How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia
Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end…
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Jessica Contrera reports on how A.I. is quietly changing our relationships at home, as Amazon’s Alexa+, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and other…
An Unbeliever’s View of the Jonestown Massacre
Shiva Naipaul’s newly reissued book “Journey to Nowhere,” from 1980, is far less interested in the trope of the cult…
England’s Dynamic, Divergent, Deadly Duo
Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham are very different off the soccer pitch. On it, they’ve given their country its best…
How to Write When You’re Feeling Stuck
JiJi Lee jokingly imagines the trials of a writer, who, seeking a room free of distractions, gets trapped in a…
V.A.R. and the Rise of Our New Tech Overlords
The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines, Jay Caspian…
Democratic Schadenfreude and the Latino Vote
Donald Trump’s once strong approval rating among Latinos has collapsed, but Democrats can’t count on their support. Jack Herrera on…
Rope-a-Dope
Are the Enhanced Games an existential threat to fairness or a cure for death? Zach Helfand reports.
Voting Rights, Updated
Shouts & Murmurs by Paul Rudnick: To run for office in New York, you must play pickleball with the guy…
New York Is a Pickle Kind of Town
The Dutch authors of a new book, “The Pickled City: The Story of New York Pickles,” stop by the brined-delicacy…