Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Evolution,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2022.
It’s Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We?
New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming.
“Two Pianos” Turns Modern Melodrama Old-Fashioned
Arnaud Desplechin’s vigorous tale of a pianist’s return home to a mentor and an ex-lover lines up its characters’ traits like dominoes, and ignores the world they live in.
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 30th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
A King (or Two), a President, and a Troll
Reflections on Charles’s state visit.
Donald Trump’s Pardon Economy
For some wealthy offenders, clemency is just a golf game—or a million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago—away.
The Irish Drug Kingpin Daniel Kinahan Is Arrested in Dubai
After living freely in Dubai for a decade, the notorious Irish drug dealer has finally been arrested, and is likely to be sent back to Dublin to stand trial.
Donald Trump’s Spring Cleaning
The exact reasons are often left vague and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving the Administration—including three Cabinet secretaries.
What “Michael” Tries to Show—or Hide
The bio-pic places the so-called King of Pop back at the center of the culture, putting a fresh coat of varnish on the star’s troubled legacy.
The Lessons from Jerome Powell’s Defiance of Donald Trump
An independent Fed needs an independent leader. Is Kevin Warsh up to the job?
Monica Ferrell Reads Lucie Brock-Broido
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Carrowmore,” by Lucie Brock-Broido, and her own poem “The Fifties.”
The White House at Pooh Corner
“The Heffatrump,” said Owl, “lives in a Huff. At least, he does in warm weather. In winter he moves to a Snit.”
The Best Books of 2026 So Far
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 29th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin?
The agency, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change.
“Process of Elimination,” by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
The night the tip jar went missing, we assumed that it had been stolen by a student, or maybe a professor—an adjunct—who had taken it when we weren’t looking.
Kash Patel’s Implausible Lawsuit Against The Atlantic
The F.B.I. director’s lawyers seem to misunderstand how the law (or logic) works.
Reverend Billy Takes On Norman Foster’s New Monolith
Fresh from opening shows for Neil Young, the street preacher Billy Talen has moved on from burning Mickey Mouse in effigy to protesting JPMorgan Chase’s ties to fossil fuels.
A Conversation with a Health-Care-Provider Support Bot
Here are a few things I’d rather do than log in to a portal: Get three mosquito bites. Drive all the way to Encino to have something notarized.
Is the Ticketmaster Monopoly Verdict a Mirage?
After years of skyrocketing fees and byzantine sales practices, a jury ruled against the company in an antitrust case. The effect on concert-going remains uncertain.
That One Week Every Year You Forget You Have Allergies
In what you assume is a sign of your body’s imminent total collapse, your eyes are now itching and watering.
Why Earnestness Is Everywhere
“Project Hail Mary” and Lena Dunham’s memoir “Famesick” are part of a new wave of art works that boldly embrace sincerity over cynicism. Why are we suddenly so eager to wear our…
What Jesus Meant
Some people sin and vote and criticize others who are the President or Vice-President, which they shouldn’t do, and that’s why Jesus likely died. For other people’s sins.
LIV Golf Is Dying of Boredom
Once you got past the Saudi-backed league’s business drama, what you were left with was watching sensationally wealthy, morally compromised middle-aged men go to work.
“Half Man” TV Review
Richard Gadd’s follow-up to “Baby Reindeer” traces a decades-long quasi-familial relationship that’s thornier than any other male bond on TV.
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
The tech world assumes that A.I.-aided education is necessary and inevitable. A growing number of parents, educators, and cognitive scientists say the opposite.
What Pro Wrestling Taught Linda McMahon About Politics
As Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon has executed the goals of a brash man with a flair for the theatrical—skills she developed during her time at World Wrestling…
“Ordinary Wear and Tear,” by Thomas McGuane
She broke Carl’s heart, he thought, but she’s not breaking mine.
The New Masculinity of “DTF St. Louis”
The show exists in a strange world where men repeatedly confess their love for each other. Does it make them better people?
What Nicolás Maduro’s Life Is Like in a Notorious Brooklyn Jail
The President of Venezuela has reportedly been stuck in a unit for high-profile inmates, known for housing rappers and tech moguls, while his country forms an uneasy relationship…
When Your Digital Life Vanishes
A broken phone or corrupted drive can mean the loss of work, evidence, art, or the last traces of the dead. But sometimes data-recovery experts can summon lost files from the void.
Daphne Rubin-Vega Comes Home
Strolling through Hell’s Kitchen, the actress recalls old celeb sightings (Jane Fonda! Donald Sutherland!) on her way to playing the swaggering Mr. Zero in “The Adding Machine,”…
In Defense of the Moderate
In an era that prizes passion, “reasonableness” gets caricatured as political cowardice or bloodless neutrality. A new book says it’s exactly what we need.
How Professional Wrestling Prepared Linda McMahon for Trump’s Cabinet
The Education Secretary ran the W.W.E. for years with her husband, Vince, an unstable man who, like her new boss, has a genius for inflaming the crowd.
A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.
“Raphael: Sublime Poetry,” Reviewed: The Met Rescues a Master
Many have called him boring, a peddler of simpleminded beauty. At the Met, a blockbuster exhibition restores his standing.
The Thrill of Picture Books That Let Kids in on the Joke
Several recent books with unreliable narrators give children the rare pleasure of feeling smarter than the story.
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 23rd
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
The Popes That Trump Might’ve Liked
The President thinks Pope Leo XIV is a wuss. Meet some real tough-guy Pontiffs who might have fit the bill.
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 22nd
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
Donald Trump’s Triumphal Arch and the Architecture of Autocracy
When asked by a reporter whom the arch would be for, Trump said, “Me.”
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“The Power of Life,” “How It Feels to Be Alive,” “Go Gentle,” and “Exemplary Humans.”
Bonus Daily Cartoon: Fountain of Youth
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 21st
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 20th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
“Spring Comes and I Finally Throw Out the Last Flowers I Bought You,” by Ariel Francisco
“It’s been weeks. / It’s been months. It’s been seasons.”
Thomas McGuane Reads “Ordinary Wear and Tear”
The author reads his story from the April 27, 2026, issue of the magazine.
Thomas McGuane on Decency and Feral Charm
The author discusses his story “Ordinary Wear and Tear.”
Christoph Niemann’s “West Fourth”
One of the city’s most iconic courts.
When Soul Food Met Daniel Boulud
The Harlem franchise Charles Pan-Fried Chicken invited a bunch of chefs to take over for the weekend. Up next: oxtails from Lana Lagomarsini.
Escape Rooms for Middle-Aged People
Work as a team as you and other dads chat about pro sports, college sports, kids (and their sports), while avoiding eye contact, politics, and any hint of vulnerability.
If You Ask Me: Save the Rich White Women
The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a brunch or a media event to…
Gwendoline Riley’s New Novel Surveys the Wreckage of Middle Age
“The Palm House” is haunted by stubborn male egos and sharp-edged women whose honesty is often ineffectual in the face of life.
Daniyal Mueenuddin on the Uses, and Abuses, of Real Life
The novelist discusses works of fiction that draw from the people one knows—often, to controversial effect.
Ellen Burstyn’s Inner Library
Kris Kristofferson told her he was a poet when they co-starred in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Her new book tells the story of her life in poetry.
“Death in Rome” and “The Hothouse,” Reviewed
Wolfgang Koeppen’s “trilogy of failure,” written from 1951 to 1954, is a sprawling, polyphonic portrait of a physically and morally shattered country.
The Novelist Reimagining the Japanese American Internment
In “Questions 27 & 28,” Karen Tei Yamashita opens an inquiry into how the story of the past gets made.
Donald Trump’s Lose-Lose Negotiations with Iran
How the President’s insistence on Tehran’s unconditional surrender made it impossible to make a deal.
The Kirkification of Our Troubled Times
The culture has transitioned from memeing one man’s death to delighting in the memeing of wars in real time.
How Big a Threat Are Iranian-Backed Cyber Attacks?
A recent CISA advisory was a blunt reminder that, in the digital age, the battlefield has expanded to encompass the geography of everyday life.
“Tompkins Square,” by Anthony Walton
“It was an evening they had planned, privately, in the sequester / of their thoughts for years before it could or should have / happened.”
How Long Can Martha Graham’s Dance Revolution Last?
As the company she left behind celebrates its centenary, it finds itself caught between preservation and radical tradition.
Trump and the Iran Deal That Wasn’t
It’s tough to reach an agreement with a President whose word is not his bond.
Ava’s Life List
Spring is here, and with it sightings of the Great-Breasted Hausfrau, the Potbellied Galoot, and the Common Nanny.
Patrick Ball’s Path to Broadway and “Becky Shaw”
Before “The Pitt,” the actor waited tables, made lattes, and schlepped Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe around town.
What Happens When Someone Throws a Message in a Bottle Into the Sea?
Most simply disappear. One enthusiast is on a quest to find the notes—and the people behind them.
“Michael,” Reviewed: A Sanitized Bio-Pic That’s All Business
The new movie details the backstage maneuvers that catapulted Michael Jackson to stardom but leaves his personal life out of the picture.
The Sqirl Redemption Arc
The beloved L.A. café was brought low by a bucket of moldy jam. Now it’s open for dinner.
The History of Jazz Has Instantly Expanded
Newly released archival live performances by Ahmad Jamal, Joe Henderson, and Cecil Taylor illuminate their legacies and the art form at large.
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 28th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
“Amrum” Offers a Child’s-Eye View of Fascism in Retreat
In Fatih Akin’s coming-of-age drama, a twelve-year-old German islander witnesses the end of the Second World War from a perilous, momentous remove.
The Action-Film Director Who’s Taking On Michael Jackson
Antoine Fuqua has built a career on movies with irresistible heroes. Now he’s telling the story of the King of Pop.
With A.I., Anyone Can Be an Influencer
TikTok and Instagram made it easy to monetize the physical self. Now the social-media-savvy can use A.I. to play with their identity, or overhaul it entirely.
Inside the World-Conquering Rise of the Micro-Drama
Much of humanity has now watched—or scrolled past—extremely short shows about love and betrayal. How do Chinese companies create them?
A Wunderkind’s Best-Selling Nostalgia
Nelio Biedermann’s “Lázár” is, for the most part, the well-rehearsed story of twentieth-century Europe. Why is it making such waves?
Inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as Gunshots Rang Out
I thought a caterer might have dropped a stack of plates, but then I heard shouts of “Shots fired!”
The Anatomy of a Failure
From spray-on condoms to radioactive wrinkle cream, “Flops?!,” at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, in Paris, puts terrible inventions in the spotlight.
Is Dynamic Pricing Ruining the World Cup?
Soccer fans and host-city politicians are up in arms about the prices that FIFA is charging for tickets under its new sales system.
Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 27th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Process of Elimination”
The author reads his story from the May 4, 2026, issue of the magazine.
Helen, Help Me: How to Recalibrate Your Kitchen
A New Yorker food critic responds to a reader’s baking woes.
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Opening with Kafka
The author discusses his story “Process of Elimination.”
Oneohtrix Point Never’s Sense of the Uncanny
Also: Sarah Larson’s latest podcast picks, “The Rocky Horror Show” and “The Balusters” on Broadway, the French singer Oklou, and more.
The Death of Afrika Bambaataa and the Afterlife of Hip-Hop
One of the originators of the genre now haunts it.
Why Senator Rand Paul Voted to Limit Donald Trump’s War Powers
The libertarian-leaning Republican discusses his effort to restrain the President’s actions in Iran, and how he would campaign against other G.O.P. Presidential candidates in 2028.
What the U.S.-Iran War Means for China
Jonathan Czin, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s China Center, discusses how the ties between China and Iran have been overstated, and what the conflict might mean for the…
Donald Trump’s Economic Warfare Abroad Comes Home
From tariffs to the war with Iran, the President is blowing up the global economy.
An Assassination Attempt and a Royal Visit to Washington
An eyewitness contrasts the scene at the White House Correspondents’ dinner with King Charles and Queen Camilla’s trip amid strained U.S.-U.K. relations.
The Kardashians Explain Everything (Because They Are Everything)
A new book by an online Kardashian theorist argues that Kim and clan are the keys to understanding media in the new millennium.
The Minnesotans Who Wanted to Be in “Purple Rain”
In 1983, the photographer Tom Arndt heard about something interesting happening in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn: a casting call for Prince’s new movie.
Medallions, Movement, and Mamdani at MOMA PS1
The cab-driving Elcharfa brothers, Bilal and Salah, star in a new piece by the artist Kenneth Tam that showcases the hardships of their jobs.
Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 24th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
The Rise of the Epstein Democrat
In demanding the release of the Epstein files, the Party has embraced a radically new way of fighting Donald Trump. Is it a good idea?
“Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem
The novelist Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her short-story collection “Fat Swim,” and the fatphobia she finds in contemporary fiction, with the critic Jennifer Wilson.
Finishing School: To Shred or Not to Shred
A shredding event should be festive, like a carnival, with balloons and cotton candy and a bluegrass band.
The Many Forms of Marcel Duchamp
How the shape-shifting artist radicalized art itself.
King Charles and Queen Camilla Come to Washington
A flag flub, a White House construction zone, a pollinator photo op, and Trump’s love of royal cosplay all contributed to the bizarre atmosphere of Charles and Camilla’s visit.
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” Movie Review
The sequel, which reunites Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt, is familiar and at times preposterous—but it’s also a savvy, shiny reflection of our era.
A Chernobyl Widow’s Tragedy, Forty Years Later
Nataliia Khodymchuk lived in memory of her late husband, the first worker to die at the nuclear reactor, until she fell victim to a Russian attack.
Has Steve Kerr Had Enough?
The head coach for the Golden State Warriors on his future with the team, his complicated relationship with Draymond Green, and whether he might give politics a try.
Michel Hurst’s Impassioned Vision of Mexico
Hurst captured the country’s culture—from public rituals of the cult of Santa Muerte to scenes from everyday life—with no small amount of homoeroticism.
“Schmigadoon!” and “The Lost Boys” Are Killer Revamps
Camp has become the go-to aesthetic for Broadway musicals. These two new shows dare to be sincere.
How “The Fast and the Furious” Tells the Story of Hollywood
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is often held up as the exemplar of the Hollywood mega-franchise. The “Fast” movies may have been just as influential.
Laurie Metcalf’s Third Act
The once cancelled producer Scott Rudin has staked his own comeback on making her the First Lady of American Theatre.
“Heated Rivalry” and Its Wine-Mom Fans Reunite
Plus: the radiant pop of MUNA, the visceral paintings of Juanita McNeely, a “Beaches” musical, and more.
How the Creator of “Beef” Got from Petty Feuds to Class Warfare
Lee Sung Jin on tailoring dialogue to Oscar Isaac and Charles Melton, the differences between Korean and American élites, and making TV in an age of “all-gas, no-brakes…
“A Theory on the Origin of Language,” by Tishani Doshi
“Last night, after months away from home, / a lapwing piercing the still dark still / with its warnings.”
How Putin and Zelensky View the War in Iran
The war’s ripple effects have exacerbated conflicts, economic insecurity, and regional tensions around the world, including in Ukraine.