19:00 Is “Six Seven” Really Brain Rot? - The viral phrase is easy to dismiss, but its ubiquity suggests something crucial about human nature. (www.newyorker.com)
19:00 “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. (www.newyorker.com)
19:00 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. (www.newyorker.com)
19:00 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-13 Texas’s Water Wars - As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies. (www.newyorker.com)
11-13 Preliminary Sketches for the White House Renovation - The ballroom ceiling will feature a Sistine Chapel-inspired fresco, depicting traditional American heroes. (www.newyorker.com)
11-13 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? (www.newyorker.com)
11-13 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-13 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? (www.newyorker.com)
11-13 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-13 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-12 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-12 How the Supreme Court Defines Liberty - Recent memoirs by the Justices reveal how a new vision of restraint has led to radical outcomes. (www.newyorker.com)
11-12 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-12 “Death by Lightning” Dramatizes the Assassination America Forgot - The new Netflix miniseries makes the 1881 killing of President James Garfield feel thrillingly current. (www.newyorker.com)
11-11 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-11 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-11 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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? (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Emma Green’s piece about the Trump Administration’s attacks on higher education. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 “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.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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? (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Palaver,” “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother),” “The Genius of Trees,” and “Flashes of Brilliance.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback - The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades? (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-10 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-09 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-09 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-09 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.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-09 “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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-09 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-08 A Master of Fashion Photography Who Embraces Accidents - Paolo Roversi’s studio portraits push the Polaroid process to its limits. (www.newyorker.com)
11-08 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-08 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-08 The Washington Roundtable Answers Your Questions - How might this week’s election results shape the next year of American politics? (www.newyorker.com)
11-08 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-08 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 Rosalía Album Review: “Lux” - On “Lux,” her intense and expansive new album, the artist transgresses the limits of pop music. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 Renoir’s Surprising Experiments in Perception - Also: a Quadrophenia ballet, the brave women of “Liberation,” the cultural business of affairs, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 America Begins Clapping Back at Donald Trump - In a week of political exits, a reminder that Trump’s time is coming soon, too. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 Ilana Glazer Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest - The actor, writer, and comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
11-07 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 Florence Welch Learns How to Scream - On Florence and the Machine’s sixth album, Welch confronts real-life horror with gothic fury. (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 “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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 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? (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 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? (www.newyorker.com)
11-06 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-05 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-05 Dick Cheney’s Brand of Conservatism - For years before taking office, the former Vice-President appeared less dogmatic than he was. (www.newyorker.com)
11-05 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-04 “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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-04 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-04 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-04 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 “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.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement - “I wasn’t fooled by these walls of my body / but loved them touched.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir - The actor recalls his life, from provincial Wales to Hollywood, in stop-start rhythms with curt, unflinching reckonings. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-03 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-02 Abigail Spanberger Thinks That Democrats Need to Listen More - The front-runner for Virginia governor has long made the case for moderation. (www.newyorker.com)
11-02 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-02 “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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-02 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-02 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-02 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-01 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-01 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-01 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-01 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. (www.newyorker.com)
11-01 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.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-31 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. (www.newyorker.com)
10-31 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. (www.newyorker.com)
10-31 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. (www.newyorker.com)
10-31 The Trump Outrages That Matter Most - Razing the East Wing? Breaking Congress? An unscientific survey of the President''s most disruptive, significant, and truly surprising moves. (www.newyorker.com)
10-31 Defeating the Far-Right “Blob Man” - The story of Eric Rudolph, the Atlanta Olympics bomber, offers lessons about the persistence of violent extremism, and how to combat it. (www.newyorker.com)
10-30 ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon - A new wave of digital tools has emerged to help citizens monitor Trump’s crackdown. But internet surveillance can also be used against you. (www.newyorker.com)
10-30 Why Horror Still Haunts Us - The genre has always reflected the societal anxieties of the era. What do contemporary entries have to say about our own time? (www.newyorker.com)
10-30 “Fire of Wind” Is a Bold and Inspired Début - The first feature by the Portuguese filmmaker Marta Mateus, featuring nonprofessional actors in natural settings, explores and expands modern traditions of political cinema. (www.newyorker.com)
10-30 How Bad Is It?: Why an Antifascism Scholar Fled the Country - As the Trump Administration casts Antifa as a terror threat, its sweeping definition of extremism sets the stage for right-wing campaigns against dissenting voices. (www.newyorker.com)
10-30 Nicholas Thompson and the Art of the Run - The Atlantic C.E.O.—and author of “The Running Ground”—discusses four books about how demanding physical pursuits can change your life. (www.newyorker.com)
10-29 When a Crackdown Involving the I.R.A. Backfired, Comically, in “The Ban” - In 1988, when the British government declared that the voices of Sinn Féin or I.R.A. leaders were not to be heard, broadcasters soon discovered a loophole. (www.newyorker.com)
10-29 When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights - The Department of Education’s abandonment of traditional civil-rights litigation has effectively transported parents back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act. (www.newyorker.com)
10-29 In Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” a Vast Vision Gets Netflixed Down to Size - The latest reanimation of Mary Shelley’s classic tale, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, is a labyrinthine tour of a filmmaker’s career-long obsessions. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 Trailer: “Blood Relatives” - Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? “Blood Relatives,” a six-part series from In the Dark, is coming on October 28th. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 “Blood Relatives,” Episode 2 - Heidi visits an unlikely group of detectives who played a crucial role in the case: the victims’ extended family. Their sleuthing upended the police’s original theory of the case. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 “Blood Relatives,” Episode 3 - One day, Heidi gets a call from Wakefield Prison, where Jeremy Bamber remains locked up, forty years after the murders. He’s one of the nation’s most reviled villains. But he insists he’s innocent. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 “Blood Relatives,” Episode 5 - A puzzling clue leads Heidi to a new witness. His story about a phone call made from inside Whitehouse Farm on the morning of the crime threatens the entire case against Jeremy Bamber. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 The Sports-Betting Disaster - How the rise of “prop” bets helped create the conditions for the N.B.A.’s latest gambling scandal. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 I, a Performatively Feminist Male, Will Be Touring Internationally - The tour kicks off in my home town of Philadelphia, where I will be yelling “Time’s up!” at various A.T.M.s. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 “Blood Relatives,” Episode 1 - On August 7, 1985, five family members were shot dead in their English country manor, Whitehouse Farm. It looked like an open-and-shut case. But The New Yorker’s Heidi Blake finds that almost nothing about this story is as it seems. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 “Blood Relatives,” Episode 4 - A bloody Bible, propped at an unlikely angle. A manor, locked from the inside. And a silencer, hidden under the stairs, and daubed with blood. Heidi digs into the evidence and uncovers shocking flaws. (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 “Blood Relatives,” Episode 6 - Jeremy Bamber has a new opportunity to clear his name. But will the British justice system acknowledge that it might have gotten this famous case wrong? (www.newyorker.com)
10-28 Why Biden’s White House Press Secretary Is Leaving the Democratic Party - Karine Jean-Pierre feels that Democrats were so mean to Biden that she is becoming an Independent. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 “Sorry for Existing,” by Patricia Lockwood - “An egg must crack, is the secret. / Must be always in the process of cracking: / Producing feathers, newness, wings.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Rendez-Vous Chez Moi - When the Louvre is unexpectedly closed, just call Where Should I Go?, an itinerary-planning service that grants your Parisian-vacation wishes. How about a houseparty? (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 The Lessons of an Indefensible Pardon for a Crypto Billionaire - Donald Trump’s grant of clemency to the founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, shows how the checks on Presidential power are failing. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Betsy Aidem, Working Woman - The actress stars in “Liberation,” a play about feminist consciousness-raising, set in 1970. At the New York Historical, she zeroes in on the roots of the show’s nude scene. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Daniel Denvir Digs Zohran Mamdani - The host of the socialist podcast “The Dig” says that Mamdani has the charisma of Barack Obama, with better politics. But is the left really ready for his mayorship? (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid - A data center, which can use as much electricity as Philadelphia, is the new American factory, creating the future and propping up the economy. How long can this last? (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Jennifer Lawrence Goes Dark - She has been cast in maternal roles since her teens. Now, playing a mother for the first time since becoming one, she has chosen the part of a woman pushed past the edge of sanity. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Jamar Roberts’s Second Act - As a dancer-choreographer, Roberts has made astonishing work, but, since his retirement from the stage, his inspiration seems less sure-footed. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Why Immanuel Kant Still Has More to Teach Us - A new introduction to the great philosopher’s work foregrounds its revolutionary nature and far-reaching impact. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Rachel Dratch Gets Metaphysical on Her Woo-Woo Podcast - Psychics predicted when the “S.N.L.” alum would meet her husband. Will a stop at Amy Poehler’s go-to crystal shop further clarify the future? (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 How Monsters Went from Menacing to Misunderstood - For most of human history, monsters were repugnant aberrations, breaches of the natural and moral order. What’s behind our relentless urge to humanize them? (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Trump and the Presidency That Wouldn’t Shut Up - His posts and rants are omnipresent, ugly, and unhinged. Don’t look to history to make it make sense. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound - Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives. (www.newyorker.com)
10-27 Performance Art - What does getting buried in Isabella Rossellini’s mulch have in common with being turned into a human snack tray by Sydney Sweeney? Grant money. (www.newyorker.com)
10-26 Gideon Lewis-Kraus on Rebecca West’s “The Crown Versus William Joyce” - The writer took on the trial of Lord Haw-Haw, a British Fascist who became a mouthpiece for the Nazis, and who prefigured the reactionary toadyism of our own era. (www.newyorker.com)
10-26 Mo Amer Has Survived by Being Funny - The comedian discusses flying in Jimmy Kimmel’s jet, beefing with Jerry Seinfeld, and the “weight” of talking about Palestine on his new standup special, “Wild World.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-26 “Outcomes,” by Nathan Blum - He realizes that she has known, maybe for a while, that at some point this would come up—this question, and then, right behind it, the obvious answer. (www.newyorker.com)
10-26 Helen, Help Me: How Do I Get Beyond Tripadvisor? - Our food critic advises a reader on where to find out-of-town restaurant recommendations, and answers another about a salad-dressing shortcut. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 Photographing How Texas Shapes Its Youth - Eli Durst’s images of activities that instruct and influence children—R.O.T.C., school plays, cheer practice—resist conformity. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 What Hollywood Is Missing About A.I. - The technology is now popping up onscreen in everything from “The Morning Show” to “St. Denis Medical”—but nothing on air this year could compete with reality. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing - The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 What Israel and Hamas Actually Want from the Gaza Ceasefire - And how the fantasies and delusions of the major players could torpedo the deal. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 What if the Big Law Firms Hadn’t Caved to Trump? - It’s not inconceivable that, had the firms resisted the President’s executive orders, his momentum for lawlessness might have been curbed. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 It’s Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse - In the new book “Enshittification,” Cory Doctorow argues that the deterioration of the online user experience is a deliberate business strategy; he chats with the tech columnist Kyle Chayka. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control - The author’s new essay collection, “Dead and Alive,” addresses debates on representation in literature, feminism, and how our phones have radicalized us. (www.newyorker.com)
10-25 The Feds Who Kill Blood-Sucking Parasites - Sea lampreys—invasive, leechlike creatures that once nearly destroyed the Great Lakes’ fishing economy—are kept in check by a small U.S.-Canadian program. Will it survive Trump’s slash-and-burn campaign? (www.newyorker.com)
10-24 Sora 2 and the Limits of Digital Narcissism - What we enjoy about generative A.I. may also be its ultimate limitation: we want to see ourselves. (www.newyorker.com)
10-24 Richard Move Channels Martha Graham - Also: idiosyncratic bookstores, a retrospective for Vaginal Davis, the new Springsteen movie, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
10-24 “Monuments,” Reviewed: The Confederacy Surrenders to a Truer American Past - As the Trump Administration tries to rescue symbols of the Lost Cause, an exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, finds meaning in their desecration. (www.newyorker.com)
10-24 There is No Peace in Gaza - Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have continued to be killed. One described torture during a year in Israeli custody. (www.newyorker.com)
10-24 Emma Stone’s Apocalyptic Showdown Blooms in “Bugonia” - In Yorgos Lanthimos’s film, ripe with eco-paranoia, the actress and Jesse Plemons come to physical and psychological blows. (www.newyorker.com)
10-24 “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” Tamps the Boss Down - Scott Cooper’s tightly focussed bio-pic, about the making of Bruce Springsteen’s D.I.Y. album “Nebraska,” leaves out the wide-ranging passion that went into the music. (www.newyorker.com)
10-23 Andrew Cuomo’s Long Goodbye - In his cynical campaign for mayor, the former New York governor touted the decades he spent in power. That was part of the problem. (www.newyorker.com)
10-23 Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on Immigration Court - Judges describe a campaign of firings and interference which threatens the system’s independence. (www.newyorker.com)
10-23 Dear Pepper: Are You Nobody, Too? - I need to honor my existence and this wonderful life, and make things. But, first, I need to get out of bed. (www.newyorker.com)
10-23 Martin Puryear Changes the World Through Wood - In “Nexus,” Puryear shows that he may be America’s greatest living sculptor, a maverick who reshapes our sense of how art should look, behave, and be made. (www.newyorker.com)
10-23 Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - A.I. tools are getting better at producing convincing images, text, and videos. Does that mean they can make art? (www.newyorker.com)
10-23 The Muscular Compassion of “Paper Girl” - In her new book, Beth Macy returns to her home town of Urbana, Ohio, using it as a ground zero for understanding right-wing radicalization. (www.newyorker.com)
10-23 When Reading Books Means Business - New Yorker writers recommend books—including a history of the term “gold-digger” and a roman à clef about an Amazon warehouse worker—about money. (www.newyorker.com)
10-22 Henri Cole Reads Louise Glück - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Vita Nova” by Louise Glück, and his own poem “Figs.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-22 TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software - The bare-bones Mac writing app represents a literalist sensibility that is coming back into vogue as A.I. destabilizes our technological interactions. (www.newyorker.com)
10-22 A New Paradigm for Protecting Homes from Disastrous Fires - Scientists have identified more than fifty ways that houses can ignite. It’s possible to defend against all of them—but it’s arduous, and homeowners can’t do it alone. (www.newyorker.com)
10-22 Should We Look on New Technologies with Awe and Dread? - The technological sublime helps us grasp the power of what we’re creating—but at a cost. (www.newyorker.com)
10-21 The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov” - Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for? (www.newyorker.com)
10-21 The Real Target of Trump’s War on Drug Boats - The Administration has blown up seven vessels in the Caribbean in recent weeks, but the President has been pushing for more dramatic military action in Latin America since his first term. (www.newyorker.com)
10-21 The Towering Musical Integrity of Christoph von Dohnányi - The late German conductor, who came from a heroic anti-Nazi family, made one believe in the inherent virtue of the core repertory. (www.newyorker.com)
10-21 In the Dark Releases “Blood Relatives,” an Examination of a Notorious British Crime - The New Yorker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative podcast returns with a six-part series that asks whether one of the U.K.’s most famous murder cases ended with a wrongful conviction. (www.newyorker.com)
10-21 The White Men’s Fridges of New York City - Post-its with the phone numbers for a C.B.T./ketamine therapist and for a “better” divorce attorney, along with other items in and on the refrigerator. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 A Dark Ecologist Warns Against Hope - For years, Paul Kingsnorth was one of the most visible members of the green movement. Then he walked away from it. Now he wants us to walk away from everything else. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Jason Saft, the Man Who Sells Unsellable New York Apartments - In the city’s turbulent market, Jason Saft doesn’t just beautify properties. He reveals the new life they could bring you. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Death in a Shallow Pond,” “Dinner with King Tut,” “The Ten Year Affair,” and “What a Time to Be Alive.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Anthony Lane’s essay about Christopher Marlowe, Lauren Collins’s report on Uniqlo, and Dhruv Khullar’s article about A.I. and medical diagnosis. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 How Corporate Feminism Went from “Love Me” to “Buy Me” - A decade ago, Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” aimed to tear down the obstacles that kept women from reaching the top. Now her successors want to tear down everything. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Can the Golden Age of Costco Last? - With its standout deals and generous employment practices, the warehouse chain became a feel-good American institution. In a fraught time, it can be hard to remain beloved. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 John Candy Kept Himself Afloat - The late actor’s son, Chris Candy, reflects on his father’s drives and demons in the Hall of Ocean Life with Colin Hanks, the director of the new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 If These Streets Could Talk, They’d Sound Like Ken Burns - For the documentary filmmaker, SoHo isn’t about galleries or boutiques. With his new PBS series, “The American Revolution,” about to air, he sees the area as a cemetery for dead generals. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 St. Vincent Gets the Carlyle Treatment - The musician, born Annie Clark, is following in the footsteps of Eartha Kitt and Bobby Short at Café Carlyle. But which of her songs will make the set list? (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Mark Bittman’s Experiment in Sliding-Scale Fine Dining - Fine-dining restaurants are premised on exclusivity and scarcity. What happens when patrons can pay what they want? (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 We’re Doing Child-Led Parenting - “Caleb, I fear that my saying, ‘You broke your iPad,’ was really blame-forward phrasing and might cause you feelings of shame or guilt.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 “Last Time” - “The festival of eariwigs dispersed as I dragged / the blue tarp off the logs left to season now / for going on a couple of years it must be.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand - Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Donald Trump’s Forty-Billion-Dollar Exception to “America First” - After promising to end foreign entanglements, the President has proposed a financial-rescue plan for the right-wing government of Argentina. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Gospel Uplifts “Oratorio for Living Things” and “Oh Happy Day!” - Heather Christian and Jordan E. Cooper create two very different versions of spiritual inquiry. (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Why Is the Drug Kingpin Daniel Kinahan Living Large in Dubai? - Daniel Kinahan, an Irish drug dealer, commands a billion-dollar empire from the U.A.E. Why isn’t he in prison? (www.newyorker.com)
10-20 Mickey Mantle’s Extra Innings - Shohei Ohtani isn’t the only ballplayer with a side gig. Mantle’s old girlfriend Greer Johnson recalls the money-making hustles of Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth, and the gang. (www.newyorker.com)
10-19 “Final Boy,” by Sam Lipsyte - “Oh, you write fan fiction,” she said. “We all write fan fiction,” I told her. “Some of us are just more honest about it.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-19 The Real Housewives of Moscow - Russian women were early to feminism. Now, though, their vision of liberation can look strangely like the domestic trap they were supposed to escape. (www.newyorker.com)
10-19 David Grann on St. Clair McKelway’s “Old Eight Eighty” - The three-part series, about an elderly counterfeiter, established a template for narratives about small-time grifters. (www.newyorker.com)
10-19 A “New Middle East” Is Easier to Declare Than to Achieve - As a long-overdue ceasefire takes hold amid the ruins of Gaza, the President’s visit to Jerusalem is more about transactional politics than transformative peace. (www.newyorker.com)
10-19 Restaurant Review: Johnny’s - At the Williamsburg restaurant Johnny’s, a family of rotisserie-chicken veterans presents chifa outside the takeout formula. (www.newyorker.com)
10-18 Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry’s Teen-Age Dream - The pair, spotted together on a yacht, seemed to represent a romance for an era of celebrity politics, when a former President has Netflix deals and the current President is a reality star. (www.newyorker.com)
10-18 A Bona-Fide Disco Album That Feels Urgently of the Moment - On “Cut & Rewind,” the vocal group Say She She offers an ode to the utopia of disco without losing sight of the politics of now. (www.newyorker.com)
10-18 What Comes After Starvation in Gaza? - For the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death. (www.newyorker.com)
10-18 The Gaza Ceasefire and the Business of Trump’s Diplomacy - While touting a major diplomatic breakthrough between Israel and Hamas, the President also talked a lot about money. (www.newyorker.com)
10-18 Richard Linklater on His Two New Films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague” - The director talks with Justin Chang about his latest work on artistic genius. One dramatizes the decline of Lorenz Hart; the other details the triumphant début of Jean-Luc Godard. (www.newyorker.com)
10-18 How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target - The staff writer Emma Green reports on how the MAGA movement aims to implement fundamental change in both private and public colleges, and in how Americans think about education. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 The Lessons of “The Perfect Neighbor” - A new documentary, now on Netflix, shows how disconnected from one another Americans have become—and also how cohesive some of us still are. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 A Superbloom of Daring Theatre Hits New York - Also: Ben and Amy Stiller’s poignant documentary about their parents, the lustrous songs of Neko Case, a new dive bar with pizza, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s Deep-State Wrecking Ball - Russell Vought is using the White House budget office to lay waste to the federal bureaucracy—firing workers, decimating agencies, and testing the rule of law. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 The Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention - Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman who has lived in the U.S. since 2016, has been detained in Texas for the past eight months. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 How Will Americans Remember the War in Gaza? - In the twentieth century, we relied on the news media to select images and provide context. Now fewer and fewer of us are seeing the same things. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda” Shoots Straight - This compelling adaptation of Ibsen’s classic play, starring Tessa Thompson and moving the action to nineteen-fifties England, expands and arguably deepens the original. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 Tame Impala Is an Obsessive, Not a Perfectionist - The musician Kevin Parker discusses his method of restless tinkering, a deafening bout of tinnitus, and his new album, “Deadbeat.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 Donald Trump’s Dream Palace of Puffery - The Pentagon’s ban on real journalism looks to be a preview of where the White House is headed. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 Would Zohran Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Keep Rent-Stabilized Apartments Empty? - Thousands of rent-stabilized apartments in New York are run-down and vacant. Some landlords argue that a rent freeze, paired with preëxisting housing laws, would keep them that way. (www.newyorker.com)
10-17 What Palestinians and Israelis Have Learned Since October 7th - Despite the ceasefire in Gaza, prospects for long-term peace seem worse than ever. (www.newyorker.com)
10-16 I Need a Critic: October, 2025, Edition - The hosts take their first celebrity caller—and recommend TV shows to get lost in, works to alleviate loneliness, and ways to find inspiration during a creative slump. (www.newyorker.com)
10-16 The Airlift Operation That Has Transformed Pet Adoption - Euthanasia in an under-equipped shelter used to be the fate of many dogs in Texas. Then chartered planes started bringing them North. (www.newyorker.com)
10-16 Potential Slogans for J. D. Vance’s 2028 Presidential Campaign - “I’m just a guy, standing in front of his country, asking it to ignore the past decade of his life.” (www.newyorker.com)
10-16 The Conflict on the Streets of Chicago - Federal agents have violently arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the city. Pastors, activists, and lawyers are considering how aggressive the response should be. (www.newyorker.com)
10-16 How Much More Can Federal Workers Take? - What began as a budget impasse has turned into an unprecedented effort to fire federal employees and weaken agencies whose work runs counter to Trump’s agenda. (www.newyorker.com)
10-16 Yo-Yo Ma on What Our Descendants Will Inherit - The celebrated cellist, who has a new show on WNYC, discusses three books that have shaped his thinking on the world his generation will leave behind. (www.newyorker.com)
10-16 D’Angelo’s Genius Was Pure, and Rare - The musician, who died this week, made work so sensual it prompted women at his concerts to howl for him to disrobe. But his artistry was always deeper than that. (www.newyorker.com)
10-15 Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind” Reinvents the Heist Movie - This action drama, set in 1970 and starring Josh O’Connor, brings political conflict and existential comedy into the finely observed details of crime and escape. (www.newyorker.com)
10-15 Among the Talibros - Alt-travel influencers claim to show an unvarnished look at some of the world’s most dangerous places. But what are they leaving out? (www.newyorker.com)
10-15 “A House of Dynamite” Is a Major Misfire from a Great Filmmaker - In Kathryn Bigelow’s ensemble drama, a nuclear attack exposes more failures of screenwriting than of geopolitical-crisis management. (www.newyorker.com)
10-14 Gaza’s Broken Politics - Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation. (www.newyorker.com)
10-14 Why María Corina Machado Says That Trump Deserves Her Nobel Peace Prize - What does the Nobel Committee’s decision mean for future relations between Venezuela and the United States? (www.newyorker.com)
10-14 The A.I. Boom and the Spectre of 1929 - As some financial leaders fret publicly about the stock market falling to earth, Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book recounts the greatest crash of them all. (www.newyorker.com)
10-13 The End of Israel’s Hostage Ordeal - After two years, Hamas has released the last twenty living hostages, beginning the difficult process of bringing a brutal war to an end. (www.newyorker.com)
10-13 Did a Brother’s Quest for Justice Go Too Far? - Scott Johnson’s murder case became synonymous with a movement to redress anti-gay violence in Australia. But the evidence that led to a man’s conviction has never been made public. (www.newyorker.com)
10-13 Will Patrick McCollum Save Us All? - The jeweler turned reverend says he’ll rescue the world from destruction. Even Jane Goodall was on board. It’s a busy time in the universal-scale-peace business—is he up to the task? (www.newyorker.com)
10-13 Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Gods of New York,” “Trying,” “This Kind of Trouble,” and “The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter.” (www.newyorker.com)