Marianne Williamson Would Like to Clarify
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marianne Williamson, the self-help author associated with the New Age movement, has never held polit...
Jia Tolentino on the Rise and Fall of the Internet
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jia Tolentino writes for The New Yorker about an extremely wide range of topics, but a central co...
Roger Federer Opens Up
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The winner of twenty Grand Slam titles and the top-ranked men’s player for three hundred and ten w...
Derren Brown’s Big Secret
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Derren Brown wants you to know that he is not a magician. The term he prefers to use is “psycholog...
Maggie Gyllenhaal on “The Deuce” and #MeToo
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s first starring role was in the 2002 movie “Secretary,” a distriburbing rom...
Ian Frazier Among the Drone Racers
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Frazier, who has chronicled American life for The New Yorker for more than forty years, travelle...
The Rippling Effects of China’s One-Child Policy
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nanfu Wang grew up under China’s one-child policy and never questioned it. “You don’t know tha...
Toni Morrison Talks with Hilton Als
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Morrison read The New York Times with pencil in hand. An editor by trade, Morrison never stoppe...
Living in the Shadow of Guantánamo, Part 2
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In January, The New Yorker’s Ben Taub travelled to Mauritania to meet with Mohamedou Salahi. An el...
Living in the Shadow of Guantánamo
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Mohamedou Salahi arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in August of 2002, he was hopef...
Summer, By The Book
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The cultural critic Doreen St. Félix goes to Madame Tussauds with Justin Kuritzkes, the début auth...
Tana French on “The Witch Elm”
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tana French was an actor in her thirties when she sat down to write about a mystery that took the li...
Jelani Cobb Talks with the Artist Fahamu Pecou
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fahamu Pecou has shown work in museums all over the country and appeared on television shows like “...
Watching the Moon Landing
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some people have always believed that the moon landing was a government hoax, and, in the age of the...
Tom Hanks Reads His Tale of Going to the Moon
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, Tom Hanks—the star of “Apollo 13,” among many other accomplishments—wrote a short s...
Carly Rae Jepsen Talks with Amanda Petrusich
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“I can remember, even four months after [“Call Me Maybe” ’s] release, being claimed in the p...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the 2020 Presidential Race and Why We Should Break up Homeland Security
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to recall a newly elected freshman representative to Congress who has made a bigger impa...
Aaron Sorkin Rewrites “To Kill a Mockingbird”
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As he set about adapting “To Kill a Mockingbird” for the stage, Aaron Sorkin found himself troub...
As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy K. Smith was named Poet Laureate, in 2017, right after the most divisive election of our time....
Valeria Luiselli on Reënacting the Border
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Valeria Luiselli first travelled to the U.S.–Mexico border in 2014, when the current immigration c...
Emily Nussbaum Likes to Watch
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, critical praise for a TV show was that it was “not like TV,” but more like a novel ...
The Trump Administration’s Plan to Deport Victims of Human Trafficking
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker contributor Jenna Krajeski recently met with a woman who calls herself Esperanza. In ...
Dexter Filkins on the Dangerous Escalations between the U.S. and Iran
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After a U.S. drone was allegedly shot down by Iran last week, relations between Tehran and Washingto...
David Remnick Talks with Robert Caro about “Working”
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Caro is a historical biographer unlike anyone else writing today, with the Pulitzer Prizes, N...
Will the Government Get Tough on Big Tech?
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (which owns Google), and Facebook—known in the tech world as the Big Four—...
From Stonewall to the Present, Fifty Years of L.G.B.T.Q. Rights
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Masha Gessen co-hosts this episode of the New Yorker Radio Hour, guiding David Remnick through the f...
Ava DuVernay on “When They See Us,” About the Boys Who Became the Central Park Five
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ava DuVernay doesn’t like using the term Central Park Five—a moniker created by the press in the...
Emily Nussbaum on TV’s “Deluge” of #MeToo Plots
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The #MeToo movement of recent years started in the entertainment industry, with revelations about mo...
Who Should Receive Reparations for Slavery and Discrimination?
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of reparations—real compensation made to the descendants of slaves or the victims of lega...
Is America Ready to Make Reparations?
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Late in the Civil War, the Union general William T. Sherman confiscated four hundred thousand acres ...
Lucinda Williams Talks with Ariel Levy
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Despite winning a Grammy for her song “Passionate Kisses,” which was performed by Mary Chapin Ca...
James Taylor Will Teach you Guitar
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Taylor’s songs are so familiar that they seem to have always existed. Onstage at the New Yor...
What the Constitution Means to the Playwright Heidi Schreck
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Few Americans dispute the centrality of the Constitution as a statement of our country’s goals; it...
Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert: Is It Too Late to Save the World?
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After years of languishing far down the list of voters’ priorities, climate change has moved to th...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Comedian Pete Holmes
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand been fierce on the issue of sexual assault and harassment, especially in ...
Rhiannon Giddens, Americana’s Queen, Goes Global
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By the standards of any musician, Rhiannon Giddens has a twisting and complex path. Trained as an op...
A New Approach to Dementia Care
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the field of memory care, there is a fierce debate around the question of honesty. Lying can, und...
Julián Castro Is Not Afraid
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a crowded Democratic field, the candidate Julián Castro is eager to stand out. One way he’s tr...
The Green New Deal, and an Unusual Night at the Orchestra
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Green New Deal is coming to the table during the one of the most divisive periods Washington has...
The N.R.A.’s Financial Mess
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Last March, Wayne LaPierre sent a fund-raising letter to his members—an urgent plea for money. LaP...
The actor Christine Baranski on “The Good Fight,” and Kurt Vile on Songwriting
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Baranski was a successful theatre actor who would never stoop to do television in the old ...
Masha Gessen and Keith Gessen Debate Russian and American Politics
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Masha Gessen and Keith Gessen have, taken together, written more than a dozen books and a thousand a...
The Neurology of Bias, and a Visit with Thundercat
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us have biases and prejudices we don’t acknowledge—or aren’t even aware of. Admitting ...
The Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg on Coming Out: “I Realized I Couldn’t Go On Like That Forever”
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
During an exit interview with President Barack Obama in November, 2016, just weeks after the electio...
How OxyContin Was Sold to the Masses
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Radden Keefe has reported on the Sackler family and their control of Purdue Pharma, the make...
Has the Mueller Report Changed Anything?
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Mueller investigation has been a two-year obsession for nearly everyone who cares about politics...
U.K. Edges Closer to the Cliff of a No-Deal Brexit
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since the minute that British citizens voted, in a 2016 referendum, to leave the European Union, con...
Emilia Clarke on a Near-Death Experience Scarier than “Game of Thrones”
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Emilia Clarke was an unknown young actor when she landed the part of Daenerys, of the House of Targa...
The Hot Fashion Trends in Silicon Valley, and the Top Chef Niki Nakayama
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Silicon Valley has a reputation for being a place where young geniuses are too busy disrupting the w...
Getting Detained by ICE—on Purpose
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, two young activists from the National Immigrant Youth Alliance went on an undercover missio...
American Exiles in East Africa (Part 2)
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pete O’Neal was a street hustler and small-time pimp who gave up crime to fight oppression, found...
American Exiles in East Africa
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pete O’Neal was a street hustler and small-time pimp who gave up crime to struggle against oppress...
Jane Mayer on the Revolving Door Between Fox News and the White House
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has made no secret of his great admiration for Fox News -- which he praises by tweet ne...
A Moderate Republican Wants to Primary Donald Trump in 2020
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld is launching what looks like a political suicide mission...
A Writer Solves a Mystery, and Ruth E. Carter Steps into the Spotlight
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Committed during a period filled with bombings, killings, and disappearances, the murder of Jean McC...
What Are We Talking About When We Talk about Socialism?
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the election to the House of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, following up on the su...
Teju Cole on Blackface and Valeria Luiselli on the Border Crisis
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When depictions of Virginia politicians in blackface surfaced this month, the New Yorker contributor...
To Stop the Shooting, Lupe Cruz Gets Between the People with the Guns
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conversations about gun reform are often galvanized by catastrophic mass shootings. But gun violence...
Is the Tide Turning on Gun Reform?
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the House held hearings on gun violence, the first in eight years. In the 2018 elections,...
Marlon James Builds His Own Damn Universe
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When the cast of the film “The Hobbit” was first announced, Marlon James was dismayed—though h...
The Mueller Investigation: What We Know So Far
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Washington is abuzz with rumors that the Mueller report is coming soon, and both sides are trying to...
John Thompson vs. American Justice
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that it was because he had sold drug...
Jason Rezaian on Imprisonment in Iran
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Rezaian was born in California to an Iranian father and an American mother. After a failed ef...
The Fall of a Chinese Pop Star, and Calvin Trillin’s Happy Marriage
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For some years, Denise Ho was one of the most popular singers in Asia. A Hong Kong native, she perfo...
The Producer dream hampton Talks with Jelani Cobb about “Surviving R. Kelly”
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, it’s been an open secret that R. Kelly has allegedly kept young women trapped in abus...
For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Vjeran Tomic has been stealing since he was a small child, when he used a ladder to break into a lib...
How “The Apprentice” Made Donald Trump, and a Boondoggle in Wisconsin
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe has reported on “The Apprentice” and its impact on Donald ...
The Director Boots Riley on “Sorry to Bother You”
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Boots Riley’s directorial début, “Sorry to Bother You,” blends a dark strain of comedy with a...
Live: Janet Mock and Chris Hayes
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Mock first heard the word “māhū,” a Native Hawaiian word for people who exist outside th...
Philip Roth’s American Portraits and American Prophecy
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The novelist and short-story writer Philip Roth died in May at the age of eighty-five. In novels lik...
Christmas Music Reimagined with Kirk Douglas, the Guitarist for the Roots
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk Douglas, the guitarist for the Roots, plays anything and everything as part of the “Tonight S...
2018 in Pop Culture
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker staff writers Jia Tolentino, Doreen St. Félix, and Alexandra Schwartz all cover the ...
Kelly Slater’s Perfect Wave Brings Surfing to a Crossroads
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In December of 2015, a video appeared on the Internet that stunned surfers worldwide. Titled “Kell...
Aaron Sorkin Rewrites “To Kill a Mockingbird”
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As he set about adapting “To Kill a Mockingbird” for the stage—the play opened this week on Br...
Robyn Talks with David Remnick
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For the past twenty-five years, since she was a young teen-ager, the singer Robyn has been on the cu...
Helen Rosner Ferments at Home, Plus Dexter Filkins on Saudi Arabia
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hot trends in the food world is one of the oldest: fermentation. No longer just for beer ...
Voter Suppression in the Twenty-First Century
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the November midterm elections, Stacey Abrams, a gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, arrived at h...
Bridget Everett Talks with Michael Schulman
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Appearing at the New Yorker Festival, in conversation with Michael Schulman , Bridget Everett brough...
Jim Carrey Doesn’t Exist (According to Jim Carrey)
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As a young boy, Jim Carrey got in trouble for staring in the mirror. He didn’t do it because he wa...
The Star Witnesses Against El Chapo
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, the Mexican government finally agreed to extradite the notorious drug kingpin El Chapo to...
The Countdown to Brexit, Plus Adam Gopnik’s Turkey Zen
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
More than two years after British voters approved a measure to withdraw their nation from the Europe...
After the 2008 Financial Crisis, the Economy Was Fracked Up
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act injected almost nine hundred billion dollars into the U.S...
The Financial Crash and the Climate Crisis
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years after the financial crash of 2008, the economy is humming along, with steady growth and ri...
Derek Smalls—Harry Shearer’s Character in “Spinal Tap”—Returns with His Solo Début
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Shearer is known for doing many characters, including Mr. Burns and others from “The Simpson...
From Mexico, the Reality of the Migrant Caravan
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Blitzer spent a week in Mexico with the so-called caravan—a group of about five thousand ...
Janelle Monáe, from the Future to the Present
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Janelle Monáe is an unlikely pop star. Her music is rooted in soul and R. & B., but also in pop, pu...
Daniel Radcliffe Gets His Facts Straight, and Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Politics
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The actor Daniel Radcliffe is on Broadway in a new play called “The Lifespan of a Fact”—perhap...
Kelela Reinvents R. & B., and Sally Yates Gets Fired
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When the acting Attorney General Sally Yates wouldn’t defend the so-called Muslim travel ban, she ...
In the Midterms, White Supremacy Is Running for Office
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
While the big story going into the midterm elections has been the possibility of a “blue wave”—...
Joan Baez Is Still Protesting
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“You know, I think as I get older,” Joan Baez tells David Remnick, “someone will show me a pho...
Is Voting Safe?
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For democracy to function, we have to trust and accept the results of elections. But that trust is i...
The Long-Distance Con, Part 2
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is part two of a two-part series. Part one can be heard here. On the day that Maggie Robinso...
Rebecca Traister Is Happy to Be Mad
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After the election of Donald Trump, the feminist journalist Rebecca Traister began channeling her an...
Joan Jett’s Reputation
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Jett cut a massive figure in rock and roll, starting in the nineteen-seventies and continuing w...
The Long-Distance Con, Part 1
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the day that Maggie Robinson Katz learned that her father had only a few days to live, she also f...
Into the Woods with Scott Carrier
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After a thirty-year lobbying effort, Congress designated the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail...
Lisa Brennan-Jobs on the Shadow of Steve Jobs, and Jill Lepore on the Long Sweep of American History
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s memoir, “Small Fry,” shares a common theme with many memoirs: the absent p...
Rachel Carson Dreams of the Sea
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Before she published “Silent Spring,” one of the most influential books of the last century, Rac...
Illeana Douglas Steps Forward
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The day after The New Yorker published Ronan Farrow’s exposé about Harvey Weinstein, Farrow got a...
Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Complications of Identity
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of leading thinkers on identity. A professor of philosophy and law at Ne...