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Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court

The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.

Trump Is on the Brink of Another Senate Acquittal

Republican senators ran for their lives, but they won’t run from the former President.

What the Impeachment Trial Tells Us About the Biden Administration

The trial’s dramas center on Republicans, but Washington’s real action revolves around Democrats.

A Clash of Orthodoxies in “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”

The tenth iteration of the “Housewives” franchise incorporates racial politics into a guilty pleasure.

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Podcasts: Radio Hour

A weekly mix of in-depth interviews, profiles, and more, hosted by David Remnick.

Goings On About Town

The best things happening in New York City, as well as online and streaming.

Puzzles & Games Dept.

Play crosswords, cryptics, and more.

Caption Contest

We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.

Spotlight

Tossing Obama’s Economics Playbook

Joe Biden and Janet Yellen are proving to be far bolder than past Democratic Administrations.

Living in New York’s Unloved Neighborhood

A nameless section of Manhattan resembles the nineteen-seventies city romanticized in film.

The Stakes of Reopening Schools

Low-income people and others ravaged by debt and inequality are demanding a better life subsidized by public money.

Can Biden Ease Tensions in the Western Sahara?

Trump, via a tweet, recognized Morocco’s claim to the disputed region. The new President may change course.

A Field Guide to Heart-Shaped Foods

Some are lovely; others veer toward the troubling. On Valentine’s Day, it helps to know which is which.

Who Really Created the Marvel Universe?

Stan Lee’s collaborators and readers sustained his vision—and his characters outlasted it.

The Strangeness of Our Animal Bonds

We see them as our parents, our children—but rarely as themselves.

The Weekend Puzzle

Blue blood: ten letters.

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In Focus

The Coronavirus Crisis

Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.

Racial Injustice and Policing

Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.

Reopening and the Economy

The impact of the pandemic and the efforts at recovery.

The Future of Democracy

An exploration of democracy in America.

From This Week’s Issue

Atul Gawande on the heartland’s war against COVID, Stephanie Burt on Stan Lee, Doreen St. Félix on “The Real Housewives,” and more.

February 15 & 22, 2021
Outline of Eustace Tilley with scenes of New York City
“Eustace Tilley at Ninety-six,” by Sergio García Sánchez.

Humor

Darwin: A Life

His was a family of freethinkers. The other families charged their children for their thoughts.

If Social-Media Apps Were Parties You Were Obligated to Attend

A “gathering” of twenty pseudo-intellectuals revved up to converse about the American political system?

Biden Signs Mile-Long Executive Order Reversing Everything Trump Did

“I had been signing executive order after executive order,” he said. “After a certain point I just said, ‘Come on, man.’ ”

Pitches for The Next Hit Lesbian Period Piece

Some suggestions to follow “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” “Ammonite,” and “The World to Come.”

Kill Your Darlings

How to purge your writing of exceptionally fine phrases such as “She had an ass for days.”

The Latest from Bruce Springsteen: A Sneak Peek

The Boss shills for the King, and more.

Fiction & Poetry

“Casting Shadows”

“Without saying a word to each other we know that, if we chose to, we could venture into something reckless.”

“Turner”

“It isn’t always beautiful, / the voice, the time, the foggy scene.”

Jhumpa Lahiri on Missing Rome

The author discusses “Casting Shadows,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.

“The Gift”

“He has been waiting seventeen years to open it / and is impatient.”