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The Making of “Midnight Cowboy,” and the Remaking of Hollywood
The 1969 film has become famous for being ahead of its time, but it may be most revealing as an artifact of its time—a turning point in the history of movies.
By Louis Menand
Prince Philip’s Death and the Last Embers of British Stoicism
Embattled but unlamenting, Philip would have argued that a shield is required, whatever one’s situation.
By Anthony Lane
Why It’s So Hard for America to End Its Wars
Can Biden achieve peace with honor in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan?
By Robin Wright
Putin’s Message for Biden
The President’s Administration can’t escape the Russia problem.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Deceit and Conflict Behind the Leak of the Pentagon Papers
By Ben Bradlee, Jr.
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Spotlight
“Exterminate All the Brutes”: A Vast History of White Supremacy
Raoul Peck’s four-hour documentary reveals the racist underpinnings of American national mythology and European society.
By Richard Brody
Oscars Spotlight: The 2021 Nominees for Best Screenplays
The ten movies that are nominated in this year’s two writing categories contain plenty of ingenuity.
By Michael Schulman
Greta Thunberg’s Happy Crusade
The teen-age activist discusses her disappointment in Biden and Merkel, her new documentary, and pranking her parents.
By Lizzie Widdicombe
The Wedding of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth, in The New Yorker
A report from 1947 brims with details that didn’t make it into “The Crown.”
By Erin Overbey
Sweden’s Pandemic Experiment
When the coronavirus arrived, the country decided not to implement lockdowns or recommend masks. How has it fared?
By Mallory Pickett
The Meaning of the Democrats’ Spending Spree
Do their stimulus and infrastructure bills represent a lasting change?
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Surviving the Crackdown in Xinjiang
Amid mass detentions and surveillance, a woman struggles to free herself.
By Raffi Khatchadourian
The Weekend Puzzle
Org. whose Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February, 2021: four letters.
By Wyna Liu
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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
Raffi Khatchadourian on China’s reëducation camps in Xinjiang, Hilton Als on the Hemingway myth, Alex Barasch on sitcom as self-diagnosis.
Humor
Om Alone
I recently realized that everything has a soul, and that’s why I will never wash my sweaters again.
By Tom Papa
My New Weed Store
Those in New York State can now find out what it was like to be me in high school in the seventies.
By Bruce Handy
Mitch McConnell Urges Corporations to Follow His Lead
He wants major companies to emulate him and “not get involved in governing the country.”
By Andy Borowitz
I’m a Person of Color and Everyone Is Suddenly Interested in Me
Whatever it is has got to be pretty bad, because my roommate asked me if I needed anything.
By Meghana Indurti
Insomnia: The Opera
O, hundred-dollar white-noise machine. O, yoga dude named Tevin: Help me reverse twelve months of 24/7!
By Henry Alford
Fiction & Poetry
“Separation”
“What happened next wasn’t that she recovered, but she did move to a new city, where she’d have to bump into life every day.”
By Clare Sestanovich
Clare Sestanovich on Narrative Coherence
The author discusses “Separation,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.
By Willing Davidson