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The Chancellor of Berkeley Weighs In
The job of leading a university has rarely come under greater public scrutiny than in the past two months. Carol Christ discusses balancing student safety and free speech, in an interview with Molly Fischer.
The Lede
Reporting and analysis on the affairs of the day.
University Presidents Under Fire
No one should be duped into applauding a McCarthyesque spectacle of members of Congress demanding firings by universities.
Watching Rudy Giuliani Self-Destruct at a Defamation Trial in Washington
A jury decided that Giuliani owes two election workers whom he defamed nearly a hundred and fifty million dollars.
The Federal Reserve Is Trying to Catch Up with Falling Inflation
With price increases having greatly moderated, Jay Powell and his colleagues are trying to stick a “soft landing” for the economy.
How the American Right Came to Love Putin
Many Republicans are resisting calls for more U.S. aid for Ukraine. Part of the explanation is the right’s affinity for the projects of Putin and Viktor Orbán.
The U.N. Human-Rights Chief and the Fugitive Princess of Dubai
Michelle Bachelet on her private meeting with Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum. Is the long-imprisoned royal finally free?
A Congressional Christmas Gift to Putin
Biden’s signature support for Ukraine goes from “as long as it takes” to “as long as we can.”
What Would It Mean to Treat Animals Fairly?
Each year, billions of animals die for human ends. In two new books, Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer insist that we stop the suffering.
Comment
Opinions, arguments, and reflections on the news.
How a Student Group Is Politicizing a Generation on Palestine
Activists with Students for Justice in Palestine have mobilized major campus demonstrations in support of Gaza—and provided an intellectual framework for protesters watching what’s happening in the Middle East.
2023 in Review
The Year in Moviegoing
The year resounded with large, loud, and costly films—some of which were so poorly conceived they led me to wonder, why not get A.I. to write them?
The Year’s Top New Yorker Stories
The articles that held readers’ attention during a year when many avoided the news.
The Best TV Shows
The industry faces an uncertain future, but this year’s finest rival those of the Peak TV era.
The Year of Ozempic
We may look back on new weight-loss drugs as some of the greatest advances in the annals of chronic disease.
The Year A.I. Ate the Internet
Call 2023 the year many of us learned to communicate, create, cheat, and collaborate with robots.
The Best Movies
The superhero-industrial complex is tottering, and there’s major creative energy in the realm of production.
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“Maestro” Honors the Chaotic Charisma of Leonard Bernstein
The famed composer-conductor had a dire, sweaty passion for music, and the new bio-pic has a six-minute set piece that strikingly conveys his joy in the power of sound.
The Critics
“The Crown” Ends with a Whimper
With no living protagonist fit to carry it, the Netflix series’ final season is increasingly populated by ghosts.
The Splendor of Wordless Picture Books
Many of the best such books pursue simple ideas but demand more from adults as readers, and as caregivers.
“The Zone of Interest” Is an Extreme Form of Holokitsch
Jonathan Glazer’s drama, set among the Nazis who ran Auschwitz, turns the horrors of the Holocaust into scenes from a marriage.
Can a Memoir Say Too Much?
In “Molly,” Blake Butler’s pained account of his wife’s death, love demands a near-total exposure of private life.
George Santos and the Art of the Scam
The hosts of the Critics at Large podcast discuss the ex-congressman and America’s enduring fascination with con artists.
How the Movie Professor Got Cancelled
The life of an academic lacks natural narrative momentum. Cue cancel culture.
What Do We Want from Comedy?
We insist that comedians respect our sacrosanct ideals—and pray that they skewer our sanctimony. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.
Dept. of Hoopla
A wintry mix of comics.
Tricks for Staying Deliriously Happy All Winter
Layer until you can no longer tell where your body ends and the sweaters begin, and more tips.
Winter-Outfit Word Problems
Mel had ten lip balms among five coat pockets. How many does she have now?
Oh, Winter!
Collecting lost gloves, drinking hot cocoa, and other attempts to outrun seasonal affective disorder.
Reasons I’m Crying on Winter Vacation
Half-pint beer servings, breathtaking views, swoony vibes. And trash-eating pigeons—just like those back home.
The Next Targets for the Group That Overturned Roe
The Supreme Court announced this week that it will hear a case challenging the legality of the abortion pill mifepristone. The result could radically alter abortion access. Earlier this year, David Kirkpatrick reported on the conservative group behind the new case.
Goings On
What to see, eat, give, and more, in New York City and beyond.
Three Perfect Seafood Towers
When it’s time to go all out at a restaurant, Helen Rosner writes, the answer is a seafood tower.
Celebrating the Holidays in N.Y.C.
Our critics’ favorite traditions to light up the season, including “The Nutcracker,” Handel, a Yo La Tengo residency, and more.
End-of-Year Movie Picks
Richard Brody on the season’s awards-targeting releases. Plus, more recommendations from our culture editors.
Exceptional Thai Food at UnTable
Shauna Lyon visits a cheerful new Carroll Gardens restaurant that is serving modern iterations of classic Thai dishes.
In the Shadow of the Holocaust
How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today.
Ideas
Who Gets to Play in Women’s Leagues?
What a blood test revealed about testosterone, athleticism, and sex.
Life in the Assholocene
The paradoxical effort to pin a name on an age characterized by extreme uncertainty.
“Simo”
An Egyptian teen-ager, living in the suburbs of Montreal with his brother and father, confronts the sting of racism at home, in Aziz Zoromba’s short film.
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.
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The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI
What Happens to a School Shooter’s Sister?
Reinventing the Dinosaur
Does A.I. Lead Police to Ignore Contradictory Evidence?
Fiction from the Archives
Don DeLillo
Selected Stories
Midnight in Dostoevsky
“We listened earnestly, all of us, hoping to understand and to transcend the need to understand.”Still-Life
“The second plane coming out of that ice-blue sky, this was the footage that entered the body, that seemed to run beneath her skin.”Baader–Meinhof
“When she came out of the bathroom, he was standing at the kitchen window as if waiting for a view to materialize.”
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Midnight in Dostoevsky
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