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The Lounge Wars
At the airport, what’s the difference between out there and in here?Zach Helfand road tests the growing glut of Admirals Clubs and Diamond-Tier Special-Reserve Sapphire Lounges.
Today’s Mix
Ukrainian Men Approaching Military Age Are Fleeing in Droves
A new policy has led to an exodus of male citizens. Will they return if the war ends?
“Landman” Goes Down Like a Michelob Ultra
Taylor Sheridan’s oil-industry drama trades in gender stereotypes, reactionary politics, and blatant product placement. Why, then, is it so damn satisfying?
Jeffrey Epstein, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the Future of American Politics
Life after Trump may not be what we expect.
“Hamnet” Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn?
In Chloé Zhao’s film, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, the death of a child gives rise to the creation of a literary masterpiece.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World
In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
The Justice Department Hits a New Low with the Epstein Files
Not only is the department’s behavior not normal; it is also, as is becoming increasingly clear, self-defeating.
A Startup’s Bid to Dim the Sun
The gloomy arguments in favor of solar geoengineering are compelling; so are the even gloomier counter-arguments.
The Sikh-Separatist Assassination Plot
A murder in Canada and an attempted one in New York suggest a transnational campaign of violence that has imperilled Indian diplomacy with the West.
The Most Dangerous Genre
Our obsession with deadly game shows—from “The Running Man” and “Squid Game” to MrBeast’s real-life reënactments—reflects a shift in the national mood to something increasingly zero-sum.
The Darkest Thread in the Epstein E-mails
Donald Trump occupies a kind of negative space in the available files, which run an enervating gamut from the inane to the depraved.
The Meaning of Trump’s Presidential Pardons
The President granted two hundred and thirty-eight pardons and commutations in his first term; less than a year into his second, he has issued nearly two thousand.
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.
Holiday Gift Guides
Presents to Thank Your Host
Whether you’re staying for one meal or the entire season, these festive offerings will show just how grateful you are.
The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps
Our columnist on digital culture suggests technology—or anti-technology technology—to give this holiday season.
Tools, Treats, and Trifles for Food Lovers
Our food critic’s annual roundup of gastronomic ideas for giving.
Where Dante Guides Us
The Divine Comedy, the poet’s tour of the Christian afterlife, is filled with strikingly modern touches—and a poetic energy rooted in the imperfectly human.
The Critics
“The Secret Agent” Is a Political Thriller Teeming with Life
The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho conjures fateful interconnections among vivid characters living in the grip of military dictatorship.
The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All
The menu is malleable, the gratitudes negotiable, but the turkey’s second life as stock is one of the greatest gifts of the entire blessed year.
“Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad
In the second of two movies adapted from the Broadway musical, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo battle fascism, bigotry, and some fairly dreadful filmmaking.
The World-Shifting Grooves of Fela Kuti
Jad Abumrad’s new podcast, “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” shows how one musician created both a genre and a way of challenging those in power.
The Obliging Apocalypse of “Pluribus”
The new sci-fi drama from Vince Gilligan posits an end-of-humanity scenario that everyone other than its protagonist can agree on.
The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set about championing writers like Kerouac and Faulkner as uniquely American.
What We’re Reading
A book by an incarcerated writer that considers prisoners whose stories have been grist for sensationalized true-crime depictions of murder; a polemic surveying twenty-five centuries of Jewish thinking on exile and diaspora; and more.
Dept. of Hoopla
Pass the gravy.
A Romp Through Rea Irvin’s Forgotten Sunday Funnies
Revisiting a comic strip byThe New Yorker’s first art editor.
Our Columnists
The Odd, Shifting Role of the N.F.L. Punter
He is the vestigial organ of a football team, a remnant of the time before the forward pass. And yet, now and again, he can be vitally important.
Dick Cheney’s Long, Strange Goodbye
On seeing Rachel Maddow at the former Vice-President’s funeral, while Donald Trump threatened Democrats on social media with death by hanging.
DoesMAGA Have Ideas?
A new book traces the intellectual origins of Trumpism—straight into the void.
How M.B.S. Won Back Washington
After the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi leader became a pariah. He’s been slowly rehabilitated, and is now being celebrated in the Oval Office.
“Holy Curse”
InSnigdha Kapoor’s short film, an Indian preteen’s queerness is treated as something to be ritually cleansed—with unpredictable results.
Ideas
What Was the American Revolution For?
Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.
If the Legal Campaigns Against Donald Trump Had Ended Differently
New books look at the January 6th Trial That Wasn’t and other failed prosecutions—and whether they might have changed history.
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
How the Supreme Court Defines Liberty
Recent memoirs by the Justices reveal how a new vision of restraint has led to radical outcomes.
What Does “Capitalism” Really Mean, Anyway?
In a new global history, capitalism is an inescapable vibe—responsible for everything, everywhere, all at once.
Persons of Interest
Alice Austen’s Larky Life
The Victorian photographer has gained a cult following for her intimate and surprising images of women.
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