Gain Of Function

How much risk of an accidental pandemic is too much?

The Memory War

When Jennifer Freyd accused her father of sexual abuse, her parents set out to discredit her—creating a controversial school of psychology that has bolstered the defense of countless sex offenders.

Blurbed To Death

How one of publishing’s most hyped books became its biggest horror story and still ended up a best seller.

At Home With Fran Lebowitz

Martin Scorsese’s conversational docuseries is a cranky, necessary love letter to New York.

Torrey Peters Goes There

The author’s debut novel, Detransition, Baby, wades into two of the most vulnerable questions for trans women.

The System: Zak Cheney-Rice

The Never-ending Coup Against Black America - Historically, “recovery” tends to look a lot like betrayal.

The Group Portrait: A Beleaguered White House Press Corps

Four years of history, day after day after day.

Prom King

With a huge Netflix deal and the power to green-light just about anything, Ryan Murphy has become the ultimate insider. And his work is suffering.

Schlock to Remember

If you can’t wait to relive last year, Netflix has a special for you.

Extremely Online: Craig Jenkins

Clubhouse Is Close to Becoming Our New Internet Wasteland - If you love mess, you won’t be disappointed.

A 1915 Crown Heights House That's Only On Its Third Owners

After living all over the world, Thomas Gensemer and Gabe Brotman settled down in a Brooklyn place with “a bit of an English feel to it.”

220 minutes with … Sarah McBride

Strolling Wilmington with Delaware’s history-making new state senator.

Who Did J.K. Rowling Become?

Deciphering the most beloved, most reviled children’s book author in history.

Living With Karens

A white woman calls the polıce on her Black neıghbors. Sıx months later, they stıll share a property lıne.

The Lives of Francis Ford Coppola

The director on recutting The Godfather Part III and an epic, chaotic career—which he’s not done with just yet.

The Group Portrait: Los Deliveristas Unidos, the Essential Workers of Takeout

Organizing the delivery workers who keep much of the city fed.

The National Interest: Gabriel Debenedetti

The Gentle Generalists A Biden style of government is emerging: lowest drama possible.

When Things Got Bleak, DJ iMarkkeyz Made the Remix

Metaphorically unmasking the DJ whose viral videos soundtracked this year.

The Devils Went Down to Georgia

In America’s newest swing state, where the fate of the nation rests on the outcome of two Senate runoffs, all of the candidates are relying on Donald Trump for one last turn out extravaganza.

COVID Diaries: Anna Silman

Panic! in the Pod Some groups survive through teamwork; others eat each other alive.

A Brooklyn Family's Pet-Friendly, Kid-Filled Self-Made Comfort Zone

Ada Davila and Agustin Hurtado transformed part of a 19th-century brewery in East Williamsburg into a bright and lively home.

121 minutes with …Guy Fieri

A trip to the ranch with America’s most misunderstood chef.

An 1880 Artist's Cottage in the Rockaways That Feels Like a Ship

Patrick Clark has spent the last 22 years bringing the house back to life, preserving it for its next century.

The Group Portrait: The Unhinged Observers of ‘The Drunken Canal'

Dimes Square gets the publication it deserves.

Reasons We've Loved New York

So Long, Friends - A send-off to the many places, big and small, that closed in 2020.

We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time

The silver bullet we’ve been waiting for took all of one weekend to design.

Afterimages – Our Shared Unsharing

Our Shared Unsharing Instagram couldn’t handle 2020 either.

Noticed: Black Surgical Masks

Favored among the stylish from Calabasas to the Odeon.

Cold Comforts

Two downtown Asian-inspired kitchens brave the elements with distinctly personal, creative cooking.

Quarantine Brain

Nothing made sense this year—unless you were on the internet.