The Changing Face of “Authenticity” in Politics
What Graham Platner’s scandal-plagued Senate run says about a tired cliché. Jon Allsop on Platner, Zohran Mamdani, Donald Trump, and…
The Lede
admin The Iran War and the End of the “Middle East”
Ishaan Tharoor catalogues how, with the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision for the Middle East…
Peru’s Politics Are a Disaster, but Does It Matter?
Daniel Alarcón writes about the runoff Presidential election, on June 7th, and the strange relationship between Peru’s chaotic politics and…
The Men Who Lie About Their Height
From guys trying to make it past women’s six-foot filter on dating apps to Spurs players, it seems no man…
How Pakistan Is Using the Iran War to Reinvent Itself
The country’s emergence as an unlikely mediator between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic illustrates how diplomacy has become more…
Lessons in Fanhood from the Knicks
Grown men weep on the way to the N.B.A. Finals. Vinson Cunningham on the drama of the Knicks fan.
The Strange Emptiness of the Crowded Governor’s Race in California
The state’s ballot is nineteen inches long, and lists sixty-one gubernatorial candidates. But where are the star applicants? Nathan Heller…
Italy Has Failed to Qualify for Three Straight World Cups. Are the Country’s Immigration Policies to Blame?
After winning the tournament in 2006, gli Azzurri have become a national embarrassment, and their failure has sparked a conversation…
Inside Lebanon’s Fraught Push to Disarm Hezbollah
Lebanon has pledged to bring all weapons under state control. But in the face of continued Israeli attacks, Hezbollah refuses…
What the Pope Said About A.I.
Jill Lepore on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas,” on the risks of artificial intelligence.