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“My Dad Wasn't Just A Nobody”
Fifteen people at Rikers died in 2021. These are their stories.
86 minutes with … Peter Sarsgaard
The bee-raising, orchard-tending Brooklyn aristocrat on reading Nabokov and making films with Maggie.
Remeeting a Girl Named Maria
If you liked West Side Story before, you’ll love it now.
The Political Life of Dr. OZ
His campaign to be the next Republican senator from Pennsylvania is facing one major problem: Republicans in Pennsylvania.
The National Interest: Jonathan Chait
What the Insurrection Accomplished Trump has transformed his party into something once unrecognizable
My Penis, Myself – A Love Story
On the day I heard that my penis would be huge, I sobbed.
I Couldn't Help But Wonder …
Was this really the best they could do?
686 minutes with …“Gloria”
Tripping till 10 a.m. with a psychonaut therapist at the after-parties for New York’s psychedelics conference.
A Difficult Age
Two teens find each other just in the nick of time.
Rockefeller Centro
With Lodi, Ignacio Mattos brings a touch of Milano to midtown.
The Jail Money Trap
The Museum of Chinese in America was desperate to buy its building. The city found a reason to pay for it— one that threw Chinatown into a years-long fight.
The City Politic: David Freedlander
Bill de Blasio Did What New Yorkers Wanted So why does he leave office so unpopular?
Extremely Online: Sophie Haigney
The Tabular Self I saw the best minds of my generation being uploaded onto “second-brain” apps.
Because Our Underworld Is World Class
Samuel Fuller (1912–1997) became a newspaper copy boy when he was just 12. By the time he was 17, he was working the murder beat for the New York Evening Graphic, a tabloid so lurid it was known as the New York Pornographic. Fuller knew a good lede when he saw one.
Stephen Sondheim – A Giant in the Sky
The measureless, omnipresent influence of Stephen Sondheim.
Caring Too Much
In Sort Of, Bilal Baig plays a caretaker still learning to love themselves.
Because Not All DISASTER MOVIES CONTAIN EXPLOSIONS
Ciao! Manhattan set out to capture Warhol’s New York underground and instead became a symbol of its demise.
A Very Modern Life in a Very Old Stone House
Peter Speliopoulos and Robert Turner bought the 1720s Hudson Valley house and took their time with it
The Body Politic
The Betrayal of Roe Decades of neglect have brought abortion rights to the precipice.
BECAUSE NEW YORK MAKES THE MOVIES AND THE MOVIES MAKE NEW YORK
OSCAR SEASON IN NEW YORK is always packed with sentimental movie galas, but it’s safe to say the November premiere of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story was more emotional than most.
Losing a Teenage Dream
Before I came to Hollywood, I was confidently queer. Years of mixed messages in the industry changed that.
Tomorrow
Waiting for Omicron The new COVID-19 variant is here. Are we prepared for it?
Bad Bunny Off Cycle
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio turned 27 this year. It’s been a time for introspection.
Kathy Hochul's Got Seven Months
To govern. To campaign. And to tell New Yorkers what, if anything, she believes in.
80 Minutes With… Dasha Nekrasova
The podcast provocateur is on Succession and made a horror movie about Jeffrey Epstein. Are her days of niche fame over?
Biden in Free Fall
Progressive donors to the left of him, cynical centrists to the right— a unified theory of why his popular agenda is so unpopular.
A Normie's Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person
How to (cautiously and skeptically) fall down the rabbit hole.
You Don't Cancel Me. I Cancel You.
On the precipice of sports-gambling riches— and facing sexual-misconduct allegations—Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy doubles down on the culture war.
The Money Game: Jen Wieczner
Revolt of the Goldman Juniors Wall Street’s youngest want more cash and better conditions. But mostly cash.
Climate Reparations
A trillion tons of carbon hang in the air, put there by the world’s rich— an existential threat to its poor. Can we remove it?