admin Overheard in New York: Lurking Along Canal Street
Colin Tom humorously depicts snatches of conversation overheard along Canal Street, in New York City’s lower Manhattan, where, apparently, people…
The Myth of the Food Desert
Kelefa Sanneh reviews “Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement,” by Hanna Garth.
The Flawless Surface of Yves Saint Laurent
Naomi Fry on the new show from the International Center of Photography, “Yves Saint Laurent and Photography,” a survey of…
What If We Can Never Trust A.I.?
Joshua Rothman on OpenAI’s revelations of its A.I. hacking Hugging Face, and the risks that artificial intelligence poses to cybersecurity…
Why Is Europe Burning?
M. R. O’Connor writes about the devastating wildfires that have engulfed Spain and other parts of Europe.
Forget Albums—Pop Stars Measure Their Careers in Eras Now
Since the earthshaking success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, artists from the Weeknd to Ariana Grande have tried to imbue…
Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories
Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Glen Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen…
Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party
On The New Yorker Radio Hour, David Remnick interviews the Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, on…
“The Samurai and the Prisoner” Fits a War Epic Into an Elegant Puzzle Box
In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress yields even more confounding questions about…
The Failures of the Fauci Hearing
Amy Davidson Sorkin on why, although Senator Rand Paul, who engineered the hearing, may have come at the matter with…