The New Yorker

June 17, 2025

The Minnesota Shootings and the Dangerous Trend of Impersonating Law Enforcement

A new political era has arrived, in which the expectation and the fear of political violence are endemic.

The New Yorker

June 17, 2025

Catherine Lacey’s Infinite Regress

The novelist on her unclassifiable new work, “The Möbius Book”; the limits of autobiography; and the appeal of multiplicity.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

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

Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation offers a schematic, suburban vision of end times.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

What Is Israel’s Endgame with Iran?

There appears to be no off-ramp yet, as the destruction and death toll mount in both countries.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

The History of Advice Columns Is a History of Eavesdropping and Judging

How an Ovid-quoting London broadsheet from the late seventeenth century spawned “Dear Abby,” Dan Savage, and Reddit’s Am I the Asshole.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

The Portland Bar That Screens Only Women’s Sports

The Sports Bra started as an inside joke between a chef and her friends. It created a national trend.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

Play Laugh Lines No. 24: Summer

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

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

So You Want to Be a Genius

The label is exclusionary, inconsistently applied, and a license to behave badly. Why can’t we give it up?

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

The Crossword: Monday, June 16, 2025

Poet whose work is quoted in Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel “Tripmaster Monkey”: five letters.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims

Survivors of the nuclear blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still fighting for recognition.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

The Truth About Trump’s Proposed Cash-for-Kids Savings Scheme

A new proposal for child investment accounts sounds progressive—but its biggest beneficiaries would be families that can already afford to s...

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

A New Progressive Rallying Cry: “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew!”

In New York’s Democratic mayoral primary race, Andrew Cuomo’s lead is slipping, and Zohran Mamdani is pulling ahead. Is the DREAM campaign w...

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

Pub-Crawling with the Tubs

On its first American tour, the British jangle-rock band with a cheeky-dirtbag edge is trying to unite the states, one gig at a time.

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

A Penn Station Makeover, Trump Style

Now that the Administration is taking over the station’s renovation, expect vats of gold paint and a little “Presidential grab” in the line...

The New Yorker

June 16, 2025

Trump’s To-Undo List

1. Cut FEMA flood budget. Make Bezos send wet places salad spinners to dry out stuff. 2. No more brown or yellow M&M’s. Low I.Q., emotionall...

The New Yorker

June 15, 2025

Trump’s Military Birthday Parade Rolls Past Sparse Crowds in Washington

After all the talk of dictators and wannabe kings, the Army’s anniversary celebration in the capital was a low-key affair, amid national tur...

The New Yorker

June 15, 2025

Tyrese Haliburton Has Worn Me Down

The Indiana Pacers star is corny, he’s awkward, and he’s thrilling.

The New Yorker

June 15, 2025

Cactus Wren Is Doing Its Own Thing

A new restaurant from the chef duo Samuel Clonts and Raymond Trinh puts caviar in unpredictable places.

The New Yorker

June 14, 2025

Play It Again, Charles Burnett

Over the years, the director’s early films have been lost and found, forgotten and celebrated. But what about the work that came after, or t...