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Books

Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better

The stakes can be so much higher than whether you’ll need an umbrella today.

Our Columnists

Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall

The world is not what I imagined: I thought we would have retired the concept of sexual orientation and made a bigger dent in gender. Still, it’s better than the one I came out in—for now.

Our Columnists

The Democratic Divide on the Future of Health Care

Even Democratic candidates who don’t support all aspects of Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All plan have moved in his direction, both substantively and rhetorically.

Fiction

Short Story: “Son of Friedman”

“George had been counting on a certain loose camaraderie, nostalgia tipping slightly toward sloppiness. William not drinking made things harder.”

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News Desk

How Rogue Republicans Killed Oregon’s Climate Bill

Despite widespread support among voters—and a Democratic supermajority in the capitol—opponents of the state’s cap-and-trade legislation opted for anarchy instead.

Our Columnists

Concerns over Biden’s Faltering Debate Performance

The debate generated fresh doubts about the former Vice-President’s preparation, age, grasp of the environment in which he is operating, and basic political skills.

Letter from Trump’s Washington

Kamala Harris Won in Miami, but Putin Won in Osaka

As the Democratic debates ended Thursday night, in Miami, President Trump seemed to want to insure that his Japan summit would emphasize not statesmanship so much as in-your-facemanship.

Culture Desk

Thom Yorke’s “Anima” Is His Best Solo Album

The title speaks directly to Yorke’s central thesis: cling to your soul, no matter how hard the modern world tries to wrench it from your body.

Page-Turner

“Fleishman Is in Trouble” Turns the Marriage Novel Inside Out

Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s début novel belongs to a lineage of books that show the institution of marriage weighing on the spirit, but it also critiques the one-sidedness of these accounts.

Puzzles Dept.

The Weekend Crossword

“I’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee” speaker: four letters.

The Latest

“Yesterday,” Reviewed: Danny Boyle’s Comedic Fantasy About a World Without the Beatles

The film is a romantic comedy, but a conceptually complex one, built on a peculiarly reactionary framework of private life and a culturally conservative pop classicism.

12:00 P.M.

The Epic Tale of My Quest to Find a Plain Black Shirt, Part 17

I’ve been in the mall for three hours. I’ve looked in sixteen different stores and purchased a soft pretzel, CBD lotion, and a melon-flavored bubble tea. I may collapse.

7:00 A.M.

“We Style Like We Afraid”: Gioncarlo Valentine’s Searing Portraits of Black Men in Baltimore

All of the subjects in “The Soft Fence” move, walk, pose, stunt, and style like they’re afraid.

5:00 A.M.

Five Films to Stream on Kanopy While New Yorkers Still Can

This weekend is the last call for New York Public Library card holders, so it’s worth mentioning a few favorites that aren’t easy to find elsewhere.

June 28, 2019

Emily Nussbaum on the TV Revolution, and Valeria Luiselli on the Border

The New Yorker’s television critic demands respect for her medium, and a Mexican writer goes to the Southwest to try to understand the vigilante mindset.

June 28, 2019
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The Epic Promise of Wedding Vows

The relationship expert Esther Perel, along with a professional wedding-vow writer, explain the evolution of vows, and why the best ones embrace marriage in all its imperfections.

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A Photographer’s Ode to the Women of Versailles

“I thought it was important to somehow give a counterbalance to the white male dominance of Versailles’s history.”

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Tables for Two

A Tel Aviv Restaurant Brings Bacchanalia to Hell’s Kitchen

At HaSalon, the Israeli chef Eyal Shani serves high-minded, high-priced food; after 10 P.M., it turns into a dance party.

Onward and Upward with the Arts

Can Modern Dance Be Preserved?

In safeguarding the legacies of innovators like Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor, we risk losing their spirit.

The Pictures

What Would New York Be Without the Beatles?

Himesh Patel, the star of “Yesterday,” contemplates a city where the Dakota was just the setting of “Rosemary’s Baby” and no Fab Four ever set foot in Shea Stadium.

Portfolio

Zion Williamson and the N.B.A. Draftees Usher in a New Era of Basketball

Photographed shortly after their selection, the proud 2019 draft-night stars celebrated in style.

Our Columnists

Joe Biden’s Faltering Performance Raises Big Doubts About His Campaign

The debate generated fresh concerns about the former Vice-President’s preparation, age, grasp of the environment in which he is operating, and basic political skills.

Here Comes Boris Johnson!

The fervent Brexiteer is now running for British Prime Minister against Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary, who nobody thinks can win.

The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps

The debate over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the term “concentration camp” is not about language or facts. It is about how we perceive history, ourselves, and ourselves in history.

Forget “No Collusion.” Trump Is Now Pro-Collusion

On Wednesday, the President said that he would welcome foreign interference in an election. On Thursday, he doubled down.

Debate Viewers Struggle with the Concept of a President Without a Personality Disorder

In interviews across the country, Americans said that they were having difficulty imagining a President who does not display flagrant signs of malignant narcissism, impulse-control deficit, or rampant paranoia.

The Documentary That Went Behind the Scenes of a Drag Pageant Years Before “Paris Is Burning”

“The Queen,” directed by Frank Simon, centers on the Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant and suggests a tolerance of queer life that was in fact unofficial, tenuous, and illusory.

Podcasts

Emily Nussbaum on the TV Revolution, and Valeria Luiselli on the Border

The New Yorker’s television critic demands respect for her medium, and a Mexican writer goes to the Southwest to try to understand the vigilante mindset.

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