The New Yorker

January 2, 2026

Daily Cartoon: Friday, January 2nd

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

The New Yorker

January 2, 2026

Play Shuffalo: Friday, January 2, 2026

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

The New Yorker

January 2, 2026

“Young Mothers” Is a Gentle Gift from the Dardenne Brothers

In Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s latest drama, set in and around a Belgian maternity home, several teen-age moms seek to break through cycl...

The New Yorker

January 2, 2026

January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows

Also: “Tartuffe” mania, the guitar stylings of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams, Justin Chang’s movies for a new year, and more.

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January 2, 2026

How Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring Is Changing the Diamond Game

For decades, couples were told to value a certain kind of rarity. The jewelry designer Kindred Lubeck, with the help of her most famous clie...

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January 2, 2026

The Mini Crossword: Friday, January 2, 2026

Rice-noodle soup sometimes served with hoisin sauce: three letters.

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January 2, 2026

Daily Cartoon Slide Show

Daily Cartoon Slide Show

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January 1, 2026

Zohran Mamdani’s New York

From the daily newsletter: a new column about the mayor’s first hundred days.

The New Yorker

January 1, 2026

What Zohran Mamdani and Michael Bloomberg Have in Common

As mayors, the socialist and the plutocrat each embody outsized ideas of the city—and distinct forms of capital.

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January 1, 2026

The Mini Crossword: Thursday, January 1, 2026

“Take a Chance on Me” band: four letters.

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January 1, 2026

Play Shuffalo: Thursday, January 1, 2026

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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January 1, 2026

A Day in My Highly Optimized, Convenient Life

With a single tap on the screen, I open the blinds, with another, I turn on the espresso machine, and with a third, I review the footage fro...

The New Yorker

December 31, 2025

Reading for the New Year

The first installment in a series of recommendations by New Yorker writers.

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December 31, 2025

The Holiday Crossword: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Today’s theme: 2025 in news and politics.

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December 30, 2025

Donald Trump’s Golden Age of Awful

A damage assessment of the President’s first year back in the White House.

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December 30, 2025

Finishing School: Hands Off Our Pencils

Given the wild fluctuations in the market, I did what anyone with a crippling dependence on pencils would do: I took inventory.

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December 30, 2025

The Holiday Crossword: Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Today’s theme: 2025 in sports.

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December 30, 2025

Play Shuffalo: Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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December 29, 2025

Play Laugh Lines No. 52: Wildlife

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

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December 29, 2025

A Reckoning for the Stalled Gaza Peace Plan

A meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump may determine whether the agreement advances—or hardens into a permanent order.

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December 28, 2025

Natalia Lafourcade Reimagines Mexican Folk Music

The former teen pop star has become a new emblem of “Veracruz sound.”

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December 28, 2025

Play Shuffalo: Sunday, December 28, 2025

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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December 27, 2025

Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025

This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and underdelivered.

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December 27, 2025

The Weirdly Refreshing Honesty of the Oscars of TikTok

The app might wreak havoc on users’ mental health, but there was a satisfying frankness at the gathering about the fact that everything in l...

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December 26, 2025

Bill Clinton’s M10: The Story Behind My Favorite Cartoon

When the cartoon appeared, it attracted immediate attention.

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December 26, 2025

What to Do on New Year’s Eve

Also: Vinson Cunningham on his favorite songs of the year.

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December 26, 2025

The Holiday Mini Crossword: Friday, December 26, 2025

Today’s theme: 2025 in poetry.

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December 26, 2025

Play Shuffalo: Friday, December 26, 2025

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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December 25, 2025

What Kind of New World Is Being Born?

A Christmas essay.

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December 25, 2025

“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Edited by Someone in Couples Therapy

Oh, I won’t ask for much this Christmas, mainly because “asking” suggests that you’re doing me a favor, when, in actuality, I’m setting some...