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THE APES OF WRATH

NFTS LIKE BORED APES WERE SUPPOSED ΤΟ BE A FAST TRACK TO BILLIONS. THEIR RAPID DECLINE SAYS A LOT ABOUT CRYPTO, CELEBRITY, AND ART IN THE HYPE ERA

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

With a classic flair for Hollywood intrigue, The Ankler has become an industry mustread. But can Richard Rushfield and Janice Min scale a scrappy newsletter into a media empire?

WEST OF EDEN

OUT OF THE FRINGE RIGHT, A NEW VISION OF THE OLD FRONTIER IS RISING OFF THE GRID, BACK TO THE LAND, \"PROTECTING\" AN AMERICAN DREAM THAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THEIR OWN

SHOCKING THE CONSCIOUSNESS

The New Age sounds of Laraaji.

MARVELLOUS THINGS

The worlds of Italo Calvino.

TWITTER CHECK MARKS, UPDATED

Twitter launched a new verified program this winter with manual authentication and different-colored check marks for different types of users. The C.E.O., Elon Musk, tweeted, “Gold checks for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) . . . Painful, but necessary.”

THE END OF THE ENGLISH MAJOR

Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country. What happened?

THE PRICE OF BELIEF

The unravelling of Wirecard, the biggest fraud in German history.

TALKING TO OURSELVES

Can artificial minds heal real ones?

ELEMENTAL NEED

Phosphorus helped save our way of life—and now threatens to end it.

MAKING TRACKS

“Cocaine Bear” and The Quiet Girl.”

THE AFTER-PARTY

The return of Party Down,” on Starz.

81 Minutes With... Bernie Sanders

My Valentine's Day date railed against Über-capitalism, signed autographs, and ordered soup.

A Reporter at Large – After the Gold Rush

How South Africa's abandoned mines filled with men risking their lives for a fortune.

A G.P.S. Route for My Anxiety

Shouts & Murmurs

THE LAST GROWN UP

She heard their footsteps on the stairs. Water running in their bathroom. She sensed her daughters every where, but it was just her imagination.

TABLES FOR TWO

Legacy Pizza: Naples vs. N.Y.C.

ANNALS OF INQUIRY YOU FIRST

Does anyone really know what it means to be \"Indigenous\"?

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

Ever since Nora, the heroine of Henrik Ibsen’s proto-feminist masterwork “A Doll’s House,” from 1879, walked out on her husband and out of her domestic cage, actresses have yearned to play her. Jessica Chastain (above, center), last year’s Best Actress Oscar winner, steps into the role for a sixteen-week Broadway run, now in previews at the Hudson, opening March 9. Jamie Lloyd directs a new adaptation, by Amy Herzog, featuring (from left to right) Arian Moayed (“Succession”) and Okieriete Onaodowan (“Hamilton”).

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, ordered the invasion of Ukraine, unleashing the full force of his military on an unthreatening neighbor, and the full force of his propagandists on his own population.

THE ART WORLD DUTCH TREAT

A bravura show at the Rijksmuseum gathers more Vermeers at once than the artist himself ever saw.

TURN OFF THE LIGHT

What’s lost when darkness becomes endangered?

DEATH BECOMES HER

Rebecca Makkai confronts our true-crime obsession.

OUT OF FOCUS

\"Pictures from Home\" and \"Cornelia Street.\"

FLUIDITY

Justin Peck finds his feet.

LETTER FROM ISRAEL MINISTER OF CHAOS

Itamar Ben-Gvir and the politics of reaction.

LATE SHIFT

After a career made from amiable roles, Randall Park breaks out of character.

135 Minutes With ...Jonathan Majors

Everyone seems to be in love with the newest MCU star. But he's more than a pretty face.

Why New Jersey?

A groundbreaking photographer's lost project.

Annals of Psychology: Not Fooling Anyone

The dubious rise of impostor syndrome.