The New Yorker
On Not Being a Homeowner
Americans who buy real estate increasingly rely on financial help from parents and grandparents to do so. Anna Holmes on how generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.
Today’s Mix
The U.S. Was Never Going to Win the “War on Terror”
In the twenty-five years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged several military campaigns against extremism around the world, resulting in the deaths of almost a million people. What has it accomplished?
Ric Burns, N.Y.C. Optimist
The director—and brother of Ken Burns—is releasing two new episodes of his long-running “New York: A Documentary Film,” this time covering Superstorm Sandy, COVID, and Eric Adams.
“The Uprising” Is a Grim But Scattershot History Lesson
In Paul Greengrass’s dramatization of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, the imperatives of historical re-creation and hyperkinetic action filmmaking fight each other to a draw.
Can A.I. “Go Rogue”?
In the wake of turmoil at OpenAI and Anthropic, it’s become common to describe A.I. as a kind of person, hatching plans and pursuing desires. The truth is a little trickier.
Colin Kaepernick Misses the Game
The former N.F.L. quarterback on why he took a knee, the culture of the league, and the consequences of political activism.
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
Troy Jackson Is Still Surprised That He’s Running for Senate
The former state senator replaced Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic nominee. But, as he reminded voters over Labor Day weekend, “it could have been anyone else.”
Remembrance of September 11th
It became immediately evident that this was terrorism on an unexampled scale. The twentieth century had ended, and the twenty-first had begun.
Is the Democratic Party Still Too Woke?
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The political operative Adam Jentleson once believed “the way for Democrats to win was to get your base really riled up.” He’s now trying to wrest the Party away from its far-left flank.
The Warning Benjamin Netanyahu Ignored
New reporting from Haaretz shows that, before October 7th, the Israeli Prime Minister was told to expect an “earthquake” from Gaza—and didn’t inform his security chiefs.
Destroying Books to Build a Mind
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Anthropic is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” How worried should we be?
A Political Operative on the Verge of Self-Deportation
Daysi González, who works to elect Democrats, is gearing up to leave the U.S. as soon as this month. She wants her own party to pay attention.
The America That 9/11 Made
A quarter century after the attacks, the grief, wars, and political furies of their aftermath still shape American life.
Goings On
The Sartorial Riches of the Silent-Film Era
Rachel Syme on an upcoming exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center which offers the opportunity to dip one’s toes into the age of film before talkies arrived. Plus: the neo-soul of Erykah Badu, a festival of Indian classical dance, and more.
“My Brilliant Career” Was the Sleeper Hit of the Summer
“My Brilliant Career” is a fizzy and intelligent pop-feminist interpretation of Miles Franklin’s 1901 Australian novel, Inkoo Kang writes, and the sleeper hit of the summer.
Five Books for Lingerie Lovers
Fresh from her investigation of the MAGA-fication of sexiness, Jennifer Wilson recommends her favorite works on the subject of undergarments.
Juice That’s Worth the Squeeze
Helen Rosner responds to reader questions about prepackaged citrus juice and the matter of ingredient snobbery, and about throwing a really good restaurant birthday party.
Have Conservatives Taken Sexy Back?
The culture wars have come for lingerie as the right, once the advocates of promise rings and purity culture, embarks on a crusade to “Make America Hot Again.”
The Critics
In “The Sun Never Sets,” Joe Swanberg Strips Romance to Its Bones
The filmmaker’s first feature in six years turns a love triangle in Anchorage into a philosophical experiment.
Willem de Kooning’s Excavations of Intimacy
The first major show of the artist’s drawings articulates his pain and anger and the frightful era he lived in.
The Prolific Storytelling of This Is Lorelei
Nate Amos writes songs that both embrace and lampoon dusty singer-songwriter tropes.
What Carla Lalli Cooked After Her Divorce
With “Food Is a Feeling,” the cookbook author joins a lineage of writers who have explored the appetites of the newly unmarried.
The Netflix Show That Airs from the Great Beyond
The promise of “Famous Last Words”—which just released its Gloria Steinem episode—is that the show’s subjects can finally speak freely, knowing that the interview won’t come out until they’ve died.
Can You Write a Memoir in the Third Person?
In Brian Dillon’s bewitching new book, “Ambivalence: An Education,” the author’s younger self is depicted as an inscrutable, fumbling figure named B.
What We’re Reading
A new study of the American sense of “cool” and the values baked into its casual style; a bold novel that follows a Dublin gang member navigating street wars; and more.
Our Columnists
Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit
The company, which has a hundred and thirty thousand cameras monitoring the streets of the U.S., frames privacy as a worthwhile trade-off for safety and security, echoing the language of the post-9/11 surveillance boom.
Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?
After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart
Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.
Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?
So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising.
Favorite Bodies
I told her that I’d been reading an article about morticians. One of the morticians interviewed had said something that was a revelation.
Ideas
Has the Supreme Court Sandbagged Democracy?
A legal history argues that the Justices should be stripped of their power to overrule coequal branches of government.
Cinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie Auteur
Why do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference.
The End of the European Summer
As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to transform themselves for a climate that they were never built to withstand.
Are You a Human?
From branding irons to iris scans, the ancient business of proving who you are has never been stranger—or more lucrative.
September 11, 2001
On the morning the planes hit the Twin Towers, New Yorker correspondents captured a startling, intimate story of terror, loss, and survival. The story, reported from New York, Washington, and beyond, is an enduring record of the catastrophic attack and the first inklings of the ways it would change the world.
Fall Style & Design Issue
The forces transforming fashion, dining, and the arts—from Saudi Arabia to Paris, from the White House to the Fringe Festival.
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.
In the Dark
Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? A five-part podcast series investigates a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
In Case You Missed It
All of a sudden, with no reason or warning, my brother began to hear from friends he had introduced me to or others we still had in common, those few I had somehow retained over the twelve years since leaving home, that I had been seen in Cairo, walking down a street or sitting alone at a café. This even though I had not lived in that city since, at the age of eighteen, I had waved my brother goodbye at the airport, with my small bag and my hopes and worries.Continue reading »
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