News & Culture
Is This Finally It for Andrew Cuomo?
A damning new report corroborates allegations of sexual harassment and other abuses by New York’s governor.
By Eric Lach
The Epic Style of Kerry James Marshall
The artist—a virtuoso of landscape, portraiture, still-life, and history painting—can do anything.
By Calvin Tomkins
Simone Biles Takes the Bronze
The gymnast’s return to Olympic competition was something she did for herself.
By Eren Orbey
John Kerry on the U.N. Climate Conference
The Presidential envoy discusses the best outcome he can hope to achieve.
By David Remnick
Puzzles & Games
Name Drop
A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.
Crossword
A thrice-weekly puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging.
Cryptic Crossword
A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.
Caption Contest
We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.
Spotlight
The Delta Variant Is Changing the Public-Health Playbook
An expert describes the challenges of convincing vaccine skeptics.
By Isaac Chotiner
It’s Crunch Time for Democrats
Leaders must hold their Party together to enact Biden’s economic agenda.
By John Cassidy
In “The Green Knight,” Chivalry Was Always Dead
The movie replaces the codes of the quest with the journey of the self.
By Katy Waldman
Meaning in Misunderstanding
The poet Kaveh Akbar turns illegibility into a site of creativity.
By Andrew Chan
An Uncertain New Phase of the Pandemic
People now have to make different calculations about personal risk.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Clairo Recovers from Viral Fame
The singer slows down and reëvaluates life on her sophomore album.
By Carrie Battan
The Education of Melvyn Bragg
He’s spent more than fifty years championing the joy of knowledge.
By Sarah Larson
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.
Dept. of Returns
Stories of life after the vaccine.
The Future of Democracy
An exploration of democracy in America.
From This Week’s Issue
Jane Mayer on who’s funding the election-fraud myth, David Sedaris on his father, Calvin Tomkins on Kerry James Marshall, and more.
Humor
Finally, a World Without Borders!
Only now we’re living in the 1995 film “Waterworld,” starring Kevin Costner.
By Kathryn Kvas
How to Be a Tourist in New York
Ask your “cool friends” to take you to a “cool bar” so you can spot celebrities.
By Malaka Gharib
Person Claiming He Was Elected President Scams Millions
“E-mails from a Nigerian prince are more legit,” an expert said.
By Andy Borowitz
Feeling Left Behind by My Alien-Parasite-Infected Friends
Every time I see one of them spewing black bile from her eyeballs, I ask myself, When’s it going to be my turn?
By Zoe Pearl
Fiction & Poetry
“Superstition”
“The fish meant nothing. But on eBay he called it ‘Lucky trout!’ Starting bid: fifteen dollars.”
By Sarah Braunstein
Sarah Braunstein on the Early Web’s Magic
The author discusses her story from the latest issue of the magazine.
By Willing Davidson
“Notes Toward an Elegy”
“She says there’s so much other movement I do not perceive.”
By Elisa Gonzalez