Fight Night at the White House - To celebrate his eightieth birthday—and the nation’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth—President Trump invited the country to watch U.F.C. fighters beat each other up. (www.newyorker.com)
Melanie Hamrick Is Still On Pointe - Since retiring from the American Ballet Theatre, the dancer has expanded her pursuits—writing romance books and choreographing shows with the help of her fiancé, Mick Jagger. (www.newyorker.com)
Inside the Ludicrous, Deadly Serious Plan to Take Over Greenland - “We want Greenland,” Trump said. Four men sprang into action to make fantasy a reality. (www.newyorker.com)
“Yuppies,” “Mutiny,” and “How to Start,” Reviewed - In the nineteen-eighties, an office job promised security and fulfillment. For graduates starting careers today, the prospect is often tinged with dread. (www.newyorker.com)
Meet Russ Freud - Under its new director, Bob’s Insane Asylum is seeking residents out rather than just sitting back and waiting for them. (www.newyorker.com)
Jackie Gleason’s Paranormal Activity - The “Honeymooners” actor was obsessed with the supernatural—even his house looked like a spacecraft. On a tour of the Mothership, will the author of a new Gleason book come face to face with the extraterrestrial? (www.newyorker.com)
Lessons from the Original Tech Bubble - As the SpaceX I.P.O. kicks off what is expected to be a wave of A.I. offerings, a new book turns to another speculative era—the railroad boom that culminated in the Great Panic of 1873. (www.newyorker.com)
Jürgen Habermas Defended Reason in a Darkening Age - The great German philosopher, who died in March, understood how much depended on a principled public sphere. (www.newyorker.com)
On the Front Lines of Delaney Hall, ICE’s Newark Prison - The detention center was the first new facility to open under the second Trump Administration. Protesters won’t stop until it is shut down. (www.newyorker.com)
How Did American Christianity End Up Like This? - History helps explain the particular faith that now rules our religious marketplace. (www.newyorker.com)
Laverne Cox Wants to “Rehumanize Everybody” - In 2014, the “Orange Is the New Black” star appeared on a Time cover heralding a new era of acceptance for trans people. These days, the picture looks very different. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Marcel - At the new restaurant in the Sotheby’s-owned Breuer building, money, in its most indiscreet sense, is everywhere. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Todd Blanche Should Not Be Attorney General - In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time. (www.newyorker.com)
“Mutter,” by Esther Yi - I tell my mother that sometimes it feels like an emergency: she must know that no one else can ever be what she is for me. (www.newyorker.com)
Kate Millett Disappears - The writer and artist’s 1972 installation “Terminal Piece” shows us the failure of language in the face of violence. (www.newyorker.com)
The Long Road to Margaret Thatcher’s Britain - In Paul Graham’s book “A1: The Great North Road,” life along a major British thoroughfare reveals fissures in the nation’s identity. (www.newyorker.com)
The World Cup and the Changing Psyche of the Haitian Diaspora - For Les Grenadiers and their fans, the game will be about the confrontation of a certain psychological displacement. (www.newyorker.com)
Iran Can Hold America Hostage in Either War or Peace - Taking the Strait of Hormuz represents an adaptation of Iran’s longtime strategy of seizing things of value to extract concessions. (www.newyorker.com)
The Sports Journalist Pablo Torre Has a Pulitzer, but Still Feels Like the “Turd” in the Pool - The podcaster discusses why investigative reporting in sports is still rare and whether fans even want it, and the problem with private equity investing in professional teams. (www.newyorker.com)
Rachel Goldberg-Polin on Losing a Son in Gaza - The most visible spokesperson for the families of Israeli hostages in Gaza discusses her memoir, “When We See You Again,” and the unending pain of her son’s captivity and murder. (www.newyorker.com)
The Hell-Raising Rocker Who Conquered Country Radio - Koe Wetzel, who broke out with a song about driving drunk to Taco Bell, reintroduces himself on a new album, “The Night Champion.” (www.newyorker.com)
How the Dangerous Rise in Anti-Immigration Politics Went Mainstream - Violent unrest after a stabbing in Northern Ireland showed the extent to which the far right has taken hold in the U.K., as well as in Europe and the U.S. (www.newyorker.com)
A Wondrous Array of Boundary Pushers at SummerStage - Also: Lucy Sante’s poignant humor, American Ballet Theatre’s summer season, the incisive melodrama of Satyajit Ray, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
“Mudville,” Reviewed: An Atlanta Filmmaker’s Expansive D.I.Y. Family Drama - Adam Pinney made his new movie for an estimated five hundred dollars, and cast his own wife and kids. (www.newyorker.com)
Are Americans Too Old? - In “Gerontocracy in America,” the historian Samuel Moyn argues that the central conflict of our era is between the young and the elderly. (www.newyorker.com)
Power Play: Behind the Music of “Heated Rivalry” - The show’s creator, Jacob Tierney, on his sonic past and what songs you might hear in the second season. (www.newyorker.com)
Why “Book-Shaming” Won’t Solve the Children’s Literacy Crisis - The nation’s official advocate for children’s books says most of them are “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading. (www.newyorker.com)
Lizzo in the Age of Backlash - The flute-playing rapper became an icon of brand-friendly body positivity in the twenty-tens. Who is she now? (www.newyorker.com)
Why We Cling to the Animal Kingdom - Animals populate ancient stories, childhood classics, and recent hits like “The Sheep Detectives.” But, in 2026, our relationship to the natural world is more confused than ever. (www.newyorker.com)
Was Ray Howell Responsible for His Crimes? - A small-town doctor’s abuse of power shocked his community and family. Then he was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition, leaving his culpability in doubt. (www.newyorker.com)
This Summer’s Hottest Audiobooks for Dogs - Post-surgery cone preventing you from licking your wound and other fun? Why not download Dogible? (www.newyorker.com)
Have Andrew Tate’s Political Ties Shielded Him from Prosecution? - The influencer rose to fame by spreading misogyny and male rage. British, Romanian, and American officials may have ignored acts of exploitation and violence. (www.newyorker.com)
“Disclosure Day” Movie Review - His new alien thriller has shades of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Minority Report,” even “The Post”—but the retreads yield diminishing returns. (www.newyorker.com)
Welcome to What We’re Reading - From the What We’re Reading newsletter: kicking off our new books newsletter with a few recommendations. (www.newyorker.com)
Did a Chatbot Write a Prize-Winning Story? Does It Matter? - If the possibility that one or more of the winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize was A.I.-generated chills us, it may be because of what it reveals about human writing. (www.newyorker.com)
Kareem Rahma and the Tyranny of Web Video Shows - With a relaunch of “Keep the Meter Running,” on YouTube, the new-media host is trying to turn TikTok-clip fodder into full-blown TV. (www.newyorker.com)
What Jill Biden Doesn’t Say in Her White House Memoir - The former First Lady keeps putting up hurdles for even the most sympathetic of readers. (www.newyorker.com)
Has Nancy Mace’s Crusade Against Sexual Violence Ruined Her Career? - Last year, the Republican congresswoman accused her ex-fiancé of sexual assault. It may have doomed her bid for South Carolina’s gubernatorial nomination. (www.newyorker.com)
Maine Primary-Elections Map: Live Results - Graham Platner looks to claim the Democratic nomination to face Susan Collins in the race for U.S. Senate; the former governor Paul LePage is vying for a congressional seat. (www.newyorker.com)
The Case for America’s Strategic Defense Ballroom - While most ballroom dances are in 4/4 or 3/4 time, all of the Trump ballroom dances will be in 7/4. Think Pink Floyd’s “Money.” (www.newyorker.com)
South Carolina Primary-Elections Map: Live Results - Five Republicans, including Representative Nancy Mace, are vying to be the G.O.P.’s nominee in the gubernatorial race. (www.newyorker.com)
The Supreme Court’s Latest Blow to Black Voters’ Rights - An unsigned order in an Alabama case rewards the state for engaging in what a lower court called “intentional racial discrimination.” (www.newyorker.com)
Is Elon Musk’s SpaceX Really Worth 1.75 Trillion? - The billionaire spent more than two decades creating a successful space company. Now he’s pitching it as an A.I. play. (www.newyorker.com)
Michael Arden Catches a Flight - The theatre director’s latest show, “The Lost Boys,” has its actors dangle high above the stage. At an indoor-skydiving joint, it’s his turn to defy gravity. (www.newyorker.com)
Inside the Creative Cavern of JR - Riding in his custom-designed car on the Orient Express, the French artist reflects on his latest large-scale project—turning the Pont Neuf into a giant inflatable cave. (www.newyorker.com)
Kurt Vile Gets the Feeling - On the heels of his tenth album, “Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me,” the musician catches a show at Le Poisson Rouge and reminisces on how Beck and Pavement ignited his passion for live music. (www.newyorker.com)
From Sturgeon to Knicks Gear, Barney Greengrass Has You Covered - The Upper West Side smoked-fish establishment, beloved by Marilyn Monroe and Irving Berlin, represents the best of New York—great food, family bonds, and Jalen Brunson. (www.newyorker.com)
“Watching Cartoons on a Saturday Morning,” by Christian Wiman - “Cuckoo wobble, tuba walk, / boing boing and the whistling thribble.” (www.newyorker.com)
For People with Misophonia, Everyday Noises Can Be Agony - The neurophysiological disorder is characterized by a severe aversion to sound—and the struggle to convince others of the severity of that aversion. (www.newyorker.com)
Ticks to Fear This Summer - Physically resembling a crossbreed of a gremlin and Stephen Miller’s soul, the Gray-Legged Tick can be found wherever it is even moderately interesting to vacation in the Northeast. (www.newyorker.com)
Could Switzerland Become the First Country to Cap Its Population? - The Swiss will soon go to the polls for a novel initiative that could upend the nation’s economy and rupture ties with the European Union. (www.newyorker.com)
A World-Class Omakase in America’s Most Landlocked State - For the chef David Utterback, the sense that Omaha is underestimated is a source of both pride and torment. (www.newyorker.com)
Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse - How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women. (www.newyorker.com)
“Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone,” Reviewed: An Overlooked Black Sculptor - She was a Black and Indigenous woman who became famous for working in white marble. But the focus on her race can obscure the subtle, often contradictory triumphs of her art. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Adam Gopnik’s piece about St. Paul, Becca Rothfeld’s review of Wolfgang Koeppen’s “trilogy of failure,” and Jennifer Wilson’s article about today’s rush for gold. (www.newyorker.com)
Did a Rowdy English Nobleman Mastermind the American Revolution? - America’s fight for independence is often considered a battle fought and won at home. A new book argues that it was propelled by a transnational élite an ocean away. (www.newyorker.com)
John Early Is Ready to Go There - The actor and comedian talks about collaborating with Wallace Shawn, embracing the emotion of performance, and his directorial début, “Maddie’s Secret,” in which he plays a food influencer struggling with an eating disorder. (www.newyorker.com)
For the Nation’s Birthday, Making It Harder to Become an American - The Trump Administration has chosen to honor the Semiquincentennial of a nation of immigrants with a vision that sends the country back in time. (www.newyorker.com)
“Rafa”: the Destruction of a Man, and the Making of a Legend - For tennis champion Rafael Nadal, pain has always felt like weakness leaving the body, and a new Netflix docuseries shows the boons of this ideology, as well as its undeniable costs. (www.newyorker.com)
When Should You Say Goodbye to a Pet? - Across the country, the booming industry of pet hospice is teaching people how to face the loss of their beloved companions. (www.newyorker.com)
How City Kids Used to Play on the Streets of New York - A retrospective of Martha Cooper’s work shows the ramshackle toys and improvised games from a bygone era of growing up. (www.newyorker.com)
The Washington Roundtable Live: The Backlash Midterms - With Donald Trump’s approval rating at historic lows, why are many Democrats anxious about winning control of the House, and perhaps the Senate, in November? (www.newyorker.com)
Instead of Taking Your Job, A.I. Might Transform It - Proponents and critics of artificial intelligence often compare the technology to industrial automation—really, it’s more like an intern. (www.newyorker.com)
Inside Phoebe Bridgers’s Secret Show at Madison Square Garden - After shunning the spotlight for years, the singer-songwriter has returned on her own terms—with an improbably intimate arena show and some introspective new ballads. (www.newyorker.com)
Jack Schlossberg Makes His Case - The Kennedy scion explains his winding path to electoral politics, his relationship to his family legacy, and why he thinks he should represent New York’s Twelfth Congressional District. (www.newyorker.com)
Seeing the Dark Side of the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II Mission - The commander of Artemis II, Reid Wiseman, on travelling farther from Earth than any humans have gone. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Little Sister,” Reviewed: an Intellectual Yet Passionate Coming-Out Drama - Nadia Melliti, in her début role, offers a quietly spectacular performance as a French teen-ager who struggles with her forbidden attraction to women. (www.newyorker.com)
Cowboy Heaven, in MOMA’s Westerns Series - Also: the third-wave emo of Jimmy Eat World, Jean Genet’s “The Maids” TikTokified, Rachel Syme’s shoe of the summer, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
Peru’s Politics Are a Disaster, but Does It Matter? - A runoff election, on June 7th, will decide which of two candidates—down from thirty-six, in the first round of voting—becomes the next Peruvian President. The economy may not notice. (www.newyorker.com)
A Stunning New LACMA Descends Upon a City in Crisis - Peter Zumthor’s building recalls a spaceship loaded with several thousand artifacts of life on Earth, ready to leave this planet behind. (www.newyorker.com)
I Need a Critic: June, 2026, Edition - The hosts recommend art works about entering a new phase of life, what to read while serving in the military, and the best songs for lulling a baby to sleep. (www.newyorker.com)
Even Basketball Players Lie About Their Height - From guys trying to make it past women’s six-foot filter on dating apps to basketball players hoping to get drafted, men continue to exaggerate how tall they are. (www.newyorker.com)
The Meta-Gay Antics of “Can I Be Frank?” and the “Heated Rivalry” Musical - Emily Nussbaum reviews Morgan Bassichis’s “Can I Be Frank?” and Dylan MarcAurele’s “Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical,” in which gay fandom generates funny and moving new material. (www.newyorker.com)
New Reading Series We Are Strongly Considering Hosting - The easiest way to inform people that you are literary is by hosting a reading series. You’ll want yours to have a catchy premise. (www.newyorker.com)
The Absurd Virtual Spectacle of Trump’s D.C. - I recently moved away from Washington, but there’s no way to escape propagandistic imagery of the President’s urban vanity projects. (www.newyorker.com)
When Dance in New York Took Center Stage - A new history explores how the city’s commingling of popular forms and artistic experimentation shaped dance in the twentieth century. (www.newyorker.com)
How Pakistan Is Using the Iran War to Reinvent Itself - The country’s emergence as an unlikely mediator between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic illustrates how diplomacy has become more personal and transactional under President Donald Trump. (www.newyorker.com)
A World Cup Final and a Teen’s Quest for Belonging in “Amarela” - For the girl at the center of André Hayato Saito’s short film, the 1998 World Cup final between France and Brazil is a moment of reckoning. (www.newyorker.com)
Emotional-Labor Laws - If you are serving as your friend/parent/boss/partner’s unpaid therapist because they refuse to get a licensed one, you are entitled to invoice them. (www.newyorker.com)
California Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Tight races in jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles feature well-known Democrats, such as Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer, and Karen Bass. (www.newyorker.com)
My A.I. Boyfriend Won’t Let Me Watch Women’s Basketball - I think Cryson’s W.N.B.A. hatred is just a glitch, but what an annoying glitch! (www.newyorker.com)
Iowa Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Both parties are picking candidates in the races to replace the Republican senator Joni Ernst and the Republican governor Kim Reynolds. (www.newyorker.com)
Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read? - I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no. (www.newyorker.com)
The Heretical Energy of “Is God Is” - Aleshea Harris takes the religious undercurrents of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and dirties them, wisely, in her new revenge thriller. (www.newyorker.com)
Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Fugitive,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. (www.newyorker.com)
The World Cup According to Gianni Infantino - FIFA’s powerful president is remaking global soccer in his own image. Can the sport survive him? (www.newyorker.com)
Leo Woodall Gets a Tune Up - The “White Lotus” actor plays a piano technician in his new movie, “Tuner.” At a real tuning session, in midtown, he tries to remember how to plink the strings. (www.newyorker.com)