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The System: Zak Cheney-Rice

Death by Firing Squad Why is an archaic form of execution making a comeback?

THE SUBWAY IS SCARY AGAIN. TO SOME PEOPLE. SOMETIMES.

The mass shooting on the N train underscored questions about safety that have dogged New Yorkers since the onset of the pandemic.

Black-ish Was No Televised Revolution

The show always aimed for the third rail, but it played it safe more often than not.

More or Less

After years of marriage, Dorothy and Stephen Globus grew apart aesthetically. So they built his and hers apartments, side by side.

The Aperitivo Hour

As more restaurateurs embrace the breezy Italian art of predinner drinking, New York is awash in bitter-liqueur-based cocktails and salty snacks. Here, where to go and what to get.

Not Quite a Religious Experience

The Shaker-inspired Commerce Inn underwhelms our critic.

The Hardest Day on Set: The Northman

Dozens of extras, nonstop rain, and a village full of animals— what could go wrong?

The Group Portrait: Amazon's Bane

Organizers for ALU are angling for a second historic victory.

THE INSIDE MAN

Meet JOSEPH KAHN, the new, old-school editor of the Times.

The National Interest: Jonathan Chait

Political Correctness Is Losing How the Democratic Party fought back against illiberalism.

Blocked

Luke came out as trans when he was 11, hoping to start hormone therapy as a teenager. Instead, he was held hostage in a political and medical battle that’s far from over.

The Rise of the Gastrotavern

At Inga’s Bar and several other recently opened places, New York’s oldest style of restaurant gets new life.

What Does ‘Now' Look Like?

The Whitney Biennial returns, unusually late and uncommonly strong.

89 Minutes With … Ocean Vuong

The balladeer for the sensitive queer has a metaphor for everything and a new book of poems.

The Body Politic: Rebecca Traister

The Last Days of Roe: Republicans are ready for the end of legal abortion. Are Democrats?

Sexy Cyrano

Behind the scenes at BAM with James McAvoy.

Finding Flaws in the Mona Lisa

Ronny Chieng’s provocations fall flat.

CHAPTER 3 YESTERYEAR: A Journey Down the Borscht River

EATING MY WAY THROUGH MY ANCESTORS’ FOOD, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

NICHOLAS KRISTOF'S BOTCHED RESCUE MISSION

How the lauded Times columnist lost the race for governor of Oregon before it even began.

Margo's Way

She’s one of the boldest cultural critics of the past 50 years. But writing memoir is Margo Jefferson’s true act of defiance.

CHAPTER 2 YESTERYEAR: The Landmarks

A COMMUNITY HISTORY IN FOUR BUILDINGS.

CHAPTER 4 YESTERYEAR: What the Neighbors Remember

SEVENTEEN RECOLLECTIONS OF HOT BEESWA X, SCOUTING, SMUGGLING, RESURRECTIONS, AND A BAND CALLED NEW ORDER.

CHAPTER 1 YESTERYEAR: “THE WORLD WAS UKRAINIAN”

A STUBBORN AND SURPRISING IMMIGRANT ENCLAVE, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE.

A Tale Only As Old As Time

One self-contained multigenerational epic that refutes all mythmaking.

The Money Game: Jen Wieczner

Crypto’s Moral Ledger For the big trading platforms, the war in Ukraine has turned borderlessness into a liability.

Tomorrow: David Wallace-Wells

COVID’s Arithmetic A single metric might change much of what we know about the pandemic.

417 Minutes With… Lacey Leone Mclaughlin

The anti-cancellation consultant hand-holding anxious Hollywood execs afraid of their young assistants.

Impostor Syndrome

When the metamorphosis is constant, how do we ever know the true form?

Jon Batiste on a Lifetime of Musical Alchemy

JON BATISTE HAS NO interest in fitting neatly into categories. The lifelong musician instead is engaged in what he calls a broader “humanist” project— to be as multifaceted and expressive a creator as possible, be that as a recording artist, an Oscar-winning film composer, or a bandleader for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Pete Buttigieg

Thanks to billions of dollars in allocation money, the Transportation secretary is living his best life.