How We’re Beating the Heat
Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Jason Roeder, Mike Sacks, and Ted Travelstead offer a humorous list of ways to stay cool…
June 2026
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Kathryn Schulz profiles Jeanne Manford, the founder of PFLAG and a fighter for L.G.B.T.Q. civil rights.
How ACT UP Changed America
The defiant group of AIDS activists was itself riven by discord. Michael Specter on Sarah Schulman’s “Let the Record Show,”…
Gay Pride and Stonewall, Through the Eyes of Fred W. McDarrah
Hilton Als writes about the photography of Fred W. McDarrah, the Village Voice’s first staff photographer, who documented the gay-pride…
The Autoworker Who Wouldn’t Stay in the Closet
When Ron Woods came out at Chrysler, he realized he would have to fight for his safety in an industry…
Parade
Anthony Hiss on a gay-rights parade held in Greenwich Village in 1970 to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall…
France Supplies the Spectacle Against Norway
With Erling Haaland watching from the bench, Ousmane Dembélé scored three times as Les Bleus won, 4–1, in a much-anticipated…
The Coastal Mysteries of “Romería” and “Rose of Nevada”
In rich, melancholy new films from the directors Carla Simón and Mark Jenkin, the restorative power of cinema turns out…
Scenes from La Canicule in Paris
During a historic heat wave, air-conditioning has become the linchpin of an intensifying political debate in France, Doreen St. Félix…
The Evolution of Messi
Jordan Salama writes about the ways in which soccer and Lionel Messi’s beautiful game have helped him to connect with…