The High Cost of Georgia’s Restrictive Voting Bills
Racist policies are bad for business, as the state’s own history can attest.
By Jelani Cobb
Twyla Tharp Never Stops
The seventy-nine-year-old choreographer discusses her work ethic, not falling in love with Baryshnikov, and making art as you age.
By Rachel Syme
Can Merrick Garland Uncover Trump’s Role in the Capitol Riot?
The ongoing federal criminal inquiry is the most promising route to the truth.
By David Rohde
A Brief Anatomy of Outdoor Dining
The alfresco shelters are, in the midst of so much sadness, a shining instance of the sheer bounce of creativity on our city streets.
By Adam Gopnik
The Atlanta Shooting and the Dehumanizing of Asian Women
By Jiayang Fan
How Biden Rattled Putin
By Masha Gessen
A Cuomo Accuser’s New Claims of Harassment and Retaliation
By Ronan Farrow
The Scholar Who Chronicled the Afro-Latino Experience
By Stephania Taladrid
Sunday Reading: The World of John McPhee
By The New Yorker
New Yorker Favorites
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
“Reeducated”
A virtual-reality documentary takes viewers inside Xinjiang’s secret detention camps for Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.
Directed by Sam Wolson
A Brief History of the Hedge Fund
A French dissertation from the turn of the past century inspired the strategies that guide many modern investors.
By Frederick Kaufman
The Pastry A.I. That Learned to Fight Cancer
In Japan, a system designed to distinguish croissants from bear claws has turned out to be capable of a whole lot more.
By James Somers
Larry Summers Versus the Stimulus
Could the passage of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief package mark the end of the neoliberal era?
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
The Young Political Spaces of the Internet
Developing an effective response to extremism requires an understanding that the Internet is inherently radicalizing.
By Nathan Taylor Pemberton
A Discerning and Tragic Vision of the Artist in “Wojnarowicz”
Chris McKim’s documentary considers the New York art scene of the nineteen-eighties and the politicized ravages of AIDS.
By Richard Brody
Boris Johnson’s Vaccine Miracle
Brexit has been a predictable disaster, but the Prime Minister’s other big bet is paying off.
By Sam Knight
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
Jane Mayer on the man who might prosecute Trump, Andrew Solomon on the complexities of polyamory, Joan Acocella on Graham Greene, and more.
Humor
Inspired New Scents from the Pandemicandle Co.
Laptop Kitty, Captive Breath, Wi-Fighting, and other new and relevant aromas.
By Teresa Burns Parkhurst
I’m an Insecure Stock Photo of a Vaccine Vial, and This Is My Moment to Shine
How do you like me now, Man on Park Bench with Laptop?
By Wendi Aarons and Devorah Blachor
Fauci Nostalgic for Days When He Testified Via Zoom and Could Mute Rand Paul
The esteemed virologist said that Thursday’s interaction with the senator made him wish he “could turn that nonsense off.”
By Andy Borowitz
The Fine Points of Prince Charles’s Finery, Explained
The British royals dress to impress, down to the most minute detail.
By Barry Blitt
Find Love Without Leaving Your Apartment
Food in the shape of a hunk: it’s the healthy choice.
By Claire Wyman
How to Write a TV Police Procedural in Thirteen Easy Steps
A female character on a procedural is almost always a detective’s ex-wife who is so hurt and disappointed that she can be glimpsed only through a screen door.
By Paul Rudnick
Fiction & Poetry
“The Case for and Against Love Potions”
“If I’m advising you to do something uncommon, my dear friend, it’s because I want you to know such uncommon bliss.”
By Imbolo Mbue
“Days of Teen-Age Glory”
“We passed the time and it passed us / without a sound except for the singing.”
By Billy Collins
Imbolo Mbue on Sexism and Love Potions
The author discusses her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.
By Deborah Treisman