4+ week, 1+ day ago (113+ words) The Netflix documentary, directed by Marshall Curry, will be released on December 5th and explores the magazine's history, with narration by Julianne Moore and appearances by Sarah Jessica Parker, Jon Hamm, Ronny Chieng, Nate Bargatze, and more. Narrated by Julianne Moore, "The New Yorker at 100" was directed by Marshall Curry, who received an Academy Award for his short film "The Neighbors" Window." Judd Apatow, best known for comedies such as "Knocked Up" and "Superbad," turned serious'at least partially'to serve as an executive producer. Stars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Ronny Chieng, Jon Hamm, Aparna Nancherla, and Nate Bargatze weigh in with personal reminiscences about their relationships with the magazine....

3+ day, 3+ hour ago (173+ words) The country is more divided than ever, housing prices have hit an all-time high, and many denizens of the United States of America fantasize about fleeing abroad. But other citizenships aren't so easy to come by, so I've been hard at work mocking up some new domestic states for consideration. ChermegliState Bird: The crying skirt steakState Motto: "Home is where your house is'in Chermegli.State Rash: Eczema TarpaninaState Flower: Secretary's baneState Motto: "Free your skeleton.State Secret: He's harmless, but there is a guy living in that shed. BunlyState Nickname: The Creamy Leftovers StateState Motto: "Oops, I left it in Bunly.State Gemstone: The humble pebble. PaniniState Beetle: YokoState Motto: "United we stand, divided we sit.State Problem: Forgot paper towels. DutState Smell: Burnt hairState Motto: "Beauty is relative in Dut.State Movie: "The Favourite Starter packs for things you…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago (208+ words) It's not a done deal," the Mayor said, then rambled for a little while. It's imperative that everyone comes out and sit down, and be part of the process to voice your concerns." An elderly woman wearing a NO TIMES SQUARE CASINO" T-shirt said, Yes, it might be good for some people, but it's not gonna be good for any of the residents who are here." A big, bald man said, Casinos are exploitative." A gray-haired guy reading from a clipboard said, The two worst places I've ever been are Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Both are ugly and depressing, and I grew up in Florida, so that's saying something." Hooks shouted, Security, please! The young lady in the red sweater, please, has to be removed." After the vote, P.J. O'Doherty, another union leader from Queens, who has spent the past…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (76+ words) Dick Cheney's Long, Strange Goodbye," by Susan B. Glasser The Darkest Thread in the Epstein E-mails," by Jessica Winter The Meaning of Trump's Presidential Pardons," by Benjamin Wallace-Wells Kash Patel's Acts of Service," by Marc Fisher How M.B.S. Won Back Washington," by Isaac Chotiner Donald Trump Can't Dodge the Costly K-Shaped Economy," by John Cassidy Tune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts....

2+ week, 5+ day ago (568+ words) The New Yorker staff writers Larissa MacFarquhar, Rebecca Mead, Ian Parker, Kelefa Sanneh, and Michael Schulman join the executive editor Daniel Zalewski for a conversation about building trust with subjects, revealing character, and capturing life on the page. Larissa MacFarquhar has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998. She has written about child-protective services, the battered-women's movement, dementia, and hospice care, and her profile subjects have included Barack Obama, Noam Chomsky, and Hilary Mantel, among many others. She is the author of "Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help." Before joining the magazine, she was a senior editor at Lingua Franca and an advisory editor at The Paris Review. She has received two Front Page Awards from the Newswomen's Club of New York and the Johnson & Johnson Excellence in Media Award. Her writing has…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago (158+ words) On The Writer's Voice podcast, Paul Yoon reads "The New Coast," his story from the November, 17, 2025, issue of The New Yorker. Paul Yoon reads his story "The New Coast," from the November 17, 2025, issue of the magazine. Yoon is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels "Run Me to Earth" and "Snow Hunters," which won the 2014 New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, and the story collection "The Hive and the Honey," which was published in 2023. In the weeks before John Wayne Gacy's scheduled execution, he was far from reconciled to his fate. What HBO's "Chernobyl" got right, and what it got terribly wrong. Why does the Bible end that way? A new era of strength competitions is testing the limits of the human body. How an unemployed blogger confirmed that Syria had used chemical weapons. An…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (60+ words) I'm taking a break from social media. You'll feel better if you go outside. Reasons our plans tonight should be in my neighborhood. Popular parental advice to teens throughout history. What I imagine strangers think when they see me reading a book in public. My name is Gilligan, and I'd like to get off this island now....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago (126+ words) David Sipress's Daily Cartoon riffs on what people would like to say at Thanksgiving dinner. More Humor and Cartoons Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. I'm the woman who ruined the workplace. My cat is Gen Z. I, a performatively feminist male, will be touring internationally. Lesser-known celebrity-owned alcohol brands. Enter the Cartoon Caption Contest for a chance to appear in the magazine. More Humor and Cartoons Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. I'm the woman who ruined the workplace. My cat is Gen Z. I, a performatively feminist male, will be touring internationally. Lesser-known celebrity-owned alcohol brands. Enter the Cartoon Caption Contest for a chance to appear in the magazine....

3+ week, 2+ day ago (60+ words) I'm taking a break from social media. You'll feel better if you go outside. Reasons our plans tonight should be in my neighborhood. Popular parental advice to teens throughout history. What I imagine strangers think when they see me reading a book in public. My name is Gilligan, and I'd like to get off this island now....

2+ week, 5+ day ago (572+ words) Readers respond to Emma Green's piece about the Trump Administration's attacks on higher education. Emma Green's piece provided a thorough examination of the effects that the Trump Administration's attacks on higher education are having on research (Degrees of Hostility," October 20th). After twenty-four years of teaching at a suburban public university'one that primarily serves working- and middle-class students'I find that this is not the aspect of the Administration's actions that frightens me most. What I see today is that, under Donald Trump's direction, critical thinking is under assault. Across disciplines, Trump's agenda threatens one of higher education's core missions'to teach the next generation to think critically about power's relationship to knowledge. When the search for knowledge is subsumed by ideology, we're no longer in the business of education so much as that of teaching people to accept the dictates of official…...