Recent articles from publications based in United States.
Timeby Meehika Barua17d ago
There is a scene in season two of Friends I think about often. Rachel, Phoebe, and Joey, who have low-paying jobs, decide to have a serious conversation with their more wealthy friends —Ross...
CJRby Carolina Abbott Galvão17d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. When Carlitos Ricardo Parias told his family that he wanted to become a social media creator, they were confused.
The 19thby Amanda Becker17d ago
President Donald Trump has revived a policy change from his first term that gives immigration agents broad authority to deny green cards and visas to applicants who have received public benefits —...
The New Yorkerby Daniel Immerwahr17d ago
To Europeans, the early United States was a curiosity: rich in resources yet poor in history. They were used to a storied landscape, where it was impossible to go for a stroll without tripping over...
The New Yorkerby Nick Paumgarten17d ago
We walked single file through the snow to Lasker Rink, escorted by the coaches. Central Park at night, 1977: in the swirl of a storm, the Park was desolate and pristine.
The New Yorkerby Brady Brickner-Wood17d ago
When Caleb Hammer, a thirty-one-year-old personal-finance YouTuber, gets particularly exasperated, his voice enters a shrill upper register.
The New Yorkerby Evan Gershkovich17d ago
In the library of Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, my fellow-inmates and I could choose from great novelists such as Charlotte Brontë and Marcel Proust or existentialists such as Samuel Beckett and...
The New Yorkerby Sarah Larson17d ago
Recently, at the HERE Arts Center, near SoHo, the puppeteer Basil Twist, the performance artist Joey Arias, and six unseen puppeteers (“They’re wearing black velvet, hood on, like ninjas,” Twist...
The New Yorkerby Arthur Holland Michel17d ago
On a moonless Friday night at Citi Field, Ryan Goydos, one half of the popular social-media account known as SuperVinoBros, stood at a security entrance reserved for staff, press, mascots, players...
The New Yorkerby Eyal Press17d ago
On March 7, 2025, Celia Cohen, a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, was finishing up a meeting at 26 Federal Plaza, in lower Manhattan, when she learned...
The New Yorkerby Peter Hessler17d ago
In the valley where I live, along a quiet stretch of the Uncompahgre River, in southwestern Colorado, there is only one paved road, and, like most people around here, I don’t drive it south without...
The New Yorkerby Anthony Lane17d ago
The first thing you notice about the film director Paweł Pawlikowski is that he looks like a movie star. This is an unusual state of affairs.
The New Yorkerby The New Yorker17d ago
The Radiance, by Ayad Akhtar (Summit). The narrator of this form-bending novel is a man who shares the author’s name and profession, and who, at the story’s outset, is the victim of a hit-and-run.
The New Yorkerby The New Yorker17d ago
Things of Nature I was intrigued by M. R. O’Connor’s article about wildland firefighters who leap out of airplanes (“Going Up in Smoke,” September 7th).
The New Yorkerby Beverly Gage17d ago
In fiction, spoiler alerts exist to protect the reader experience, premised on the idea that knowing a story’s outcome will reduce momentum and suspense.
The New Republicby Felipe De La Hoz17d ago
In the Trump administration’s avalanche of immigration animosity, it can be hard to miss some of the more technical changes to immigration policy, buried as they are in the broader news of masked...
The New Republicby Kate Aronoff17d ago
Is it better for the planet to save a tree or cut it down? Elementary school students fresh off an Earth Day lesson would probably suggest saving the tree.
The New Republicby Michael Tomasky17d ago
About once a month, I go to Google News and type in the single word “recession” just to see what comes up.
The New Republicby Scott Bradfield17d ago
Across the last half-century or so, Doonesbury has been one of those rare institutions that could always be counted on—even while the political world it described seemed to be run by people who...
Wiredby Kate Taylor17d ago
In the coming months, hundreds of thousands of brand-new coworkers will be entering the workforce. You’ll learn their names and recognize their profile pictures.
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