Reporting
American ChroniclesAromatic oils have become big business. But are they medicine or marketing?
ProfilesHer show permits liberals to enjoy themselves during what may be the most unenjoyable time of their political lives.
A Reporter at LargeGuardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.
Letter from Mexico CityIts citizens loathe him. Its politicians are trying to find common ground.
More ReportingShouts & Murmurs
Shouts & MurmursSlowly breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth, if you are not weeping.
More Shouts & MurmursFiction
Fiction“The dad scrolled through his daughter’s Instagram account, looking for clues.”
More FictionThe Critics
A Critic at LargeWhere affirmative action was about compensatory justice, diversity is meant to be a shared benefit. But does the rationale carry weight?
The Art WorldThe New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” is milder than its title suggests. Even so, it still packs a punch or two.
BooksShe made the best music of her generation by falling in love, over and over, while defending her sense of self.
Briefly Noted“Chester B. Himes,” “Saving Charlotte,” “The Burning Girl,” and “Border Child.”
On TelevisionThe semi-autobiographical series mines what Tig Notaro has described as her “worst year ever.”
The Current CinemaSean Baker’s film about childhood and Disney World, starring Willem Dafoe, and Ritesh Batra’s autumnal romance, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.
More CriticismThe Talk of the Town
The Financial PageThe chain’s bankruptcy is a powerful example of what can go wrong when private-equity firms take over a company.
Dept. of HooplaThe new opera “The Exterminating Angel” is about a party that guests cannot leave. In its honor, the Met threw a party of its own.
L.A. PostcardBefore she could accept her award in Hollywood for promoting diversity in major TV roles, Keli Lee flew to London to present to Disney executives.
Here To There Dept.Every fall, the dunes become a way station for tens of thousands of monarchs. But their numbers are declining, and one resident is keeping count.
CommentThe fight for the First Amendment, on campuses and football fields, from the sixties to today.
More Talk of the TownGoings On About Town
Goings On About TownAt Second Stage, Michael Urie stars in a new version of “Torch Song Trilogy,” as a drag queen searching for love and family.
ArtThe sculptor, who began making art in earnest while living in internment camps, upends the white-male hit parade.
Classical MusicThe irreplaceable man of American classical music retains his relevance.
Tables for TwoThe restaurant offers hard-to-resist interpretations of the region’s astonishingly diverse culinary traditions.
Bar TabThe Williamsburg bar gives an initial impression of austerity, but its vibrant menu puts that notion to rest.
More Goings On About TownPoems
Poems“We’re all in the desert / together. Your mother // liked the water cold, / Ruth says—news to me.”
Poems“There is always a word I’m chasing inside and / outside of my body, a word inside another word.”
More PoetryThe Mail
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