News & Culture
Fish Farming Is Feeding the Globe. What’s the Cost for Locals?
In the small coastal country, an exploding industry has led to big economic promises, and a steep environmental price.
By Ian Urbina
Kathryn Hahn Steals the Show Again
The actor on the strange intimacy of “WandaVision” and her career.
By Katy Waldman
The Cuomo Accusations and the Next Wave of #MeToo
The writer Tanya Selvaratnam discusses her abusive relationship with a former state attorney general and the harassment allegations against the current governor.
By David Remnick
The Russians Protesting Putin in Their Personal Lives
Since Alexey Navalny’s arrest, some are reëvaluating their compromises.
By Joshua Yaffa
Internet Access Complicates the Coup in Myanmar
By Doug Bock Clark
A Dismaying Pattern Is Emerging in Biden’s Use of Sanctions
By Masha Gessen
Billie Eilish’s Unconventional Pop-Star Documentary
By Carrie Battan
Learning to Love My Microwave
By Helen Rosner
The Shift to Renewable Energy Can Give More Power to the People
By Bill McKibben
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Caption Contest
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Spotlight
Getting Serious About Women in the Church
Stories of American nuns over the past fifty years highlight an urgent need for institutional change.
By Paul Elie
New Yorkers Who Said Sorry
A hit podcast, about an anonymous-apologies experiment, makes some mistakes of its own.
By Sarah Larson
When the Kids Started Getting Sick
After pressure from families, Pennsylvania is investigating whether fracking can be linked to local illnesses.
By Eliza Griswold
Using Software to Play Music in Quarantine
The pianist Dan Tepfer has been holding live-streamed concerts with jazz musicians elsewhere on the East Coast.
By Fred Kaplan
Problem-Solving with Minecraft’s Zombies
Max Brooks believes that his new novel, based on the video game, can teach kids critical-thinking skills.
By Bruce Handy
How the French Dress a Salad
Once you have mastered a vinaigrette’s basic formula—mustard, acid, fat, salt—you can learn to play with it.
By Bill Buford
Last Exit from Afghanistan
Will peace talks with the Taliban and the prospect of an American withdrawal create a breakthrough?
By Dexter Filkins
A Moderately Challenging Puzzle
Gatherings whose guests are kept under wraps: eleven letters.
By Aimee Lucido
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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
Dexter Filkins on Biden’s Afghanistan problem, Joshua Rothman on how to build an artificial heart, Ann Patchett on decluttering, and more.
Humor
Ask the COVID-Vaccine Ethicist
None of us wants to shove a terrified parent into an unmarked vehicle. But sometimes love leaves us no choice.
By Mark Remy
Updated Horror-Movie Tropes
The young Republican, the white guy with dreadlocks, and other means of adding to the horror.
By Cara Michelle Smith
Republicans Accuse Biden of Trying to Score Points
Kevin McCarthy called Biden’s anti-pandemic measures “partisan politics at its worst.”
By Andy Borowitz
A Sneak Peek at Donald Trump’s Tax Documents
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office gets its first look at Donald Trump’s tax documents.
By Barry Blitt
Types of Neighbors in an Apartment Complex
The neighbor who always catches you doing something embarrassing, the late-night lone raver, and others.
By Ashley Franklin
Making Your Sad Life Seem Intentional
Put on so much hand lotion that you are unable to use your phone or computer, and more.
By Susanna Wolff
Fiction & Poetry
“The Crooked House”
“Environmental analysis. That had been Mull’s field, when the earthquakes began and the house first fell.”
By Jonathan Lethem
“Number Theory”
“We know we’re living with a patient // companion, like you, inquisitive.”
By Rosanna Warren
Jonathan Lethem on Robert Heinlein and Other Influences
The author discusses “The Crooked House,” his story from this week’s issue.
By Cressida Leyshon
“Poem That Ends at the Ocean”
“How the poem gets there / doesn’t much matter, just so at last / it arrives.”
By Jim Moore