The New Yorker
Now What?
A kaleidoscopic set of conversations about what comes after the historic power shift of the midterms, in U.S. politics, technology, and global relations. Pete Buttigieg, Hasan Piker, and Zohran Mamdani on the future of the Democratic Party; Grover Norquist and Oren Cass on the American right; Beto O’Rourke and Wendy Davis on Texas; Astra Taylor and Dean Ball on A.I.; and more.
Today’s Mix
The Mothers We Pay
Two début novels, Courtney Bush’s “Learning” and K Chiucarello’s “Nanny Nanny,” look at the rewards—and the perils—of losing one’s self in child care.
Is Jensen Huang’s Affair a Crisis for the A.I. Boom?
It’s not yet clear what the Nvidia C.E.O.—or the Trump Administration—knew about the alleged Chinese spy he was involved with.
The Afterlife of Diana’s Revenge Dress
Three decades ago, the Princess of Wales responded to Charles’s televised confession of infidelity with what would become the most famous little black dress of all time. Now it’s up for auction—and Camilla is Queen.
An Exiled Filmmaker’s Unsparing View of Contemporary Russia
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” is the first independent feature to portray Russian life during the war with Ukraine.
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
Breaking the Decade-Long Trump Fever
The President’s unique brand of lurid authoritarianism has finally lost appeal, and he has lost the plot.
Why Russia and Ukraine Keep Resisting Trump’s Art of the Deal
The White House is leading a new round of negotiations this week to end the war, but all sides remain deeply at odds.
How France Took Over Basketball
The country spent decades building a development system to cultivate the tallest and most talented kids. Now the best player in the world is French, and its national team poses a serious threat to U.S. Olympic dominance.
What Last Week’s Elections Mean for The Future of Elections
Democrats had a big night on November 3rd. What about democrats?
How the Democrats Reclaimed Populism
In the midterms’ most competitive races, Democratic candidates revived an old Party message: that the G.O.P. is selling out to the highest bidder.
The Next Left
With the D.S.A. gaining members and influence, American socialism is enjoying a resurgence. Yet Democrats have long borrowed its most workable ideas, and now Silicon Valley has taken up its dream of liberating workers. Can socialists transform a system so adept at absorbing their demands?
Gift Guides
Our writers recommend their favorite gear and treasures.
Gifts for Cats That Are Worth Knocking Off the Table
Scratchers that aren’t total eyesores, books and accessories for cat-obsessed humans, and some ideas for dog people, too.
The Best Gifts for Kids Are Small. Or Big. Or Lots. Or Stomp
No one cares as much about presents as children do. No pressure!
Gifts for Discerning Design Lovers
Everyday objects that are utilitarian, durable, minimalist, and aesthetic—and likely to sell out.
The Under
Jontay Porter got deep into FanDuel, and in debt to the wrong people. The only way out, it seemed, was to gamble on himself.
The Critics
What Is Biography For?
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In “Transcendence for Beginners,” the philosopher Clare Carlisle suggests that any life, even an ordinary one, is a portal to divinity.
In “The Heart” and “I Became We,” the Rise of the Hive-Mind Musical
In this new kind of show, an ensemble tells an individual’s story in unison, sometimes down to the thoughts inside her head.
“Club Kid” Is a Disarming Cocktail of Grit and Fantasy
In Jordan Firstman’s assured filmmaking début, he plays a gay New York party promoter who gets an improbable shot at fatherhood.
“Paper Tiger” Views Family as Deadweight
In James Gray’s new crime drama, starring Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson, and Adam Driver, a Queens couple’s life is turned upside down by a scheme for easy money.
The Long-Awaited Rise of Tinashe
After more than a decade of niche popularity, the singer released “Popstar”—an album whose title was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Why Are We So Good at Feeling Bad?
A behavioral economist sets out to explain why we’re so prone to overreacting and spiralling.
What We’re Reading
A richly imagined novel that reanimates two historical figures: John Field, the Irish-born pianoforte prodigy and inventor of the nocturne, and Adelaide Percheron, a mixed-race woman born in French India in 1790, whom Field would marry, then discard; a study that offers a model of mutual understanding for our era of epidemic loneliness and polarization; and more.
Our Columnists
Changing Our Relationship to Technology Will Require Collective Action
Many of us are making individual efforts to use our phones less, or to avoid A.I. But we will need to work together.
The Death Knell of Digital Search
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Companies such as Google used to be our portals to the rest of the web. Can the internet as we know it survive when A.I. answers all of our questions?
“Wicker” and What Straight Women Want
The monster-romance movie, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, is a Chaucerian romp, and, at times, it is even sexy. But one wishes the film were braver—that it had more to say about the grotesque and its power to drive attraction.
Donald Trump’s Repudiation, America’s Revenge
Even J. D. Vance admits that the righteous blue wave in the midterms wasn’t a result of Republicans failing to show up—it’s that they showed up for the Democrats.
“Allies in Exile”
Displaced by war, two Syrian filmmakers, Hasan Kattan and Fadi al-Halabi, document their wait for asylum in the U.K., forging a friendship through storytelling amid rising anti-immigrant protests.
The New Yorker Festival
Enjoy recordings of select events from this year’s weekend of conversations and performances.
How Takashi Yamazaki Brought Godzilla Back to Life
In 2024, the Japanese director’s revival of the famed saga won a surprise Oscar. He describes how he tried to make the latest installment, “Godzilla Minus Zero,” live up to its predecessor.
Ideas
The Telephone’s Tangled History of Intimacy and Control
How an invention that brought distant voices close rewrote the rules of conversation and raised an unsettling question: Who else might be listening?
The Year Math Changed Forever
A.I. is solving problems that stumped the field for decades. Mathematicians look to Terence Tao for guidance on their altered world.
Is God Another Addiction?
A remarkable memoir recounts a writer’s struggles with alcoholism and religious faith—and the unsettling ways in which each has fed her longing for the other.
Wikipedia’s Pyrrhic Victory
The wonder of the online world was built by a community of eccentric volunteers. Can it survive the A.I. models it helped train?
Good Enough for a Tuesday Night
An affair with an economist exposed the calculus of modern dating.
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.
Why Immigration Agents Don’t Quit in Protest
How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel “at war with an enemy that does not fight back.”
In Case You Missed It
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The first time I met Omitsu was the summer before my third year of elementary school, in the seventh or eighth year of the Taisho era, 1918 or 1919.
I had been left in the care of my uncle, who brewed sake in Shinano, a small farming village a couple of miles outside the city of Nagano, in order to be able to attend the local school. My father, who was a government official, had been posted in Taiwan, and my mother had accompanied him there.Continue reading »
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