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On the Road with Mitski
The musician, who writes achingly intense songs about private yearnings, has spent the past year in performance venues packed with fellow-loners.
Will California’s New Bot Law Strengthen Democracy?
California is the first state to try to reduce the power of bots by requiring that they reveal their “artificial identity” when they are used to sell a product or influence a voter.
Stormzy at Glastonbury: King Michael Wears His Crown
There was something overwhelming and surreal about watching him as he leapt back and forth, beseeching us to match his boundless energy with our own, until we realized: Oh, yeah, that’s what a leader looks like.
For Better and Worse, We Live in Jony Ive’s World
The ultimate consequence of Ive’s designs for Apple has been the slow ransacking of the physical world.
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Basquiat’s Memorial to a Young Artist Killed by Police
Distraught over the death of the graffiti artist Michael Stewart, he repeated, “It could have been me.”
Oregon’s Tsunami Risk: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Why are the state’s lawmakers encouraging development in its tsunami inundation zone?
The Last Poems of James Tate
In the course of his career, Tate mastered the art of absurdist endings. Then he faced the most surreal one of all: his own.
Jim Jarmusch Is Afraid of Cherubs and Abe Lincoln
The director of “The Dead Don’t Die” on headstone symbols, mycology, how ghouls should move, and why zombies are having a moment.
Coco Gauff Is Shaping the Future of Tennis
There are aspects of Gauff’s game that hint not only at where women’s tennis has been in the Williams era but where it looks to be headed now.
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A Round of Upsets at Wimbledon, and the Big Story of Tennis
Several favorites who have been hailed as the future of the game emerged from the tournament looking vulnerable.
The Supreme Court Is One Vote Away from Changing How the U.S. Is Governed
With the decision in Gundy v. United States, we are now explicitly on notice that the Court will likely abandon its longstanding tolerance of Congress delegating broadly to federal agencies.
Trump’s Fourth of July Parade to Include Flyover by Russian Air Force
“I’m the first American President who’s had Russian fighters flying over Washington,” Trump boasted to Fox News.
You’re Invited to My Early-Two-Thousands-Themed Party!
Set your AOL Instant Messenger status to “Away,” and dance like you’re still covered by your parents’ health-insurance plan!
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, July 3rd
“Yeah, happy Fourth. If you want me, I’ll be under your bed, digging myself into an altered state of consciousness.”
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When Gaspar Rubicon wakes from a coma speaking an unrecognizable language, he posts a video online seeking human connection and wakes the voice of the Internet in unexpected ways.
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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.
From This Week’s Issue
Go Bold at Da Long Yi Hot Pot
At the chain’s first American outpost, which distinguishes itself with a three-flavor pot, make like a Chengdu local and try pig brain and pork kidney.
How Posters Became Art
It’s a story of the collective dreams that circulate in society, connecting the Lamborghini Countach to Paris in 1968.
“Uncle Jim Called”
“I held my breath, trying to hear. But I couldn’t understand a word. Or, rather, a word here and there was all I could understand. The sense eluded me.”
An Archeological Space Oddity
The Egyptologist Sarah Parcak is using satellites to recruit amateur Indiana Joneses who can help locate ancient tombs before they’re lost forever.
Our Columnists
Joe Biden’s Performance Raises Big Doubts About His Campaign
The primary debate generated fresh concerns about the former Vice-President’s preparation, age, 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.
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.
Kamala Harris Won in Miami, but Vladimir Putin Won in Osaka
As the Democratic debates ended, in Miami, President Trump seemed to want to insure that his Japan summit would emphasize not statesmanship so much as in-your-facemanship.
Debate Viewers Struggle with the Concept of a President Without a Personality Disorder
Americans said they were having difficulty imagining a President who does not display flagrant signs of malignant narcissism, impulse-control deficit, or rampant paranoia.
“Spider-Man: Far from Home” Presents the Illusion of a Good Movie
The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a work of crude and trendy distinctions between material realities and fabricated media images.
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.
