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GROWING PAINS
The New Yorker

GROWING PAINS

In Phoenix's upscale suburbs, authorities slowly realized that the Gilbert Goons might be a violent teen gang.

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July 01, 2024
BEST INBREED
The New Yorker

BEST INBREED

The rise of canine clones.

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July 01, 2024
MEDIEVAL LONGING
The New Yorker

MEDIEVAL LONGING

The fourteenth-century love songs of Guillaume de Machaut.

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July 01, 2024
THE NORTH STAR
The New Yorker

THE NORTH STAR

Harriet Tubman’ radical faith.

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July 01, 2024
UNHOLY TRINITY
The New Yorker

UNHOLY TRINITY

“Kinds of Kindness.”

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July 01, 2024
HERO BALL
The New Yorker

HERO BALL

Who was the main character of the N.B.A. Finals?

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6 mins  |
July 01, 2024
The Crackdown
The New Yorker

The Crackdown

Fighting drug gangs, a young President declares war within his own country.

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June 24, 2024
MIDDLE-AGE FANTASIES
The New Yorker

MIDDLE-AGE FANTASIES

You are seated on the examination table when the nurse enters. She’s tall and raven-haired, with enormous blue eyes and candy-red lips. She says hello with a husky Eastern European accent, which reminds you of a recent episode of “The Daily” about Polish elections.

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June 24, 2024
the buggy RODDY DOYLE
The New Yorker

the buggy RODDY DOYLE

There were people at the far end of the beach. Some adults, a lot of children.

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June 24, 2024
THE PLAGUE DOCTOR
The New Yorker

THE PLAGUE DOCTOR

Anthony Fauci on what's ailing America.

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June 24, 2024
HEAT RISING
The New Yorker

HEAT RISING

The era of the line cook.

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7 mins  |
June 24, 2024
UNSHATTERED
The New Yorker

UNSHATTERED

How the philosopher Charles Taylor would reënchant the world.

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June 24, 2024
THE SPACE BETWEEN
The New Yorker

THE SPACE BETWEEN

\"Janet Planet.\" The first time we meet Janet in \"Janet Planet,\" a wondrous début feature from the celebrated playwright Annie Baker, she is standing on a rural road a little way from the camera.

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June 24, 2024
LABOR PAINS
The New Yorker

LABOR PAINS

Lucy Kirkwood's \"The Welkin\" assesses women's work.

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5 mins  |
June 24, 2024
OFFLINE
The New Yorker

OFFLINE

Lizzy McAlpine on the power and pitfalls of viral fame.

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7 mins  |
June 24, 2024
GHOSTS ON THE WATER
The New Yorker

GHOSTS ON THE WATER

Glass eels are mysterious creatures—and worth a fortune to those who catch them.

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June 24, 2024
SMALL WONDER
The New Yorker

SMALL WONDER

How will nanomachines change our lives?

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June 24, 2024
In Search of Lost Time
The New Yorker

In Search of Lost Time

The strange journey of John Lennon's stolen Patek Philippe watch.

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June 24, 2024
Books – Everything in Hand
The New Yorker

Books – Everything in Hand

The C.I.A.'s covert ops have mattered-but not in the way that it hoped.

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June 17, 2024
His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The New Yorker

His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Ye bought a masterpiece by Tadao Ando-and gave it a violent remix.

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June 17, 2024
MOVE IN FOR THE CULL
The New Yorker

MOVE IN FOR THE CULL

The complicated calculus of killing some wild creatures to protect others.

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June 17, 2024
FOND OF FLAGS
The New Yorker

FOND OF FLAGS

My wife is fond of fast food. I am not. My wife is particularly fond of the Wendy’s Baconator. I argue that it’s less expensive to order a Dave’s Double with a side of bacon, then put your own pretzels on top. (I’m fond of the Rold Gold Tiny Twists Original.)

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June 17, 2024
TROPHY ROOM
The New Yorker

TROPHY ROOM

Going on safari.

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June 17, 2024
SCREEN GRAB
The New Yorker

SCREEN GRAB

How CoComelon conquered children's television.

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June 17, 2024
GREAT MIGRATIONS
The New Yorker

GREAT MIGRATIONS

\"Home\" and \"What Became of Us.\"

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5 mins  |
June 17, 2024
SICK, SAD WORLD
The New Yorker

SICK, SAD WORLD

What COVID did to fiction.

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June 17, 2024
CHICAGO ON THE SEINE CAMILLE BORDAS
The New Yorker

CHICAGO ON THE SEINE CAMILLE BORDAS

I used to tell myself stories on the job, to make it feel exciting—spy stories, exfiltration stories, war stories. I used to come up with poignant little details that turned the repatriation cases I worked on into “Saving Private Ryan,” into “Johnny Got His Gun.”

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June 17, 2024
A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE
The New Yorker

A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE

How life in a co-living community changed after October 7th.

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June 17, 2024
Making a Roman Emperor
Archaeology

Making a Roman Emperor

A newly discovered monumental arch in Serbia reveals a family's rise to power in the late second century A.D.

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July/August 2024
The Assyrian Renaissance
Archaeology

The Assyrian Renaissance

Archaeologists return to Nineveh in northern Iraq, one of the ancient world's grandest imperial capitals

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July/August 2024