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SHAMS CHARANIA HAS SPENT A DECADE TEXTING AND TWEETING HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE NBA REPORTING WORLD. HIS NEW COLLEAGUES AT THE NEW YORK TIMES WONDER IF HE'S A THREAT TO THEIR JOURNALISM

DO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE STAND A CHANCE... AGAINST TRUMP?

On the trail with the candidates (supposedly) vying for the Republican nomination

Grub Street Diet: Dwight Garner A Muffuletta in the Freezer

The book critic's week of organ meat, fried cheese, and PB&Ps

Molly Baz

Dinner at a SoCal steakhouse with Molly Baz, who built a recipe empire on Morty-D and Cae Sal

The Ghost in the Shell

Light-filled offices rise from the Domino Sugar refinery's dirty past

The National Interest: Jonathan Chait The Coup Déjà Vu Why House Republicans keep ousting one another

\"THE HISTORY OF THE EMPIRE is a monotonous story of the intrigues of priests, eunuchs, and women, of poisonings, of conspiracies, of uniform ingratitude, of perpetual fratricides,\" wrote a 19th-century historian

67 Minutes With... Werner Herzog

The filmmaker famous for bending the truth tries his hand at memoir.

'Romeo and Juliet' Was a Tragedy

In 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.

Silent Witness

Looking again at Manet's Olympia.

Unspoken Truths

A publishing-world satire that's dead on.

Minutes of Infinity

Annie Baker continues with the calmest to ruffle feathers of breezes.

In Noah Kahan's Flannel World, You're the Main Character

An evening of teens and tears with the newly crowned prince of Stomp and Holler 2.0.

Just Like Old Friends

The newest trio to lead Merrily We Roll Along might just rewrite its Broadway history.

Kid Brain

Abby Hanlon's Dory Fantasmagory series is some of the best children's literature in years.

Todd Haynes Plays the Superego

The director is interested in people constrained by society's rules. In his latest, he makes it harder to root for the rule-breakers.

How Did Cabbage Become Sexy?

Chefs are wrapping it around all sorts of wild fillings.

The Injera I've Been Waiting For

It's fluffy, fresh, and made in Greenpoint.

Caviar, Calamari, and a Kardashian Sartiano's is a members-mostly club.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE here knows each other,\" said a friend on a visit to Sartiano's as we tore into a high-domed puck of olive-studded focaccia, oven-hot, and a TikTok- bait $48 plate of \"caviar cannolis,\" gooey with mascarpone and American sturgeon, fridge-cold.

IT'S GIVING HALSTON

Evoking \"the spirit of a bygone hedonism” in a sensible mid-century West Side co-op.

Z Coil's Spring-Loaded Orthopedic Sandals

I BOUGHT Z-COILS in the midst of an existential crisis. A month after increasing my testosterone dose, I felt acutely uncomfortable in my skin.

The Oppenheirmer of Our Age

Sam Altman insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens its advancement. Do we know enough about him?

HEARTBURN

Rupert Murdoch didn't want to DUMP HIS RATINGS LEADER and favorite Fox host. But was Tucker Carlson giving him a choice?

The Discourse: Ryu Spaeth

Cancel Culture Grows Up Have we figured out how to separate the repugnant from the merely unlucky?

The Group Portrait: Give the Liberty Their Grown

How New York's WNBA team became the hottest ticket in town.

The Body Politic: Rebecca Traister

The Return of the Marriage Plot Why everyone is suddenly so eager for men and women to get hitched.

Adorable Little Detonators

Our friendship survived bad dates, illness, marriage, fights. Why can't it survive your baby?

A Decamping to a Bro ad Channel Swim Club

A few years ago, co-founders Coming Soon Helena Barquet and Fabiana Faria left the Upper East Side for the Rockaways.

The Journalist and the Billionaire

Walter Isaacson is a man with a golden rolodex, impeccable Establishment credentials, and world-class schmoozing skills. Now he has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all those things.

How Zadie Smith Lost Her Teeth

Since her audacious debut, the author has been moving toward character-driven realism. In the process, she has become the least interesting version of herself.

A Very Sheer Afternoon

I wore a lasagna of Miu Miu chiffon to Trader Joe's.