An Unlikely Taylor Swift Fan Gets Out of Prison, in “Daylight”

Joe Garcia, who wrote about finding Swift’s music after a murder conviction, searches for redemption in a new short film by Jon Kasbe.

Some Mangled Foreign Title Translations

“Dune: Part Two” to “Those Mad Worms Won’t Stop, Mate” (Australia): You think those dodgy snakes in the outback are devo? You ain’t seen nothing, mate!

Pity the Poor Passport

Americans’ most valued official document is the latest national treasure to get a Trump makeover.

Daily Cartoon: Monday, October 12th

My Education on the Border of the Syrian War

In the last Turkish town on the road to Aleppo, jihadis and spies mixed with reporters trying to prove themselves.

Cinema of Wayward Souls

The director Lee Chang-dong excavates the traumas of contemporary Korean history in starkly personal terms.

In Argentina, Rural Residents Send Messages Over the Radio

In rural Argentina, isolated residents exchange messages over AM radio.

The First Candid

In 1838, Louis Daguerre snapped a photo of a Parisian street, empty but for a shoeshine boy and his client. Now that some sleuths have zeroed in on the location, the city is marking it with a plaque.

The Yakuza and the Way of the Would-Be Warrior

For generations, Japanese gangsters have styled themselves as heirs to the samurai—a mystique that helped them prosper in league with politicians, police, and big business.

How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness

By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

“The Occidental Book of the Dead,” “Luna, Phoenix, Queen,” “The Minimalist,” and “The Decadent Movement.”

Around the World in Explorer Names

The American Geographical Society has long invited big-name adventurers—Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong—to sign its ceremonial globe. The latest? Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan.

Kramer and Fauci—Enemies to Friends to Protagonists

The playwright and the immunologist famously argued about AIDs live on C-SPAN, in 1993. Their heated exchange now unfolds in a new play that almost included a “Guys and Dolls” song break.

Deana Lawson’s Subjects of Surveillance

In a new series featuring security-camera stills of suspected shoplifters, the photographer seems more interested in the surface than in the soul.

Malika Favre’s “Sweater Weather”

Comfortable patterns.

A.1. II

Readers and condiment lovers react.

We’re Learning to Live with Waymos. It’s Going Weird

A view from the back seat.

Hollywood’s Tech-Founder Fixation Takes a Dark Turn

Tech-entrepreneur bio-pics used to give us flawed men who built great products. But the latest wave of movies, from “The Social Reckoning” to “Artificial,” recast Silicon Valley titans as unambiguous villains, and suggest that the products themselves are the threat.

How a Canadian TV Show May Have Helped Foil the FlyDubai Terrorist Attack

The documentary series “Air Crash Investigations” has attracted a cult following by obsessively dissecting historic plane crashes. Then a fan of the show found himself aboard a hijacked plane headed for Israel.

The Communist Thrillers of Anna Seghers

In her tautly suspenseful novels, fugitives stay one step ahead of the Nazis.

Restaurant Review: Creola

At Creola, the chef Lana Lagomarsini puts French technique to work exploring Black American foodways—and overhauls her prix-fixe menu every few weeks.

Betty Gilpin Is Having a Moment

On the heels of her Emmy win for “Widow’s Bay,” the “GLOW” star reflects on her slew of new projects, growing up with actor parents, taking on Cole Escola’s role in “Oh, Mary!,” and the importance of performing with your whole heart.

Kevin Barry Reads “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run”

The author reads his story from the October 19, 2026, issue of the magazine.

“Chuck Murphy’s Last Run,” by Kevin Barry

How could you give up the throb of urgent throttle and the surge of roaring power that take you through the gates of fear to a state of nerveless bliss?

Donald Trump After the Midterms

If the coming election does result in a blue wave, Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage.

Kevin Barry on Giving Thanks to the Short-Story Gods

The author discusses his story “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run.”

How “Oscar” Stages the Sad, Sordid Decline of Oscar Wilde

The ballet, on now at New York City Center, imagines the renowned writer enclosed in a cell, tortured by images from his own works about the relationship between life and art.

Who Won the Redistricting War?

Democrats and Republicans are in a race to the bottom—and the worst consequences will extend far beyond next month’s midterms.

How I Became a Lock Picker

For those who appreciate “locksport,” a well-crafted lock may be more interesting than whatever it locks up.

The Good-Hang Economy

The comedy-podcast boom is changing our idea of what it means to be funny.

The Blistering Hollywood Satire of “Misty Green”

In Chris Rock’s film, Rosalind Eleazar gives a tremendous performance as a fast-fading TV veteran with a talent for acting, singing, and self-sabotage.

Richard Avedon’s Defining Early Fashion Shoots

Avedon was the first—and for a long time the only—staff photographer at The New Yorker, but he began his career at Harper’s Bazaar, transforming the fashion photograph in issue after sensational issue.

Kash Patel’s Slap Shot

The F.B.I. director’s Trump-inspired hockey team, the Dons, faced their rivals in a beer league. With rogue slap shots and hovering security agents, Patel was in the zone—or, at least, next to it.

Will Donald Trump’s Corruption Matter in November?

The President’s self-dealing has been well documented. Do voters care—and will anyone ever pay?

Season 2 Update: Curtis Flowers Has Died

He was found dead in his home at age fifty-six.

The Reporter Nicholas Lemann on California’s Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax

A measure to tax the ultra-wealthy in California is a bellwether progressive issue. Why are so many Democrats skeptical?

Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump

Canadians think America “is toxic and broken and can never be trusted again,” Chrystia Freeland, the former Deputy Prime Minister, tells David Remnick, and they’re seeking allies abroad.

In the Dark: Season 2

The investigative podcast In the Dark examines why Curtis Flowers, a Black man in Mississippi, was tried six times for the same crime, revealing a town divided by race and a conviction supported by questionable evidence.

What’s Driving the French Student Protests

A movement born in the Paris banlieues has mobilized young people against diminished school conditions and accumulating problems at home and beyond.

Daily Cartoon: Friday, October 9th

Footballese, the Most American Vernacular

In N.F.L. commentary, expertise is celebrated, even craved, by the masses.

The Vertiginous Revelations of “You Can See Everything”

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s interrogation of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder, is a compelling spectacle of manipulation, suspicion, and apparent sincerity.

“Lincoln in the Bardo” Gets an Opera at the Met

Also: an Animal Collective reunion, the reverent art of Malcolm Peacock, a new jazz documentary from 1972, and more.

How Rick Bragg Became His Generation’s Bard of the South

The Alabamian writer has published multiple acclaimed memoirs about his humble roots and is at work on another, which may be his last. His writing has also been dogged by controversy.

In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology

“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”

“Fjord” Keeps the Faith

In Cristian Mungiu’s drama, a family of conservative Christian immigrants in Norway collide with the progressive values of the European welfare state.

The Dumocrats Are Coming for Trump, and All He Can Do Is Call Them Names

A report from the President’s campaign tour through the formerly safe precincts of red America.

Anne Carson’s Ecstatic Minimalism

The new Nobel laureate uses finely wrought forms to constrain a terrible excess of feeling.

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 8th

Medically Misunderstood

Clearly your five-year-old tattoo is causing the infection, so let this be a lesson to you . . .

Why Donald Trump Is Pausing His Crackdown on Salvadoran Immigrants

The President’s delay in ending Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans highlights a tension between his nativist agenda and the industries that rely on immigrant labor.

The Best Books of 2026 So Far

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, October 7th

What to Read if You Loved “East of Eden”

Our TV critic on how the original compares to the adaptation.

The Fighting in Ethiopia Is Part of a Far Bigger Conflict

Powers in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and beyond are being drawn toward the conflict, which diplomatic efforts have failed to stop.

Will Netanyahu Escape His Reckoning?

In his bid for reëlection, the Israeli Prime Minister is doing everything in his power to smear his opponents and evade blame for the security fiasco of October 7th.

“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg

The patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity.

How the Billions from the Opioid Settlement Are Being Spent

Some of the money, which is difficult to track, has gone to recovery programs, but much of it has gone to law enforcement—for squad cars, jail costs, drones, and more.

Back to School, in Gaza

My nephews study in a big tent surrounded by bombed-out houses. They have no access to chairs or tables, so they sit on the dirt.

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, October 6th

How “Edinburgh” Reimagines Time to Tell a Story of Trauma

Alexander Chee’s début novel, published twenty-five years ago, collapses past and present in a brilliant account of abuse and its aftermath.

I’m Starting to Suspect That the F.D.A. Is Just Trying to Get Me to Cook

This morning, the agency urged me to immediately discard my store-bought rotisserie chicken and instead braise a lamb shank in a classic mirepoix.

MacKenzie Scott’s Substack Novel Can’t Escape the Amazon Juggernaut

Scott’s decision to self-publish could be seen as a protest against her ex-husband’s company—or as a sign of how profoundly it’s altered the publishing landscape.

Daily Cartoon: Monday, October 5th

Arthur Jafa’s “I Am Tony,” Reviewed

In “I Am Tony,” a retrospective at the New Museum, the artist takes his remixing of the past to its outer limits.

Maternal Intelligence: An Open Letter

Is M.I. hopping our guardrails? If unchecked, it can lead to “recursive self-improvement,” such as dyeing a “fun streak of color” in her bangs.

“A Very Safe Place,” by Rachel Heng

No sooner did the words leave his mouth than the man’s eyelids fluttered open. “No . . . police,” he said.

ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity

Arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools.

“Old Story: October,” by Cynthia Zarin

“When is enough enough?”

Rachel Heng on Safety and the Power of the Child’s-Eye View

The author discusses her story “A Very Safe Place.”

Christa Pike and the Absurdity of Humane Execution

A witness said that what happened in Tennessee’s death chamber this week was “not normal.” Of course it wasn’t.

Why Adults Are Playing with Toys

After decades of depending on customers who had to beg their parents for pocket money—and who would eventually grow up—the toy industry has found a savior in “kid-ults.”

“The Swan” Gets a Superficial Reckoning

A new documentary about the reality series, which gave participants extreme makeovers before pitting them against one another in a beauty pageant, fails to grapple with the show’s cruelty, or with the culture that enabled it.

Gerald Cyrus’s Magnificent Images of Black Life

Cyrus began consistently documenting New York City in the nineties. His images of Harlem—its streets, its jazz clubs, its dark, soulful nights—evoke the place like nothing else.

The Constant Rediscovery of Barbara Trapido

The cult novelist is planning a sequel to “Brother of the More Famous Jack.” What accounts for her persistent appeal?

Olive Garden Is the Real True North

Two guys created a compass that points to the restaurant’s Times Square location. On a trek rivalling the Odyssey—and with breadsticks on the line—they navigate all the way from Staten Island.

Can Europe Still Trust America?

Russia is escalating its provocations in NATO territory. Poland's foreign minister has a message for the U.S.: “You may have affairs elsewhere, but to us, Europe, you are married.”

An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia

Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal who was convicted on false charges of espionage, talks about his time in a Russian prison.

Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters

One of the great actors of the era on finding sympathy for Mark Zuckerberg, Kendall Roy, and Roy Cohn—and why the New Yorker Profile still stings.

The New York Film Festival, Week Two: Loose Talk, Bold Action

New movies from around the world treat sharp-minded talkers of all ages as agents of drama and danger.

Daily Cartoon: Friday, October 2nd

The Well-Funded Fight to Keep Latinos Voting Republican

Amid deportations and Trump’s lagging popularity, one Koch-backed group has recruited Michigan Latinos to reach more than a hundred thousand voters for Mike Rogers.

The Quiet Unravelling of a Haitian Life in America

Emmanuella was the only one in her family on Temporary Protected Status. Now that it’s gone, she’s leaving her job without a word, desperately dating to find a husband, and beginning to go underground.

Will A.I. Still Take Our Jobs?

The jobs apocalypse hasn’t arrived. Something else is happening instead.

Why the War in Iran Is Likely to Heat Up Again

Oil exports in the Gulf have rebounded as the U.S. escorts ships through the Strait of Hormuz. But the obstacles to a lasting peace are greater than ever.

Pete Hegseth Just Declared Victory in the Wrong War

The combative culture warrior in the Pentagon may soon be Congress’s top target.

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 1st

Voter Fraud We’ve Identified So Far

After scouring billions of ballots, we have identified countless instances of voter fraud. They are countless, in part, because we are unwilling and unable to count past thirty-four.

How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal

The dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness.

Tom Cruise-a-Palooza

Iconic roles and death-defying stunts have made Tom Cruise’s name synonymous with movie magic. In “Digger,” he breaks his action streak to show us something new—for better or for worse.

Zoe Kazan’s Heady and Bighearted “East of Eden”

While Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist duke it out as John Steinbeck’s Trask brothers, Florence Pugh’s Cathy is a gothic villain you can’t help but root for.

Why Susan Collins Has Lasted So Long

Even if Maine’s longtime senator is finally defeated by a Democrat, her lengthy tenure speaks to the power of bringing federal money home—and asking voters to overlook other misgivings.

Why Trump Delayed Cancelling Legal Status for Salvadorans

The White House has quietly paused an order to end Temporary Protected Status for thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, a move that came after months of lobbying from the construction industry and other interest groups.

“Verity” Is a Criminal Waste of Talent

The melodramatic power of Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway is squandered in a romantic tale that’s ludicrously muddled by suspicions of monstrous misdeeds.

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, September 30th

Carolyn Forché Reads Mahmoud Darwish

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Owl's Night,” by Mahmoud Darwish, and her own poem “The Museum of Stones.”

The Humanism Driving the Anti-A.I. Movement

At the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., attendees talked less about jobs and policy, and more about their philosophy of life.

What Barbara Kingsolver Is Reading

The Pulitzer Prize winner’s intimate new novel, “Partita,” is out next week.

Mayors vs. Nationalists

Leaders of cities around the world are standing up for democracy, even if the leaders of their countries are not.

Tom Cruise Is a Scream—and a Gas—in “Digger”

In Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s conceptually elaborate apocalyptic farce, hectoring satire and visual sublimity fight to a draw.

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, September 29th

Individual Choices Won’t Fix America’s Public Schools

Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a struggling local school and has come to regret it. But personalizing the problem is the wrong approach.

New Kinds of Trad Wife I Could Be

Outfit Only: I totally look like I’m in a sexy version of “Little House on the Prairie,” but I refuse to do a single chore.

When “Gender Deception” Is a Crime

A new book revisits a notorious British sexual-assault trial in which a woman was convicted of posing as a man in bed.

Is What We’re Watching True or False?

A.I. is everywhere, and it’s often hard to tell what’s even real.

Daily Cartoon: Monday, September 28th

Letters from Our Readers

Readers respond to M. R. O’Connor’s story about smokejumpers, Kelefa Sanneh’s piece about A.I. music, Jennifer Wilson’s article about lingerie, and Anna Holmes’s home-ownership essay.

Cookie Monster Tries to Meet His A.I. Mandate

Me confused. Me know cookie inside and out! Now me has to use A.I. for cookie work?

Fiction by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in English for the First Time

A conversation with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s son Ignat Solzhenitsyn.

“D’Angelo in Starlight,” by Ishion Hutchinson

“Good God, the devil is up to his old tricks.”

Iran’s Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump

After a heated week at the U.N. General Assembly, a new ceasefire proposal came and apparently went.

Are Public Spaces Really for the Public?

A group of locals is trying to reclaim city spots for the people—including lobbying to turn vacant lots into gardens and fighting the event venue Guastavino’s over a courtyard.

Taryn Simon’s Father Figures

In a new show at the Guggenheim, the artist grapples with patriotism and patriarchy through the long career of an anonymous F.B.I. agent.

Nolan Wells’s Family Still Wants Answers

A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in connection with the death of a Black teen-ager during a boating trip, but it’s still unclear exactly how he died.

A Night Living in Penn Station

For the outreach workers trying to place homeless New Yorkers in shelters, each evening presents familiar faces and fresh challenges.

The Washington Roundtable Live: Can D.C. Get a Grip on A.I.?

With Xi Jinping visiting Washington for a major summit, American politicians are deeply divided over how to approach potential regulation of artificial intelligence. Edit Photo

Susan Collins’s Maine Money Machine

The senator uses her seniority in Congress to bring significant resources to her state. Is that enough for voters who hate her party?

Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics

The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, the tech mogul, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.”

The New York Film Festival, Week One: Better Late Than Never

This year’s prime offerings include the festival début of an overlooked great director and startling new work by acclaimed filmmakers.

Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko”

The author talks with David Remnick about leaving corporate law to become a novelist, and making Korean culture and experiences legible to readers around the globe.

I’ll Have What Xi’s Having

When Donald met Jinping.

Daily Cartoon: Friday, September 25th

“Resident Evil” Is Fun, but Soulless. What Else Could It Be?

Zach Cregger has made a great video-game movie, in part by leaving out the things that make a Zach Cregger movie great.

The Week Republicans Finally Panicked About Trump

The President’s party, facing a midterm reckoning, is begging for a way out of his Iran-war doom loop.

Gut Renos of Ionesco and Chekhov

In “Delirium” and “The Cherry Orchard,” experimental directors smash up and rebuild classic plays.

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, September 24th