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Does Self-Defense Insurance Promote Gun Violence?

Some critics have dubbed it “murder insurance,” but it’s colloquially known as self-defense insurance—and around two million gun-owning Americans have

Donald Trump’s Assault on Disability Rights

Eight years ago, Sara Fernandez flew into Newark, New Jersey, on her way back from the Dominican Republic, where her

Play Laugh Lines No. 37: Desert Islands

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

“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

T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads “The Pool”

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Kash Patel Plays a G-Man on TV

There’s little worse than watching a nervous actor onstage—especially when the poor guy isn’t just skittish but seems genuinely unprepared

The Ritual of Civic Apology

I was standing onstage at the University of Puget Sound, preparing to give a talk about anti-Chinese violence in the

“Megadoc” Shows Francis Ford Coppola Going for Broke on “Megalopolis”

Figgis comments that Coppola uses the script as a mere premise, and he likens Coppola’s approach to it as “instinctive,”

The Intertwined Legacies of Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump

On Monday, the House Oversight Committee released a letter that depicted a line drawing of a naked woman, with what

The Aftermath of Political Violence

Americans are processing the murder of Charlie Kirk. Political leaders across the spectrum are condemning the violence. Some are trying

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.

Mark Hamill’s All-Time Favorite Books by Stephen King

In the past year, the actor Mark Hamill—best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the original “Star Wars” trilogy—has starred

Being Sigmund Freud’s Great-Granddaughter | The New Yorker

The power of the talking cure. The podcaster and fashion designer Bella Freud, a great-granddaughter of Sigmund—and daughter of Lucian—has

Does Society Have Too Many Rules?

I live in a three-generation household. My wife and I, our son and daughter, and my in-laws share a single

Daily Cartoon: Monday, September 8th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Consider the Quarterback | The New Yorker

Jalen Hurts, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, is a Super Bowl champion, the reigning Super Bowl M.V.P. He has played in

Bryan Washington Reads “Voyagers!” | The New Yorker

Bryan Washington reads his story “Voyagers!,” from the September 15, 2025, issue of the magazine. A winner of the International

The Mystery of the Cat Mystery

Mid-pandemic, I was speaking with a semi-stranger at a playground where our children were playing semi-together. Her son, maybe six

Donald Trump, Architecture Critic | The New Yorker

News of Donald Trump’s recent executive order concerning architecture, and particularly about preserving and protecting hallowed traditional styles, will have

Trump Has Grabbed Emergency Powers. How Will He Use Them?

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The Political Trickery of “Eddington”

With this humiliation, Joe snaps, and, in short order, commits several shocking acts of deadly violence. His brazen maneuvers to

What to Do About COVID Now

COVID continues to mutate, and a new strain is causing spikes in cases across the country. A conversation with the

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, September 4th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

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 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

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, September 2nd

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

The Crossword: Monday, September 1, 2025

Daily Cartoon: Monday, September 1st

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Restaurant Review: Lex Yard at the Waldorf-Astoria

Waldorf has brought in Michael Anthony, the longtime executive chef of Gramercy Tavern (where he remains), to create the menu.

How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Anti-Vax Agenda Is Infecting America

For months, President Donald Trump’s Administration has launched a full-scale attack, led by his Secretary of Health and Human Services,

What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department

Ghislaine Maxwell first met Jeffrey Epstein for tea in his Madison Avenue office. What she remembers most vividly about the

The Lush Pain Music of Nourished by Time

Marcus Brown’s voice is a crooner’s voice, a baritone, emanating notes from some spot in his body deeper than his

Pictures of Life on a Christian Commune

Kate Riley’s ambitious début novel, “Ruth,” opens in 1963, the year that its protagonist, Ruth Scholl, is born into a

The Sycophancy for Donald Trump Must Be Televised

When Donald Trump began to speak on Tuesday, during what would become the longest televised Cabinet meeting ever, he did

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 28th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

The Democratic Party’s Identity Crisis

The Democratic strategist Lis Smith joins the guest host Clare Malone, a New Yorker staff writer, to discuss the state

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 27th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 26th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

The Endless August Recess | The New Yorker

In the dog days of August in Washington, D.C., with Congress off on its district-work period, the House still convenes

The Creator of “Subway Takes” One Hundred Per Cent Disagrees

“Subway Takes” is the TikTok version of the “Tonight Show”: wholesome, relatable comedy, even if some episodes do acknowledge the

Restaurant Review: Santo Taco | The New Yorker

Santo Taco, one of the newest of the newcomers, opened this spring, in a sliver-slim SoHo space that previously housed

What’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover?

On Thursday evening in Washington, D.C., the weird juxtapositions of life in this city, eleven days into the Trump Administration’s

The Vibrant, Disappearing World of India’s Photo Studios

The Jagdish Photo Studio in Manori appeared to Ketaki Sheth as a kind of apparition. A photographer from Mumbai, Sheth

The Unsurprising F.B.I. Investigation into John Bolton

“There is a certain awful predictability” to the F.B.I. search of former national-security adviser John Bolton’s home. Plus: Photograph by

Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 22nd

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill Delayed by the Trump Administration

American money is unbeautiful—uniquely so. One is confronted with this fact at the currency-exchange counters at airports, where one’s workaday

Dear Pepper: I’d Rather Be Drawing

But it’s certainly simpler than the feeling of powerlessness one experiences when given an entire day, week, lifetime to make

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.

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 20th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

There’s No Easy End to the War in Ukraine

It wasn’t a “worst-case scenario,” Joshua Yaffa says of yesterday’s White House meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. But

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 19th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Does the Attorney General Represent the People or the President?

It’s what Donald Trump always wanted: an Attorney General willing to harness the law in service of his agenda. Is

Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 18th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

“Something Has Come to Light,” by Miriam Toews

I trust I’ll be in Heaven when you read this, although God, in His wisdom, may have other things in

The Hyped Revival of Mixed Doubles

Last year, after Carlos Alcaraz beat Miomir Kecmanović in the fourth round of the Australian Open, Jim Courier asked Alcaraz,

The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance

When it came time for Mihaela Plesa, the vice-chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, to decide whether to flee

The Fiery Mania of Dijon’s “Baby”

Dijon Duenas has one of those voices that’s meant for televised singing competitions and gospel choirs, swooning ballads and achy

The Food Scientists Working to Change the Colors You Eat

During Biden’s final week in office, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Red No. 3, a synthetic dye that

Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 15th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent

Because the Russian alphabet has no direct equivalent of the letter “H,” speakers often substitute a “G” sound; “Harry Potter”

What Happens After Someone Is Arrested by ICE?

The New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how Donald Trump’s second-term immigration agenda has shifted

The Revenge of Millennial Cringe

In the summer of 2009, a shambolic Los Angeles band called Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released a single

The Great Migraine Mystery | The New Yorker

Chronic headaches are an unnerving and often debilitating condition experienced by more than a billion people worldwide. Why do we

Can President Trump Run a Mile?

Not to be fussy about it, but the Presidential Fitness Test, which Donald Trump plans to reinstate in schools, could

Trump’s Presidential Jackpot | The New Yorker

Bitcoin mines, Saudi deals, a luxury jet—since his first term, Trump and his family have been accused of brazen profiteering

“I Was a First Alto in the 1980s,” by Deborah Garrison

I used to sit for hoursat an electric typewriter.I remember well its hum. I used to drink glasses of wine—well,

What Is Benjamin Netanyahu Really After?

On Friday, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government approved a plan for Israel to take control of Gaza City, where about a million

Andrew Marantz on Janet Flanner’s “Führer”

Janet Flanner’s job was never easy, exactly, but for the first decade it wasn’t all that morally freighted. Beginning in

The Futility of Simulating Nature

In “The Anthropocene Illusion,” the photographer Zed Nelson captures how the natural world has been reproduced, reshuffled, and repackaged, sold

What It’s Like to Brainstorm with a Bot

Contrary to what many of my friends believe, good academics are always working—at least in the sense that when we’re

Richard Brody’s Summertime Movie Picks

The recent heat wave may be only a memory—but enshrining memories is what movies do, and many of them rely

Donald Trump, Master Builder of Castles in the Air

That Donald Trump would end up shouting from the rooftops of Washington is not, in and of itself, all that

How Zohran Mamdani Became the Main Character of New York City

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Can the Courts Stop Trump’s Tariffs?

“They want the madness to stop.” The court case challenging Trump’s tariff chaos. Plus: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with

Cover Letter for a Job I Don’t Want but Will Be Offended Not to Get

Dear Hiring Manager, I am writing to express my feigned enthusiasm for the ambiguous position of—I think it was something

How to Prevent More Starvation Deaths in Gaza

In July sixty-three people, including more than twenty children, died of starvation in the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s Health

King Princess’s Homecoming | The New Yorker

After the Civil War, the German-born Jewish businessman Isidor Straus moved with his family to New York City. Straus was

How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It

At the Abundance conference, Diamandis’s audience seemed receptive to his reminders that “the two biggest wealth-creation opportunities are A.I. and

What Is Lost in Luka Dončić’s Glow-Up

Luka Dončić has three dogs: Hugo, Gia, and Viki. The trio have their own Instagram account, on which they’re shown

“An Unashamed Proposal,” by Kiran Desai

Look, Sunny said, however progressive my mother is, she is an Indian woman from another generation. Do you really think

Sterling K. Brown’s Upstanding Archetype

There’s a certain face that only Sterling K. Brown can make. It is yoked to no particular emotional state, and

At the Edge of Life and Death in Ukraine

In June, 2023, a Russian Iskander ballistic missile blew apart Ria Lounge, a popular pizza restaurant (and one of the

Economic Reality Bites Trump and His Protectionist Trade Policies

Georg Riekeles knows about hardball trade negotiations: during the long and arduous talks about the terms on which Britain would

Stacks of Cash | The New Yorker

Because I am uncool, I enjoy visiting Presidential libraries. The first one I went to was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s, in

On Trump, Gaza, and the Perils of a Blank Check for Israel

On Monday, during a visit to one of his two Trump-branded golf courses in Scotland, Donald Trump sat alongside the

The Mini Crossword: Thursday, July 31, 2025

How Bad Is It?: Trump’s War on Comedians

The New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz joins Tyler Foggatt for the latest installment of “How Bad Is It?,” a

How the Israeli Right Explains the Aid Disaster It Created

Last week, in a piece for the Guardian, Nick Maynard, a volunteer surgeon at a hospital in southern Gaza, wrote,

Americans Are Fixing Their Teeth in Mexico

“Nothing is more memorable, for better or worse, than a trip to the dentist.” Los Algodones, Mexico—known as Molar City—attracts

The Crossword: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire

Satire, George S. Kaufman famously said, is what closes on Saturday night. Meaning, of course, that it has a limited

Play Laugh Lines No. 30: Fashion, Part 3

Bill McKibben on Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”

To call something “middlebrow” seems to dismiss it as unserious, but, when America was arguably at its intellectual peak, in

What to Do When the Supreme Court Is Wrong

In February, 1983, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union in Georgia faced a dilemma. After years of looking, they

Wired’s Katie Drummond on What the Tech Titans Learned from DOGE

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Teen-Agers in Their Bedrooms, Before the Age of Selfies

Nowadays, a secondhand, first-edition copy can sell for hundreds of dollars; in August, the book will be reissued by D.A.P.

The Semi-Fictional Book That Transformed the Culinary World

It was early in 1985, during the first warm, blossoming weeks of spring in San Francisco, when I became hellbent

Audiobooks to Save Your Road Trip

—Leo Lasdun, editorial production associate “Brideshead Revisited,” by Evelyn Waugh, narrated by Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons puts his “Lion King”

Sniffies Translates Cruising for the Digital Age

In the literature about cruising from the late twentieth century, what stands out is the physical choreography of it. David

We’re Living in an Age of Floods

Climate change has made the most dangerous floods more frequent, and we are simply not prepared to handle what’s to

Watch It’s Time to Check In for Your D.E. Eye Exam | Daily Shouts

[upbeat music] Hi, I am here for my exam. Hi, I’m Dr. Black, have a seat. What seems to be

The Man Behind Trump’s Tariffs Strategy

“I pitch these ideas, and he says, ‘Let’s do it.’ ” Howard Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary, has forged a tight

Louisa May Alcott’s Utopian Feminist Workplace Novel

In January, 1861, Louisa May Alcott began writing a novel that she planned to call “Success.” Alcott was twenty-eight and

A Federal Trial Reveals the Sprawling Plan Behind Trump’s Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Students

In April, U.S. District Judge William Young, who sits in Boston, made a procedural ruling from the bench that seemed

Dining Sheds, Repotted | The New Yorker

The golden age of the shed—New York City’s outdoor-dining boom, circa summer, 2020—produced some impressive structures. At Carbone, the fancy

Mona Awad Reads “The Chartreuse”

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“The Chartreuse,” by Mona Awad

She could feel the mirror shining in her dark bedroom closet. Waiting for the offering.

To Be Young, Gifted, and Black at Fenway

I have a recurring dream about my father and me, one of the few welcome dreams I have about him.

Another Doctor Is Dead in Gaza

Five months ago, when I was on a medical mission in northern Gaza, a Palestinian cardiologist named Marwan Sultan showed

Stephen Colbert on Kenneth Tynan’s Profile of Johnny Carson

When Mr. Remnick asked me to write a seven-hundred-and-twenty-five-word Take on Kenneth Tynan’s 1978 Profile of Johnny Carson, I said,

The Sophisticated Kitsch of Blackpink

The London-based Nigerian singer Obongjayar has been steadily drifting toward his distinct sound. Initially discovered by XL Recordings head Richard

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 15th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

The Future of Warfare Comes to America

“While the future of warfare is being invented in places like Ukraine, U.S. officials are looking on with a growing

Wimbledon in the Age of Sincaraz

In tennis, it is not enough to win; you have to keep winning. It is not even enough to be

The First World War, in Sharp Focus

The war would not leave Tempest. Although he was demobilized in February, 1919, the Old Comrades Association commissioned him to

Clare Sestanovich Reads “Natural History”

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What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise?

If a recent crop of commercials touting the benefits of artificial intelligence is any indication, lots of Americans these days

Earth’s Poet of Scale | The New Yorker

If there was one absence in Burtynsky’s account of our time, however, it was the single greatest result of all

Inside The New Yorker’s Fiction Department

In the wake of disaster in Texas, one community is relying on its volunteer fire department, the backbone of the

Carrie Brownstein on a Portrait of Cat Power by Richard Avedon

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The Lawyer Turned Trump Whistle-Blower

Erez Reuveni worked as a lawyer for the Department of Justice for nearly fifteen years, largely on immigration cases. After

Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower

In the early days of the first Trump Administration, Erez Reuveni, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, went to

Andy Beshear Has a Plan for the Democratic Party

“I believe that [Zohran Mamdani] won that primary for the same reason that Donald Trump won the Presidential election,” the

Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism

Since its inception, in 2000, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which works with local governments to bring vaccines to low-income countries,

Devastation and Debris in Texas

“Everybody’s here trying to help.” A report from the scene in Hunt, Texas, where aid is incoming, and a reflection

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 8th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

The Texas Floods and the Lives Lost at Camp Mystic

The sleepaway camp where my ten-year-old daughter will live for a month this summer forbids phone calls for the first

Bonus Daily Cartoon: Catching Up

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Restaurant Review: JR & Son

JR & Son is a new-old establishment that conjures the past while deliciously disrupting expectations.

Zadie Smith Reads “The Silence”

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Sink or Swim | The New Yorker

He was surprised by what he found in California: “I guess in your imagination you see four or five people

How to Save a Dog

For nearly a year, a motley crew scoured New Orleans for a shaggy white mutt named Scrim.

U2’s Bono on the Power of Music

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The Tragedy of the Diddy Trial

Sean Combs mouthed “thank you” to the jurors, his hands clasped in prayer. The intricacies of their deliberations will be

What Will Be the Song of the Summer?

A new story from Jhumpa Lahiri, inspired by Mavis Gallant’s writing. But, first, a summer playlist to kick off the

Ottessa Moshfegh Reads “The Comedian”

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What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear

Erica Lubliner is a psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who directs a clinic that offers mental-health services

Zadie Smith’s New Story Is Inspired by a Classic

As The New Yorker turns a hundred, we asked Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Ottessa Moshfegh to compose new stories

What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?

On a blustery spring Thursday, just after midterms, I went out for noodles with Alex and Eugene, two undergraduates at

The Sincaraz Era Is Tennis Reborn

For years, many Grand Slam finals became, spontaneously, an event. When Rafael Nadal played Roger Federer, or Federer faced Novak

The Grim State of Trans Health Care

This weekend, as raucous parties and strident Pride marches take place across New York City, many in the L.G.B.T.Q. community

ICE Detains a Respected Immigrant Journalist

“La Boca del Lobo,” a 2019 Times short documentary, follows the work of Mario Guevara, a reporter based in the

Trump, Congress, and the War Powers Resolution

Two interrelated fears that have caused mounting public alarm with respect to the Trump Administration involve unchecked executive power and

“Super Gay Poems” | The New Yorker

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A Week for the Ages in the Annals of Trump Suck-Uppery

Over the past decade, as I watched ambitious, embattled, fearful, or just plain weak interlocutors deal with Donald Trump, it

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, June 26th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

A Stunning New York City Mayoral Primary

“New Yorkers didn’t know who Mamdani was just a few months ago.” We spoke with Eric Lach, who spent yesterday

The Shrewdly Regenerative Apocalypse of “28 Years Later”

Perhaps because cannibalism comes with the territory, the zombie movie has proved uncommonly immune to a certain strain of critical

NATO’s Existential Moment | The New Yorker

As the NATO summit kicks off in Brussels today, a look at how European leaders are preparing for Trump’s arrival

What Have the U.S. and Israel Accomplished in Iran?

On Monday night, forty-eight hours after President Donald Trump ordered a series of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, he announced

Trump and Co. Mask Up Like ICE

Why take any chances?

Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 23rd

“We have no concrete idea what we did, what comes next, or what it means for the globe, but other

With His Eyes on History, Benjamin Netanyahu Aims for Political Resurrection

In the days after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, evaded any public admission

The Dangerous Consequences of Donald Trump’s Strikes in Iran

On Saturday, President Donald Trump brought the United States into Israel’s war against Iran. American planes and submarines struck three

Donald Trump Bombs Iran, and America Waits

The United States joined Israel in its war against the Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday night as President Donald

The Magic of Daylight in a Land of Sun Worship

With “P’unchaw,” the photographer Victor Zea captures the light falling on Cuzco, Peru, where people have mixed Catholic and Indigenous

Was a Right to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Possible?

Preventing harm to children is a goal with which most people would agree. But the widening gulf between red and

Why Israel Struck Iran First

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Why We Turn Grief Into Art

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The Scheme That Broke the Texas Lottery

On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, the Lotto Texas jackpot was seventy-three million dollars. There was no winner that night—there hadn’t

The Rise And Fall of DOGE

The New Yorker staff writer Benjamin Wallace-Wells joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the decline of DOGE, what Elon Musk’s exit

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, June 18th

“Does attending a Bruce Springsteen concert count as political activism now?”

Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Promises and Perils of Early Cancer Detection

“What if we could not only detect a cancer’s presence but divine its intent?” A science startup has developed an

James Frey’s New Novel, “Next to Heaven” Is as Bad as It Sounds

The author page of “Next to Heaven,” James Frey’s new novel, breathlessly notes that Frey “was called America’s Most Notorious

Apocalypse No: “The Life of Chuck” Stumbles at the Finish Line

It’s impossible to discuss “The Life of Chuck” without revealing the ending, because that’s where the movie starts. It’s built

Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 16th

“I’m ready for the exciting last thirty seconds of the basketball game which stretch into twenty-five minutes of fouls, time-outs,

“Any Human Heart,” by Yiyun Li

Rossi’s Auto Repair and Full Service Gas had been there for as long as Maureen had been a resident of

The Military’s Birthday Parade Rolls Quietly Through Trump’s Washington

A soldier in a Revolutionary War uniform was sitting under a tree, vaping and scrolling on his phone. It was

Trump Makes a Big Show of Military Force

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Play It Again, Charles Burnett

One of Burnett’s earliest cinematographic efforts is the silent short “69 Pickup,” written and directed by Penick. Two Black men

There Are No Perfect Choices in the New York Mayoral Race

This year’s mayoral race has so far been a strange, frustrating exercise. The Democratic primary, usually definitive, is looking like

Inside the Activist Groups Resisting ICE

Orange County Rapid Response Network is a loose association of volunteers—organizers and lawyers and hundreds of concerned residents—who help immigrants

Donald Trump’s Dictator Cosplay | The New Yorker

Call it Donald Trump’s Strongman Week. Over the course of just a few days, the President has ordered the military

Why the Tech Giant Nvidia May Own the Future. Plus, Joshua Rothman on Taking A.I. Seriously

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What Broke the U.S.-China Relationship?

Michael Luo, an executive editor of The New Yorker, joins the show as guest host. He sits down with Peter

Looking for the National Guard in Los Angeles

On Monday afternoon, news broke that seven hundred Marines were being deployed from their base in Twentynine Palms. The 2nd

Why L.A. Became an Immigration Flash Point

As the showdown between the Trump Administration and California’s government escalates, E. Tammy Kim is on-the-ground in Southern California. Plus:

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, June 10th

“The protesters seem to be doing some sort of joyful synchronized dance. Is it time to call in the Marines?”

Trump’s Military Escalation in Los Angeles

Trump is deploying the Marines—risking further confrontation in L.A. with protesters and pushing the limits on Presidential power. • The

Immigration Protests Threaten to Boil Over in Los Angeles

On Friday and Saturday, federal officers descended on streets and workplaces across Los Angeles County to arrest and deport undocumented

Brian Lehrer and Errol Louis Take the Pulse of New York City

To be an informed New Yorker, or even an informed human being, you could do a lot worse than tuning

Jim Shepard on Catastrophes and Timing

This week’s story, “The Queen of Bad Influences,” opens in 1913, in the English county of Gloucestershire, and is about

Warped Ways of Seeing “P.O.V.”

You open your short-form online video platform of choice and see: A woman dancing in pointe shoes with London’s Tower

The Oligarchs Are Fighting | The New Yorker

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What We’re Reading This Summer: Mega-Reads

Unlike Peter Thiel and Giorgia Meloni, I did not grow up with “The Lord of the Rings” in my life,

Daily Cartoon: Friday, June 6th

“He loves me not.”

The Musk-Trump Divorce Is as Messy as You Thought It Would Be

Shamelessness, defined as brazen disregard for that which might deter anyone else, has always been one of Donald Trump’s superpowers.

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, June 5th

Batten the hatches, check the gift registry, and don’t forget the DEET!

The Man Who Thinks Trump Should Be King

The New Yorker staff writer Ava Kofman joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Kofman’s recent Profile of the iconoclastic right-wing blogger

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, June 4th

“I’m just a bill, a big, beautiful bill, la-la-la, you get it, I’m cutting Medicaid.”

Genius on the Half Shell

Portrait of a President.

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, June 3rd

“It buzzes when the President is ready to pardon me.”

Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 2nd

“None of them thought to thank me when they won during the regular season, so this is as far as

“Elias,” by Jon Fosse

I need to open the door now, it’s not the end of the world, it’s just that it’s been such

Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith

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Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity

Last year, on the occasion of Taschen’s reissue of “Workers” (originally published in 1993), I had the chance to interview

In Praise of “Northanger Abbey,” Jane Austen’s Least Beloved Novel

“Northanger Abbey” is the least beloved of Jane Austen’s six novels. It also appears frequently in university-level literature classes. These

Rashid Johnson’s Own “Poem for Deep Thinkers”

It’s an epic display of small ideas. But what gives the exhibition its coherence is Johnson’s consistent—if tonally varied—engagement with

Elon Musk Didn’t Blow Up Washington, But He Left Plenty of Damage Behind

It ended, of course, with a tweet. Late on Wednesday evening, Elon Musk announced the official end of his short,

Jack Whitten Went Hard in the Paint

He poured the paint in layers and combed through it with an Afro pick. Or he froze and shattered it,