The New Yorker
The Mamdani Era Begins
His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers, Eric Lach writes, didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
Today’s Mix
“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.
The Dishy Operatics of Lily Allen’s Breakup Album
On “West End Girl,” all the gritty bits are there: messages with a husband’s mistress, the discovery of a cache of sex toys.
The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
A troop of macaques escaped one of the largest primate-breeding facilities in America. Now a strange coalition of uncompromising activists and MAGA loyalists is demanding that all lab animals be set free.
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
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.
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.
How to Endure Authoritarianism
A visit to a poet’s home in Kraków recalls the lessons of Eastern Europe’s dissidents.
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.
The Sports-Betting Disaster
How the rise of “prop” bets helped create the conditions for the N.B.A.’s latest gambling scandal.
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.
The Feds Who Kill Blood-Sucking Parasites
Sea lampreys are kept in check by a small government program. Will it survive Trump’s slash-and-burn campaign?
“Blood Relatives”
A new six-part podcast series, from In the Dark, hosted by the contributing writer Heidi Blake, asks whether the U.K.’s most infamous family massacre ended in a wrongful conviction. New episodes are released on Tuesdays.
The Critics
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What We’re Reading
An engaging new argument about the philosopher Immanuel Kant; a scrupulous account of the making of the noir film “Sunset Boulevard” and its reflection of Hollywood’s late-nineteen-forties destabilization; a book that bounces from dreams to letters to family memories; and more.
Watch the 2025 New Yorker Festival
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Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir
The actor recalls his life, from provincial Wales to Hollywood, in stop-start rhythms with curt, unflinching reckonings.
Our Columnists
Can the Global Economy Be Healed?
A noted Harvard economist presents an optimistic vision of a world after Donald Trump.
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 America’s enemies are so often of American invention.
The College-Coaching Carrousel Is Completely Out of Hand
In most states, the highest-paid public employee is a football coach. Lately, more and more of them are getting money to go away.
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.
Introducing Shuffalo, Our New Word Game
A daily anagramming challenge with a twist.
Ideas
The Profound Consequences of Aphantasia
Some people can’t see mental images. Research in the past decade has shown that this condition affects a bewildering variety of human traits.
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.
Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?
With its standout deals and employment practices, the warehouse chain became a feel-good American institution. But it can be hard to remain beloved.
What Do We Want from Our Child Stars?
Adoration, exploitation, and the strange afterlife of being celebrated too soon.
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.
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