Bonnie Raitt Talks with David Remnick
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You couldn’t write a history of American music without a solid chapter on Bonnie Raitt. From her r...
The Custody Battles Awaiting Mothers of Children Conceived in Rape
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Exceptions in the case of rape used to be considered a necessity in abortion legislation, even withi...
What Exactly Does “Woke” Mean, and How Did It Become so Powerful?
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many on the right blame “wokeness” for all of America’s ills—everything from deadly mass sho...
Michael Schulman on Oscars History, and a Visit with “Annie” Composer Charles Strouse
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite years of controversy, the Academy Awards and the other awards shows remain must-watch televi...
A Local Paper First Sounded the Alarm on George Santos. Nobody Listened.
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
George Santos is hardly the first scammer elected to office—but his lies, David Remnick says, are ...
Deepti Kapoor Discusses “Age of Vice” with Parul Sehgal
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Deepti Kapoor describes New Delhi, the setting of her novel “Age of Vice” as “extremely beauti...
In Politics, How Old Is Too Old?
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn’t so long ago that Ronald Reagan was considered over the hill, too old to govern. Now a si...
The Photographer Who Documented a Long-Forgotten Pan-African Festival
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Forty-six years ago, a young photographer named Marilyn Nance got the opportunity of a lifetime. A s...
Bob Woodward on His Trump Tapes
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Woodward is not one to editorialize. But, during his interviews with Donald Trump at the time of...
“Giselle,” and What to Do with the Problematic Past – Part II
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the renowned choreographer Akram Khan was commissioned to update the classic “Giselle” for ...
What to Do with the Problematic Past, Part I
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We draw meaning and comfort from traditions, but when the world changes, traditions can stop reflect...
As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy K. Smith was named Poet Laureate in 2017, at the beginning of the fierce partisan divide of th...
Kirk Douglas, the Guitarist for the Roots, Revamps the Holiday Classics
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the guitarist for the Roots, the band for “The Tonight Show,” Kirk Douglas plays anything and...
An Audiobook Master on the Secrets of Her Craft
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably never heard of Robin Miles, but you may well have heard her—possibly at some len...
Ina Garten: Cooking Is Hard; Plus an Essay from Susan Orlean
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the Food Network program “Barefoot Contessa,” Ina Garten became a beloved household name. A...
The poet John Lee Clark Translates the DeafBlind Experience to the Page
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Although many hearing and sighted people imagine DeafBlind life in tragic terms, as an experience of...
Politico’s Mathias Döpfner, and Sam Knight Reports from Qatar
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The staff writer Sam Knight was in Qatar recently, reporting on the World Cup, where, despite years ...
Is Our Democracy Safe?
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s midterm elections were widely seen as a victory for democracy in the United States. El...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Elections
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
J. Michael Luttig is a retired judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals and a prominent legal mind in cons...
Why Christine Baranski Fought the Good Fight
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The veteran stage and screen actress Christine Baranski first became a household name thanks to her ...
Quinta Brunson, a “Child of the Internet,” Revives the Sitcom
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Quinta Brunson made a name for herself as a master of meme comedy and is a self-described “child o...
Unpacking the Latino Vote, and Susan Orlean on the Queen of Tigers
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the lead-up to this year’s midterm elections, many pundits expected Republicans to make signifi...
The Stories of #MeToo
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five years ago, reporting on the film producer Harvey Weinstein’s history of assault and misconduc...
How Qatar Took the World Cup
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No self-respecting sports fan is naïve about the role that money plays in pro sports. But, by any s...
Safia Elhillo on Vulnerability and Anger in “Girls That Never Die”
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The poet Safia Elhillo first found her voice onstage, performing in youth poetry slams in Washington...
The Man Who Escaped from Auschwitz to Warn the World
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rudolf Vrba was sent to Auschwitz at the age of seventeen, and, because he was young and in good hea...
Mike White on the New Season of “The White Lotus” in Sicily
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first season of “The White Lotus” won ten Emmy Awards and was a critics’ favorite. A dark ...
Russell Moore on Christian Nationalism
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russell Moore, a prominent figure in the Southern Baptist Convention, resigned over the church’s r...
Mayor Francis Suarez’s View from Miami
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Suarez, the Republican mayor of Miami, is popular in the city he governs, and increasingly p...
U2’s Bono Talks with David Remnick—Live
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, The New Yorker published a Personal History about growing up in Ireland during the ninet...
The Playwrights Suzan-Lori Parks and Martin McDonagh, Live at The New Yorker Festival
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s New Yorker Festival featured two conversations with renowned playwrights: Suzan-Lori P...
The Vulnerabilities of our Voting Machines, and How to Secure Them
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The security of voting has become a huge topic of concern. That’s especially true after 2020, when...
In Defense of the Comic Novel: Andrew Sean Greer Talks “Less is Lost”
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Arthur Less is a novelist—a “minor American novelist,” to be precise. He’s a man whose bigge...
Tom Stoppard on “Leopoldstadt,” and Geena Davis talks with Michael Schulman
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Stoppard has been a fixture on Broadway since his famous early play, “Rosencrantz and Guildens...
The New Abortion Underground
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the contributor Stephania Taladrid has been following a network o...
Major Decisions Ahead for the Supreme Court
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In its last term, the Supreme Court dropped bombshell after bombshell—marking major conservative a...
Joshua Yaffa on What’s Next for Ukraine
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The contributor Joshua Yaffa, who was based in Moscow for years and has been reporting from Ukraine ...
Billy Eichner on “Bros” and Joyce Carol Oates on “Blonde”
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the first queer rom-coms released in cinemas by a major studio, “Bros” is making movie hi...
Why Play Music: A Conversation with Questlove and Maggie Rogers
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, two acclaimed musicians—Questlove and Maggie Rogers—joined The New Yorker’...
Roger Federer on Retirement and His Evolution in Tennis
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Federer is playing the last professional tennis match of his career this week. It’s the end ...
Will Voter Suppression Become the Law?
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Now seven weeks away, the midterms are often cast as a referendum on the President and his party. Bu...
Andy Borowitz, and the Hunt for Invasive Lionfish
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Not only are we living in a time where people are proud of their ignorance, argues the writer and co...
How Sheryl Lee Ralph Is Reshaping Hollywood
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheryl Lee Ralph has been a staple of Black entertainment for decades. She played Deena Jones in the...
Keeping Score: A Year Inside a Divided Brooklyn High School
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly seventy years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, our public schools effectively ...
Aimee Mann Live, with Atul Gawande
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aimee Mann, the celebrated Los Angeles singer and songwriter, recently released an album called “Q...
Dave Grohl’s Tales of Life and Music
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At The New Yorker Festival, Dave Grohl talked with Kelefa Sanneh about Grohl’s recent book, “The...
A New Civil War in America?
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the F.B.I. raid on former President Donald Trump’s home, Mar-A-Lago, the phrases “civil wa...
The Actor Jenifer Lewis: Mother, Activist, Hurricane
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jenifer Lewis is known as the “Mother of Black Hollywood” for good reason; her screen progeny ha...
What’s Driving Black Candidates to the Republican Party?
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Republican Party has recently attracted an almost unprecedented number of Black candidates to it...
Neil Gaiman on the Power of Fantasy in our Lives
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Gaiman, one of the great fantasy writers of our time, first started writing his comic series “...
Designing a Soundscape for the Cars of the Future
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Electric cars, compared to cars with internal-combustion engines, are nearly silent, which can prese...
Elizabeth Kolbert on a Historic Climate Bill, Plus a Lesson from Kansas
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Inflation Reduction Act now before Congress is being celebrated as the most important piece of c...
A Trip to the Boundary Waters
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Kotlowitz is known as a chronicler of the city of Chicago, and of lives marred by urban poverty...
Jane Mayer on Ohio’s Lurch to the Right
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was f...
Notes from a Warming World
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Much of the globe has seen record-breaking temperatures in recent heat waves that seem increasingly ...
Jamie Raskin on the Facts of January 6th, and the Danger Ahead
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, serves on Congress’s Select Committee to Investigate the J...
Jason Isbell on Songwriting While Sober
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Isbell got into the music business early; he had a publishing deal when he was twenty-one. But...
New Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven”...
The Nerdwriter Conquers the Internet, Plus Kelefa Sanneh on Country Radio
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Puschak, known on YouTube as the Nerdwriter, posts videos dissecting topics from Shakespeare an...
The Writer Dmitry Bykov on Putin’s Russia, the Land of the “Most Free Slaves”
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Until very recently, Dmitry Bykov was a huge presence on the Russian literary scene. He is a novelis...
The Comedian Hannah Gadsby Renounces Comedy, and Patricia Marx Tries to Relax
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The comedian Hannah Gadsby has been touring this summer with a show called “Body of Work.” She c...
What Precedents Would Clarence Thomas Overturn Next?
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justice Clarence Thomas once was an outlier for his legal views. But Thomas is now the heart of the ...
Astrid Holleeder’s Crime Family
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All her life, Astrid Holleeder knew that her older brother Willem was involved in crime. But she was...
Jia Tolentino and Stephania Taladrid on the End of Roe v. Wade
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dobbs case was not a surprise; given the draft opinion that was ...
Why Do Conservatives Love Hungary’s Viktor Orbán?
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz first heard that the Conservative Political Action C...
Alan Alda, Podcaster
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Alda spent his early years in the burlesque theatres where his father, the actor Robert Alda, w...
Forget Dating Apps—the “Marriage Pact” Goes for the Long Haul
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A survey that started as a student project at Stanford University has become a popular dating and re...
Dexter Filkins on the Rise of Ron DeSantis
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has shown himself uniquely skilled at attracting attention beyond the ...
Michael R. Jackson on “A Strange Loop,” His Black, Queer Coming-of-Age Musical
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael R. Jackson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “A Strange Loop” features a Black...
The Adrenaline Rush of Racing Drones
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Frazier, who has chronicled American life for The New Yorker for more than forty years, travelle...
Regina Spektor on Her New Album, “Home, Before and After”
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years ago, Regina Spektor was yet another aspiring musician in New York, lugging around a bac...
Masha Gessen on the Quiet in Kyiv
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Masha Gessen is reporting for The New Yorker on the war in Ukraine, which is now in its fourth month...
“The Book of Queer,” and “Bob’s Burgers” Hits the Big Screen
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While working on his Ph.D., the historian Eric Cervini (whose book “The Deviant’s War” was a f...
Remembering Roger Angell, and Fishing with Karen Chee
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Angell, who died last week, at the age of 101, was inducted in 2014 into the Baseball Hall of ...
What Makes a Mass Shooter?
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In America, unthinkable violence has become routine. In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass sh...
Florence and the Machine, Live at The New Yorker Festival
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Across five studio albums, Florence and the Machine has explored genres from pop to punk and soul; t...
The Attack on Gender-Affirming Medical Care
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Across the United States, conservative politicians are leading a backlash against L.G.B.T.Q. identit...
The Comedian Megan Stalter on Finding Inspiration in American Absurdity
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before the pandemic, Megan Stalter was an unknown comedian, trying to catch a lucky break at clubs i...
The Battle After Roe v. Wade
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assuming that Justice Samuel Alito’s final opinion in the Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jacks...
Stephanie Hsu on “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is in a genre all its own—you could call it sci-fi-martial...
The Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi; and a Look at White Empathy
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, a draft opinion was leaked which suggests that a majority of Supreme Court Justices are r...
Rickie Lee Jones’s Life on the Road
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rickie Lee Jones emerged into the pop world fully formed; her début album was nominated for five Gr...
A Ukrainian Diplomat on the Future of Russian Aggression
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a third month, prospects of ending the conflict are still ...
Viola Davis on Playing Michelle Obama, and Finding Her Voice as an Actor
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis traces her career in Hollywood back to a single moment of inspir...
Ronan Farrow on the Threat of Modern Spyware
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into a software called Pegasus and its maker, NSO Group....
“We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” and a Short History of Movies about the Internet
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Internet can be a scary place in real life, and far more so in Jane Schoenbrun’s film “We’...
Jennifer Egan on the Literary Pleasures of the Concept Album
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Egan’s new novel, “The Candy House,” one of the most anticipated books of the year, h...
Anita Hill and Jane Mayer on Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the State of the Supreme Court
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been voted in as a Supreme Court Justice—the first Black woman to serve ...
The Missing Boater
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dick Conant spent years of his life crisscrossing America by canoe, like a Mark Twain character. On ...
Investigating January 6th
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With a judge declaring that Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed a felony in his attemp...
Connor Ratliff Talks with Sarah Larson, Plus Chef Bryant Terry
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An aspiring actor named Connor Ratliff thought he had it made when he got a small part on the 2001 m...
Jill Lepore on Parents’ Rights and the Culture War
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A wave of book bannings sweeping the country, along with conservative fury over titles like “Antir...
Returning to the Office . . . While Black
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Coming back to work is partially about surveillance and micromanagement,” Keisha, a podcasting ...
Radio Ukraine
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kraina FM is a radio station that broadcasts in Kyiv and more than twenty other cities, playing Ukra...
Jane Campion on “The Power of the Dog”
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” opens like a classic Western: cattle are herded across t...
Stephen Kotkin: Don’t Blame the West for Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s impossible to understand the destruction and death that Vladimir Putin is unleashing in Ukrai...
Pauline Kael on “The Godfather”
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As The New Yorker’s film critic from 1968 to around 1991, the influential Pauline Kael gave voice ...
Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa on the Escalation of Violence in Ukraine
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Yaffa is a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, but he has been travelling throughout t...
Sheryl Lee Ralph on Confronting Hollywood
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheryl Lee Ralph has been a staple of Black entertainment for decades. She played Deena Jones in the...
How Black Creators Are Changing Hollywood
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the past few years, it seems a floodgate has opened, releasing a deluge of tremendously successfu...