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Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains
Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
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The Grammy-winning singer talks about “Hazel Eyes,” which marks a departure for them: these love songs are very much requited. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Sam Smith on Their New Album, “Hazel Eyes”
The Grammy-winning singer talks about “Hazel Eyes,” which marks a departure for them: these love songs are very much requited.
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The protagonists of “Tony” and “Late Fame” find themselves struggling with their writerly destinies. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Tony,” “Late Fame,” and the Rocky Road to Literary Stardom
The protagonists of “Tony” and “Late Fame” find themselves struggling with their writerly destinies.
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On Sunday, President Donald Trump dismissed the domestic-abuse claims against Max Miller as “just allegations.” The accuser is the Republican Senator Bernie Moreno’s daughter, a man who is at least as important a figure to the White House as Miller. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/hfH4jl
Max Miller’s Victim Mentality
Max Miller’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of Ohio’s senior senator—is testing the Republican Party’s willingness to defend the indefensible.
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In 2021, a woman being treated for severe morning sickness was placed in isolation three times. She was told that she was rejecting her baby. Now a scientist has found a genetic cause of a condition that afflicts millions. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/c...
Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?
For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
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For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/c...
Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?
For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
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How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Why the Right Wing Is Embracing This Psychedelic Drug
How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub.
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Architectural style that flourished in the sixteenth century: five letters. www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
The Mini Crossword: Friday, August 7, 2026
Architectural style that flourished in the sixteenth century: five letters.
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What to do this week, in New York City and beyond. www.newyorker.com/culture/goin...
The Modern R. & B. of Olivia Dean and Baby Rose
What to do this week, in New York City and beyond.
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Can you make a longer word with each new letter? www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Shuffalo: Friday, August 7, 2026
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
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Can you sort the items into the correct order? www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Catalogues: Friday, August 7, 2026
Can you sort the items into the correct order?
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The number of words we speak daily seems to be dropping by more than 300 each year. Some researchers blame the internet; others blame the erosion of small, everyday interactions with strangers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/uOpb44
What Scientists Learned by Eavesdropping on Thousands of People
After researchers found that we’re speaking less and less each year, Shayla Love spent a week collecting audio recordings from her own life.
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In 2016, Steve Eimers’s daughter died when she hit a defective guardrail. Then he learned that the country was full of them. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/acHtmw
One Man’s Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail
In 2016, Steve Eimers’s daughter died when she hit a defective guardrail. Then he learned that the country was full of them.
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Humans have embraced G.P.S. as a tool for easy navigation. But what do we lose when we no longer have to locate ourselves in space, parse out our surroundings, and stay calm when we don’t know where we are? www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
How G.P.S. Changed the Way We Think
A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
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Up close with sex workers of the streaming era. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
OnlyFans Creators Bare All
Up close with sex workers of the streaming era.
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How Donald Trump slashed the Voice of America, a journalistic service created by the U.S. government to tell America’s story to the world. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/0trSSs
How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America
The Voice of America was created to spread the story of freedom and democracy around the world. Now, with many of its journalists being paid to stay home, it’s delivering a very different message.
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How Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything
How Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
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From the daily newsletter: the New Yorker’s television critic on her favorite three shows of 2026 so far. www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
Three Shows to Watch Right Now
From the daily newsletter: the New Yorker’s television critic on her favorite three shows of 2026 so far.
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It wasn’t so long ago that we all got around without G.P.S. Yet our dependence on the technology has already changed the way we think. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
How G.P.S. Changed the Way We Think
A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
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Honesty isn’t always the best policy. www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bli...
Jeanine Pirro, Antihero
Honesty isn’t always the best policy.
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Viewers argue about the various values of cinematic adaptations. But “the fundamental question of scripts and their adaptations is one of freedom,” Richard Brody writes. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Makes an Adaptation Good?
The kerfuffle over Christopher Nolan’s fidelity to Homer’s Odyssey reflects major questions in the history of cinema.
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Marco Rubio’s journey from an ageless, bland man to the designated adult in the White House, according to New Yorker Humor: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/fee2uW
“Can a musician who is a ‘nepo baby’ channel the mystical frequencies of existence?” Brady Brickner-Wood asks. “If you turn to the internet for the answers, the verdict is clear: no.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/MAiM39
Stella Lefty and the Rise of Nepo-Baby Musicians and “Industry Plants”
From the pop singer Gracie Abrams to the Gen Z rock band Geese, the internet levies the titles “nepo baby” and “industry plant” on artists they believe to be the carefully arranged product of corporate influence—regardless of the music’s merit.
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The Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno said his former son-in-law, Max Miller, should no longer serve in Congress after his daughter accused the congressman of domestic violence. Donald Trump said he’s “going to let the families figure that out.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jveP-7
Max Miller’s Victim Mentality
Max Miller’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of Ohio’s senior senator—is testing the Republican Party’s willingness to defend the indefensible.
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Sixty years ago, an Oklahoma housewife became evangelically devoted to the belief that powerful and obscure forces had suppressed the full story of J.F.K.’s assassination, providing a preview of a contemporary archetype. www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...
The Godmother of the “Conspiracy Mom”
Sixty years ago, an Oklahoma housewife became evangelically devoted to the belief that powerful and obscure forces had suppressed the full story of J.F.K.’s assassination, providing a preview of a contemporary archetype.
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