What Natalie Harp Carries
The New Yorkerby Doreen St. Félix22 Aug 2026
On September 1, 1987, a military train loaded with munitions coursed out of Diablo Valley, in the East Bay of Northern California.
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The New Yorkerby Kelefa Sanneh22 Aug 2026
Thirty-two years ago, in the summer of 1994, Courtney Love staged a remarkable comeback. Earlier that year, her band, Hole, had released a furious and galvanizing album called “Live Through This,”...
Crossing Into England with a False Story
The New Yorkerby Ledio Cakaj22 Aug 2026
Time had stopped in Calais. The Albanians in Paris who had helped me plan my crossing had said that the train would remain at the station for five minutes, ten at most.
Does Your Baby Need a Book on Coding?
The New Yorkerby Elise Broach21 Aug 2026
If your idea of a perfect board book for people under the age of three is Sandra Boynton’s 1982 classic “Moo, Baa, La La La!,” you might be surprised to discover what’s passing for toddler...
A Political Awakening in Arab America
The New Yorkerby Rozina Ali21 Aug 2026
Abdeen Jabara stretched out his crimson-stained fingers. Balancing on his toes, the eight-year-old boy met a tree branch that his elder brother Khalid had lowered for him.
Late Summertime Idylls by the Water
The New Yorkerby Taran Dugal21 Aug 2026
For the past two hundred years, summer in New York has best been spent by the water. “Circumambulate the city,” Melville writes in “Moby-Dick,” and you’ll find “thousands upon thousands of mortal...
The Coming (and Not Coming) of the Sex-Recession Movie
The New Yorkerby Alexandra Schwartz21 Aug 2026
In February, I went to see Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” at my local movie theatre, in Brooklyn. Next to me sat a man and a woman in their twenties.
Should You Believe in Fate?
The New Yorkerby Joshua Rothman21 Aug 2026
In mid-June, I rode my electric scooter into a sinkhole, which had emerged, after some roadwork, on a residential street near my house.
Is the Smithsonian Really Trying to Destroy America?
The New Yorkerby Julian Lucas20 Aug 2026
Earlier this month, when I visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (N.M.A.H.), President Trump’s signage warning of its “ideological capture” had yet to be installed.
A “12 Inch Pianist” Walks Into a Bar
The New Yorkerby The New Yorker20 Aug 2026
When The New Yorker published a Shouts & Murmurs titled “Guy Walks Into a Bar,” by Simon Rich, back in 2013, Conan O’Brien tweeted a link to the piece, anointing it “the funniest thing I’ve read in...
“Every Weekday at 4:45 P.M.,” by Libby Flores
The New Yorkerby Libby Flores20 Aug 2026
Every weekday at 4:45 P.M. the man comes in—he never brings a list. She is usually behind the counter at the deli slicing turkey, her brown hair held back in a net underneath a maroon visor, the...
What Your Swimwear Says About You
The New Yorkerby Madeline Goetz, Viktoria Shulevich20 Aug 2026
Two-Piece You’re fine with sunburning your midriff. One-Piece with Flirty Cutouts You’re fine with sunburning a few awkward little squares on your lower back.
After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran
The New Yorkerby Ishaan Tharoor20 Aug 2026
Spare a thought for the sailors of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. As the United States’ campaign against Iran drags on, their deployment aboard the aircraft carrier has already lasted months longer...
Can Head Start Be Deregulated Out of Existence?
The New Yorkerby Jessica Winter20 Aug 2026
For much of last year, Head Start, the federal program that provides child-care and preschool services for low-income families, appeared to have a doubtful future.
The Show That’s Charting a Post-Trump Future
The New Yorkerby Jon Allsop20 Aug 2026
Ten years ago, the New York Times launched a podcast that would cover the final stretch of the 2016 Presidential election.
The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal
The New Yorkerby Lauren Michele Jackson19 Aug 2026
A couple of years ago, a self-styled “race-realist” named Nathan Cofnas wrote a blog post about racial difference.