The New Yorker
The Ex-Bankers Behind “Industry”
After Konrad Kay and Mickey Down graduated from Oxford, they failed as financiers. Now they’re making a killing by ruthlessly depicting the profession on HBO. Rebecca Mead talks with the pair about the banker’s life of money, sex, drugs, and “hyper-alienation.”
Today’s Mix
What the Warner Bros. Sale Means for the Art of Movies
The competition between Netflix and Paramount Skydance to acquire the studio is haunted by the ghosts of mergers past.
How the Kennedy Center Has Been Transformed by Trumpism
The President was drawn to the institution for its cultural prestige. He and his allies made it radioactive.
A Holiday Gift Guide: Treasures That Are Old, or Old at Heart
A list of things to give that are secondhand or—if they must be new—emulate the craftsmanship and quality of an earlier time.
Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship?
Maybe the Justices simply want to reiterate what the Court has already said—or maybe not.
How to Leave the U.S.A.
In the wake of President Trump’s reëlection, the number of aggrieved Americans seeking a new life abroad appears to be rising. The Netherlands offers one way out.
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The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
The Trump Administration’s Chaos in the Caribbean
Pete Hegseth’s conduct shows how the government’s growing sense of heedlessness is shaping disastrous policy.
What America Can Learn from Its Largest Wildfire of the Year
When Dragon Bravo ignited, in Grand Canyon National Park, officials decided to let it burn. Then the fire spread out of control.
What’s Really Behind the Notion of “Performative Reading”?
The internet’s favorite new way of calling people pretentious can tell us something more about the scrolling mind.
The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats
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New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services says it’s hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
Holiday Gift Guides
Gear for the Coffee Nerd
Our staff expert recommends a collection of grinders, kettles, and other devices worth poring over.
Presents for Music Lovers
Our music critic gives a roundup of tactile, old-fashioned ways to honor sound, and the people who make it.
How 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.
Chloé Zhao Has Looked Into the Void
The director of “Hamnet” says that her art has been shaped by her early love of manga, her relationship to the natural world, and her neurodivergence.
The Critics
A Student Chases the Shadows of Tiananmen
In Ha Jin’s “Looking for Tank Man,” uncovering the past doesn’t guarantee making peace with the present.
“Train Dreams” Is Too Tidy to Go Off the Rails
In Clint Bentley’s adaptation of a Denis Johnson novella, Joel Edgerton plays a builder of bridges who finds himself increasingly cut off from the modern world.
A Greenlandic Photographer’s Tender Portraits of Daily Life
Inuuteq Storch set out to rediscover Inuit culture that was suppressed by Danish colonizers, by finding its traces in the everyday.
A New Afghan Bakery, in New York’s Golden Age of Bread
The city has vaunted sourdough loaves and endlessly hyped croissants. Diljān, in Brooklyn Heights, brings a classic Afghan flatbread into the mix.
The New Studio Museum in Harlem Is a Landmark in the History of Black Art
Reopening with work by Tom Lloyd and others, the museum is a manifestation of possibility, specifically in Black lives.
Will Geese Redeem Noisy, Lawless Rock and Roll?
Critics love to make these kinds of breathless pronouncements. But with this band, currently on tour to promote its album “Getting Killed,” controlled hysteria is sort of the point.
Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think
The comedian is chafing against playing a pretty girl in a wig on “S.N.L.” In her new HBO special, “Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh,” the focus is body horror.
2025 in Review
Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2025
The year’s most-liked gag drawings suggest that you, our readers, are really going through something.
A Low Point of Human Inaction on Climate Change
Trump’s assault on the environment has been as damaging as expected, but other developments this year give at least some hope for the future.
The Essential Reads of 2025
New Yorker editors and critics have chosen a dozen essential reads of the year in nonfiction and a dozen, too, in fiction and poetry.
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The Best Albums of 2025
There are plenty of albums that might have made the cut on a different day. But good list-making requires hubris, constraint. A moment of wild and fearless conviction.
The Best Podcasts of 2025
Some of the medium’s all-time best shows ended, but a crop of new contenders is keeping meaningful audio alive.
The Best TV Shows of 2025
This year, Hollywood’s decline was evident from its output—but a few great, conversation-starting shows made our critic crave the return of the water cooler.
Our Columnists
If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?
Books are inefficient, and the internet is training us to expect optimized experiences.
What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels
After Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy stockpiled hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, he was hailed as an alchemist. Then things went awry.
The Weird Spectacle of the World Cup Draw
At the event, the matchups seemed beside the point, eclipsed by FIFA’s bizarre Peace Prize ceremony for Donald Trump and other cringey moments.
“The Beast in Me” Is at War with Itself
The thriller series on Netflix, starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, is internally confused—stylish, but uneven—despite its pretensions to real storytelling.
The Composer Making a Hip-Hop Musical About Anne Frank
Andrew Fox, the creator of “Slam Frank,” was disillusioned with American theatre. Then a viral debate about white privilege gave him a new sense of purpose.
Ideas
How the Sports Stadium Went Luxe
Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America’s largest entertainment venues changing the fan experience?
What Makes Goethe So Special?
The German poet’s dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.
The Airport-Lounge Wars
When you’re waiting for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here?
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.
How “The New Yorker at 100” Got to Netflix
The creators of the documentary, now streaming, on capturing the publication on film, why the magazine’s editing process is like a colonoscopy, and landing Taylor Swift’s O.K. for the soundtrack.
In the Line of Fire
During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.
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