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Inside India’s COVID-19 Surge

At a hospital in New Delhi, supplies and space are running out, but the patients keep coming.

Persuading the Body to Regenerate Its Limbs

Humans can replace their liver. What else might be possible?

Biden’s Great Economic Rebalancing

The President is looking to reclaim a lost vision of shared prosperity.

The Allegations Against Blake Bailey

As a teacher, Bailey was a type—the sort whose behavior is often trailed by public silence.

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Podcasts: Radio Hour

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

The New Yorker Documentary

Uncommon perspectives on issues that matter to us now.

Photo Booth

The work of great photographers, past and present.

Caption Contest

We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.

Spotlight

John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons”

The first major interview with one of the most revered comedy writers of all time.

A Quest for Scottish Independence

The country’s leader asks whether voters would prefer a social-democratic Scotland to Brexit Britain.

Does Your Wine Really Taste Like Rocks?

What does the wine-world buzzword “minerality” actually mean?

Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance

The trouble with addressing problems long after you know that they exist.

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously

For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo.

Fly-Fishing with the Author of “The Optimist”

David Coggins explains why using a Woolly Bugger on your line is like bringing a keg to a freshman dorm.

Kathryn Garcia Doesn’t Want Andrew Yang’s Praise

The mayoral hopeful talks about management and the viability trap.

Alison Bechdel’s Ultimate Workout

How the artist found freedom through fitness.

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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

Gideon Lewis-Kraus on U.F.O.s, Sam Knight on Nicola Sturgeon, Matthew Hutson on how to regrow limbs, the art of Winfred Rembert, and more.

May 10, 2021
Professional basketball players playing a basketball game outside
“Hoop Dreams in New York,” by Mark Ulriksen.

Humor

Impossible Puzzles for People Under Sixty

Hope you don’t have anything else going on, because these puzzles will take over your life!

Dealing with the Void, Distraction, and Yourself

Things that are more fun than what you should be doing right now.

Thousands of Presidential Fact Checkers Laid Off

Biden has single-handedly destroyed the employment picture for many in the profession.

Tucker Carlson Goes to the Dogs

Meet the TV host’s most loyal fan base.

The Semi-Sadistic Seven-Minute Workout

These exercises will restore elasticity to your body and buoyancy to your soul—whatever a soul is.

Dracula Is Off the Case

“You’re the only native Transylvanian speaker on the police force, but we need officers who can work during daylight hours.”

Fiction & Poetry

“Balloons”

“In those days, Joan stirred up our town with her air of dangerous glamour and the sense that her marriage to Roger couldn’t possibly last.”

“Notes from the Ruined City”

“God has no clock / but the muezzin’s song.”

Thomas McGuane on Writing from Dreams

The author discusses “Balloons,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

“Next Day”

“What’s to become of us?”