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The National Interest: Jonathan Chait
Trump, Trapped A weakened president takes another step to protect himself at all costs.
The National Interest: Jonathan Chait
Awful can still get worse however the midterms go, the immediate future of the Republican Party is clear.
Swingin' Belgrade
In Tito’s Yugoslavia, the Soviet bloc was anything but drab.
Queen Of The Mockumentary
My life in Christopher Guest movies.
Una Pizza Risurrezione
A Neapolitan-pie master returns to New York with less trailblazing, more polish and comfort.
A Modest Proposal
Facebook is basically a nation-state. Which means it needs a constitution.
Documented: Absence Of History
The spaces where bronze Confederates once stood.
Tribes: The 125 Million-People-Strong Battle Royale
Fortnite has become the Snapchat of video games.
211 Minutes With.... Julia Salazar
Meet the other Democratic Socialist running in a New York election.
Collusion: A Plausible Theory Of Donald Trump, Russian Asset Since 1987
A CRAZY QUILT OF CONNECTIONSConfused? Turn the page for how it all could have played out.
The Extinction Of The Middle Child
They’re becoming an American rarity, just when America could use them the most.
Petty Crime
Drake settles scores—lots of them—on Scorpion.
This Killing Machine Called America
East Village artist and culture warrior gets an overdue—but very timely— retrospective.
Once More Into The Storm
A misbegotten King Lear that Glenda Jackson does not redeem.
All That Jazz And Then Some
Fosse/Verdon goes deep on its subjects.
Night Moves
Two downtown daytime joints extend their hours with delicious results. by robin raisfeld and rob patronite
The Half Billion-Dollar "Leonardo"
How an art picker and a gallerist, plus a couple of restoration experts, alongside a handful of scholars and museum directors, not to mention two auction houses, a Russian oligarch, and the Saudi crown prince, turned a $1,000 bet into a $ 450 million Leonardo Da Vinci.
The Political-Parent Trap
Domestic platforms what changes when the presidential field is full of mothers, not just fathers.
180 Minutes With Natasha Lyonne
Existentialism at the East Village Planetarium.
Not Looking For The End Of The World
A TROVE OF OVER 60 exquisitely beautiful, quasi-abstract coloured-pencil landscapes by Joseph Yoakum are emitting undulant optical auroras on Madison Avenue right now.
Lady Vengeance
In The Nightingale, the director of The Babadook returns with a tale of real-life monsters.
The Most Gullible Man In Cambridge
A Harvard Law professor who teaches a class on judgment wouldn’t seem like an obvious mark, would he?
Who Killed Tulum?
Greed, gringos, diesel, drugs, shamans, seaweed, and a disco ball in the jungle.
The Cut 'June Newton' Was Never Famous
But photographer Alice Springs knew how to put stars like Grace Jones at ease—and her husband, Helmut, in heels.
Steven Soderbergh Used To Make Movies Like This......But Now He Does It Like This
The director on the high-speed production of High Flying Bird.
Take No Man's Censure
Ophelia gives Shakespeare’s classic a feminist spin.
Are These The Faces Of A New Brooklyn Dynasty?
Maybe, but the Knicks and James Dolan may have the last laugh.
A Brooklyn Heights Preschool Is Locked In Parent-Teacher Drama
What happened when the oldest nursery school in Brooklyn decided to become a little less old-fashioned?
Deep Undercover
A detective gets an unlikely assignment in BlacKkKlansman.
A Mini Master Class With Billy Joel
THOUGH BILLY JOEL stopped writing songs long ago, he’s remained devoted to the art of songwriting. Going back to the mid1990s, Joel has regularly conducted master classes at colleges across the country, during which he takes questions, performs, and shares advice about his craft—like he’s done here. Speaking from his home in Long Island, the man responsible for 33 Top 40 singles offered the following insights.