Mayors vs. Nationalists
Ishaan Tharoor on how mayors around the world, including Zohran Mamdani and Henriette Reker, are standing up for democracy
September 2026
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Parenting is a practice, Nick Paumgarten writes. You learn from your mistakes and then repeat them anyway.
New Kinds of Trad Wife I Could Be
Blythe Roberson jokingly lists alternatives to the stereotypical trad wife.
Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko”
The author talks with David Remnick about leaving corporate law to become a novelist, and making Korean culture and experiences…
When “Gender Deception” Is a Crime
“The Bed Trick” by Izabella Scott revisits a notorious British sexual-assault trial in which a woman was convicted of posing…
Is What We’re Watching True or False?
Vinson Cunningham writes about how the rise of A.I. is changing our understanding of reality, and the use of the…
Individual Choices Won’t Fix America’s Public Schools
Jay Caspian Kang writes about the essay “In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?,” by Nikole…
Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads?
The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues, Peter Hessler…
Your Guide to Navigating the Parent Group Chat
Sketchbook by Liana Finck: From the kind and competent to the scheming and lost, meet all the characters blowing up…
Cookie Monster Tries to Meet His A.I. Mandate
Shouts & Murmurs by Ysabel Yates: Me confused. Me know cookie inside and out! Now me has to use A.I.…