From Critics at Large: After “Wicked,” What Do We Want from the Musical?
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The American musical is in a state of flux. Today’s Broadway offerings are mostly jukebox musicals...
Rashid Khalidi on the Palestinian Cause in a Volatile Middle East, and the Meaning of Settler Colonialism
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Power dynamics in the Middle East shifted dramatically this year. In Lebanon, Israel dealt a severe ...
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“Gypsy,” a work by Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne, and Arthur Laurents, is often called the greate...
Inside Donald Trump’s Mass-Deportation Plans
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Immigration has been the cornerstone of Donald Trump’s political career, and in his second success...
Pick 3: Justin Chang’s Downer Movies for the Holiday Season
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
If “Wicked, Part I” and “Gladiator II” are not getting you into the theatre this weekend, Ju...
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“The Thanksgiving Play” is a play about the making of a play. Four performers struggle to devise...
Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah McBride just became the first transgender person elected to the United States Congress. A Demo...
Ketanji Brown Jackson on Ethics, Trust, and Keeping It Collegial at the Supreme Court
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since the founding of the nation, just 116 people have served as Supreme Court Justices; the 116th i...
Danielle Deadwyler on August Wilson and Denzel Washington
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Danielle Deadwyler, who first grabbed the spotlight for her performance as Emmett Till’s mother in...
The Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
American voters have elected a President with broadly, overtly authoritarian aims. It’s hardly the...
Sam Gold’s “Romeo + Juliet” Is Shakespeare for the Youth
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sam Gold has directed five Shakespeare tragedies, but his latest, “Romeo + Juliet,” is something...
Donald Trump’s Reëlection, and America’s Future
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the end, Donald Trump’s rhetoric of another stolen election, and his opponents’ warnings that...
Rachel Maddow on the Fascist Threat in America, Then and Now
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It made news when the retired general John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, s...
Liz Cheney on Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Jeff Bezos
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In recent weeks and months, dozens of prominent security and military officials and Republican polit...
How Alpha Kappa Alpha Shaped Kamala Harris; Plus, Bill T. Jones
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One aspect of the Vice-President’s background that’s relatively overlooked, and yet critical to ...
Charlamagne tha God Has Some Advice for Kamala Harris and the Democrats
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In these final days of the Presidential campaign, Vice-President Kamala Harris has been getting in f...
The Stakes for Abortion Rights, from the Head of Planned Parenthood
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If Vice-President Kamala Harris wins in November, it will likely be on the strength of the pro-choic...
With “The Warriors,” Lin-Manuel Miranda Takes on Another New York Story
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since the blockbuster success of his musical “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda has been busy: actin...
Bon Iver on “SABLE,” His First New Record in Five Years
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bon Iver is the alias of Justin Vernon, who holds an unusual place in music as both a singer-songwri...
The Astonishing Rise—and Uncertain Odds—of Kamala Harris’s Presidential Campaign
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since July 21st, when Joe Biden endorsed her in the Presidential race, all eyes have been on Vice-Pr...
Brian Jordan Alvarez on “English Teacher”
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Between book bans, the movement for parental rights, the fight over cellphones, and budgets being sl...
Newt Gingrich on What Trump Could Accomplish in a Second Term
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Long before Donald Trump got serious about politics, Newt Gingrich saw himself as the revolutionary ...
Could the War in Gaza Cost Kamala Harris the Election?
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Michigan, many voters—particularly Arab American and Muslim voters—remain deeply upset by the...
Young Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Dark Arts of Power
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Actors and comedians have usually played Donald Trump as larger than life, almost as a cartoon. In t...
Timothy Snyder on Why Ukraine Can Still Win the War
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since the war in Ukraine began, the historian Timothy Snyder has made several trips to Ukraine, and ...
Can Trump Voters Still Change Their Minds?
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The political strategist Sarah Longwell has dedicated the last seven years to understanding why so m...
Lake Street Dive Performs in the Studio
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lake Street Dive recorded their first album with money that their bassist won in a songwriting conte...
Josh Shapiro on How Kamala Harris Can Win Pennsylvania
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024, all eyes are on Pennsylvania: its nineteen electoral votes make it the largest swing state,...
A Legend on Broadway, Patti LuPone Makes Her Début in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patti LuPone has been a mainstay on Broadway for half a century. She’s appeared in some 30 Broadwa...
Preparing For Trump’s Next “Big Lie,” with the Election Lawyer Marc Elias
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of the sixty-five lawsuits that Donald Trump’s team filed in the 2020 election, Democrats won sixt...
Ian Frazier’s Tour of “Paradise Bronx”
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I like to look at places that people aren’t seeing,” says Ian Frazier, the author of “Great...
The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In fiction and nonfiction, the author Danzy Senna focusses on the experience of being biracial in a ...
A Pulitzer Prize Winning Take on Finance
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of what is for many people the final days of summer, the New Yorker Radio Hour team present...
From In the Dark: What Happened That Day in Haditha?
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This program is drawn from a new season of the award-winning investigative podcast In the Dark. On a...
For Republicans, the End of Abortion Rights Was a Dangerous Victory
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the Republican National Convention in July, a platform plank in place for decades that called for...
Why Are More Latino Voters Supporting Trump?
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a surge of enthusiasm for Vice-President Kamala Harris’s campaign, the 2024 race remains e...
R.F.K., Jr., and the Central Park Bear, with Clare Malone
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker staff writer Clare Malone’s Profile, What Does Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Actually Wan...
Nancy Pelosi, the Power Broker
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Pelosi, who represents California’s Eleventh Congressional District, led the Democratic Part...
Israel’s Other Intractable Conflict (Part 2)
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River since 1967, after the third Arab-Israeli war, ...
Israel’s Other Intractable Conflict (Part 1)
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River since 1967, after the third Arab-Israeli war, ...
Kamala Harris, Race, and the Presidency; Plus, Louisa Thomas on the Paris Olympics
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the big questions about Vice-President Harris’s candidacy is undoubtedly race. She would no...
What Kamala Harris Needs to Win the Presidency, from a Veteran of Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris will face barriers as a woman running for the Presidency. “Women constantly have to ...
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on “Catalina,” the Tale of an Undocumented Student at Harvard
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catalina Ituralde is the protagonist of the novel that bears her name, “Catalina.” In the summer...
The Presidential Race Is in Uncharted Territory, but It’s Clear Who’s Winning
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The movement to persuade President Biden—long after the primaries—to drop out of the Presidentia...
Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on the Importance of a Good Villain.
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the 2023 New Yorker Festival, three legendary staff writers got together to discuss the craft...
Julián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The panic that gripped Democrats during and after President Biden’s performance in the June debate...
Florence Welch Talks About Life on the Road
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across five studio albums, Florence and the Machine has explored genres from pop to punk and soul. F...
Robert Caro on the Making of “The Power Broker”
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fifty years ago, in July, 1974, The New Yorker began publishing a lengthy excerpt of Robert Caro’s...
The New Yorker’s Political Writers Answer Your Election Questions
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the beginning of 2021, it seemed like America might be turning a new page; instead, the election ...
John Fetterman’s Move to the Right on Israel
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many Democrats saw John Fetterman as a progressive beacon: a Rust Belt Bernie Sanders who – with h...
Emily Nussbaum on the Beginnings of Reality TV
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reality television has generally got a bad rap, but Emily Nussbaum—who received a Pulitzer Prize, ...
Kevin Costner on “Yellowstone,” “Horizon,” and Why the Western Endures
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Costner has been a leading man for more than forty years and has starred in all different genr...
Paul Scheer Picks the Very Best of the Very Worst Movies
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Scheer is a noted actor and comedian, and the author of the new memoir “Joyful Recollections ...
Is Being a Politician the Worst Job in the World?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On July 4th—while the U.S. celebrates its break from Britain—voters in the United Kingdom will g...
After Serving Decades in Prison for Murder, Two Men Fought to Clear Their Names
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, the staff writer Jennifer Gonnerman has reported on the case of Eric Smokes and David War...
Senator Raphael Warnock on America’s “Moral and Spiritual Battle”
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Raphael Warnock was elected to the Senate from Georgia in the 2020 election, he made history a ...
The Trans Athletes Who Changed the Olympics—in 1936
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In “The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports,” the journalist Mi...
Cécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant was profiled in The New Yorker, Wynton Marsalis describ...
Ilana Glazer on Motherhood and Friendship, On- and Off-Screen
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In their breakout comedy series, “Broad City,” Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson played raucous and...
Love Is Blind, and Allegedly Toxic
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the reality-TV dating show “Love Is Blind,” the most watched original series in Netflix his...
Miranda July’s New Novel Takes on Marriage, Desire, and Perimenopause
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some time in her forties, something shifted in Miranda July. She started having “this new, grim fe...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Isn’t Going Away
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has never held elected office but is related to many people who have, is...
How a Tech Executive Lobbied Lawmakers for the TikTok Ban
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Remnick talks with a proponent of the TikTok ban that just passed in Washington. Jacob Helberg...
Wired’s Katie Drummond: The TikTok Ban Is “Rooted in Hypocrisy”; Plus, Hannah Goldfield on Culinary TikTok
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Remnick talks with Katie Drummond, the global editorial director of Wired magazine, about the ...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Could Swing the Election. Who Should Be More Worried—Biden or Trump?
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., appeared on this show back in July, it was early in his run for Preside...
Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Cambridge to Los Angeles and at dozens of schools in between, campuses are roiled by protest ag...
Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, Who Refused to “Find” Votes for Donald Trump, Prepares for Another Election
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Raffensperger, who holds the usually low-profile office of secretary of state in Georgia, becam...
Jerry Seinfeld on Making a Life in Comedy (and Also, Pop-Tarts)
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry Seinfeld used to have a comedy bit about the invention of the Pop-Tart, but when his friend Sp...
Judi Dench on Bond and Shakespeare
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Probably far more people have now seen Judi Dench as M—the intelligence chief who’s the boss of ...
Jonathan Haidt on the Plague of Anxiety Affecting Young People
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Both anecdotally and in research, anxiety and depression among young people—often associated with ...
Maya Hawke on the Fear of “Missing Out,” and Jen Silverman on “There’s Going to Be Trouble”
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a band rehearsal in Brooklyn, Rachel Syme talks to Maya Hawke about switching gears between actin...
How a Republican and a Democrat Carved out Exemptions to Texas’s Abortion Ban
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Texas has multiple abortion laws, with both criminal and civil penalties for providers. They contain...
The Film Critic Justin Chang on What to See in 2024
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker’s newest staff member, Justin Chang, shares three films that he’s excited to see ...
The Attack on Black History, with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jelani Cobb
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across much of the country, Republican officials are reaching into K-12 classrooms and universities ...
Rhiannon Giddens, Americana’s Queen, on Cultivating the Black Roots of Country Music
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By the standards of any musician, Rhiannon Giddens has taken a twisting and complex path. She was tr...
Alicia Keys Returns to Her Roots with Her New Musical, “Hell’s Kitchen”
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alicia Keys’ new musical is opening on Broadway about a ten-minute walk from where she grew up in ...
Percival Everett and the Reinvention of Mark Twain’s Jim
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a new novel, Percival Everett offers a radically different perspective on the classic story “Th...
Trump’s Authoritarian Pronouncements Recall a Dark History
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016, before most people imagined that Donald Trump would become a serious contender for the Pres...
March Madness 2024: College Basketball at a Crossroads
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As this year’s annual March Madness tournament kicks off, there’s a sense of malaise around men’...
Judith Butler Can’t “Take Credit or Blame” for Gender Furor
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A legal assault on trans rights by conservative groups and the Republican Party is escalating, the j...
In “Great Expectations,” Vinson Cunningham Watches Barack Obama’s Rise Up Close
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Like most Americans, Vinson Cunningham first became aware of Barack Obama in 2004, when he gave a br...
Bradley Cooper Contends for Best Actor in “Maestro”
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Maestro,” about the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is nominated for seven ...
What Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the...
Kara Swisher on Tech Billionaires: “I Don’t Think They Like People”
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Kara Swisher landed on the tech beat as a young reporter at the Washington Post decades ago. She wou...
Lily Gladstone on Holding the Door Open for More Native Actors in Hollywood. Plus, the Brody Awards
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Lily Gladstone had been in several films, but unknown to most moviegoers, when she got a call for Ma...
Ty Cobb on Trump, Putin, and the Death of Alexey Navalny
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ty Cobb represented the Trump White House during the height of the Mueller-Russia probe, so he has a...
For Brontez Purnell, “Memoir Is Fiction—I Don’t Care What Anyone Says”
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Brontez Purnell is a Renaissance man. He’s a musician, a dancer, a filmmaker, and the author of a ...
“Pod Save America” ’s Jon Lovett on Trump: “The Threat of Jail Time Sharpens the Mind”
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jon Lovett had been deep inside politics, as a speechwriter in the Obama Administration, before he j...
Jacqueline Novak Is Giving Audiences “Everything She’s Got”
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The comedian Jacqueline Novak wasn’t well known before her Netflix début “Get on Your Knees.”...
Can Memes Swing the 2024 Election? Plus, Michelle Zauner on “Crying in H Mart”
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In a Presidential race with two leading candidates who are broadly unpopular, any small perceived ed...
Sheila Heti Talks with Parul Sehgal About “Alphabetical Diaries”
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The writer Sheila Heti is known for unusual approaches, but her latest work is decidedly experimenta...
Jonathan Blitzer on the Battle over Immigration; and Olivia Rodrigo Talks with David Remnick
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In the shadow of another election year, Democrats and Republicans are at a bitter crossroads over im...
From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheik...
For Journalists, “Gaza Is Unprecedented,” and Deadly
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Journalism has often been a dangerous business, and many reporters have lost their lives reporting t...
The Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on Why Race Is so “Fertile” for Comedy
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The writer and director Cord Jefferson has struck gold with his first feature film, “American Fict...
Pramila Jayapal: Biden’s “Coalition Has Fractured”
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic representative and leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has...
E. Jean Carroll on Trump Defamation Cases: “Money Is Precious to Him”
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
After winning the Iowa caucuses by a historic margin, Donald Trump made his way to a courtroom in Ne...
Danielle Brooks Comes Full Circle in “The Color Purple”
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“I think of ‘The Color Purple’ as the epic of our time,” Doreen St. Félix said in a convers...
How Donald Trump Broke the Iowa Caucuses and Owns the G.O.P.
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This time last year, Republicans were reeling from a poorer-than-expected performance in the 2022 mi...
From “Talk Easy”: Sam Fragoso Interviews David Remnick
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
As host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, David Remnick asks a lot of questions, and recently he had to ...