The New Yorker
D.C. POSTCARD WATCH YOUR STEP
A complaint for negligence, recently filed in the District of Columbia, describes what it calls “The Longstanding Hole in the Sidewalk in front of the IRS building.” The document offers a capsule history of the six-inch-deep, eight-inch-wide circular void in the tax agency’s sidewalk. Around September of 2011, the hole was filled with cement. By the summer of 2015, the cement had been removed. Orange cones subsequently appeared around the hole. That November, D.C.’s Department of Transportation determined that the hole needed to be filled, “contingent upon funding and weather.” A month later, the department referred the hole-filling job to the feds. Cones remained around the hole, off and on, through 2017. Years passed. The cones disappeared, along with Presidential Administrations and the Bed Bath & Beyond franchise. The hole in the sidewalk remained.
2 min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
BOOTS ON THE GROUND
There aren't many moments in Donald Trump's political career that could be called highlights.
4 min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
SUBWAY VIGILANTE
Revisiting the New York shooting that defined an era
10+ min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
CONTAGION
A Broadway revival of Tracy Letts's “Bug.”
6 min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
CONQUESTS
\"Magellan\" and \"The Testament of Ann Lee.\"
6 min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
THE PICTURES PERIOD CORRECT
When Miyako Bellizzi was designing the costumes for “Marty Supreme,” the new Josh Safdie movie, she spent a lot of time thinking about Timothée Chalamet’s underwear. His character, Marty, a Ping-Pong champ from the Lower East Side, might have worn a one-piece union suit, the conventional male undergarment of 1952, when the movie is set. But boxers and briefs were just coming into style, and although most of Marty’s shabby wardrobe was likely a few years old, Bellizzi opted to put him in the newfangled undies. She explained her logic: “It’s kind of like how our grandmothers aren’t wearing thongs, but we are.” (She added, “And, to be honest, the union suit is not the greatest look, right?”)
3 min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
HERE TO THERE DEPT. V.I.P. IN CHAINS
Whatever else you think about invading a country and capturing its President, there’s no getting around the inconvenience of imprisoning Nicolás Maduro in New York City. Maduro is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, near Industry City, in Brooklyn.
3 min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
MOM AND DAD: THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Mom, Dad, thanks for being on time this year. Dad, I can see by your T-shirt that it was a challenge. So you've already exceeded expectations.
3 min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY: HEY THERE!
How WhatsApp took over the global conversation.
10+ min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
CALL OF THE WILD
When calamity strikes in America's busiest national park, who comes to the rescue?
10+ min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
POWER TRIP
As Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has become the unlikely executor of Trump's disruptive foreign policy.
10+ min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
UNDER THREAT
The Danes were America's most loyal ally. Now they feel targeted—and terrified.
10+ min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
Kim's Game
It still feels strange not to start her day with the first milking.
10+ min |
January 19, 2026
The New Yorker
Patrick Radden Keefe on Truman Capote's “In Cold Blood”
In 1972, on “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson asked Truman Capote about capital punishment. Capote had written, in unsettling detail, about the hanging of two killers, Dale Hickock and Perry Smith. Carson said, of the death penalty, “As long as the people don't have to see it, they seem to be all for it”; if executions occurred “in the public square,” Americans might stop doing them. Capote wasn't so sure. His hands laced together professorially, he murmured, in his baby-talk drawl, “Human nature is so peculiar that, really, millions of people would watch it and get some sort of vicarious sensation.”
3 min |
January 19, 2026
New York magazine
How to Forgive a Country
How to Forgive a Country: It's no small matter for a government to admit its predecessors were criminal.
5 min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
464 MINUTES WITH ...Justin McDaniel
The UPenn professor has developed a cult following for getting his students to read novels—as long as they follow his rules.
10+ min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
What Diane von Fürstenberg Can't Live Without
The designer on the swimsuit she owns hundreds of, the tights she has thousands of, and the European probiotic she takes twice a day.
2 min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
The Palazzo on Beekman Place
A pied-à-terre channels Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venice.
2 min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
Closing the Deal With Coconut Shrimp
The Grill is too expensive. Bobby Van's is dead. But the business lunch is thriving at midtown's Tommy Bahama, of all places.
4 min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
All My Friends Are Leaving L.A.
It was such a rough year even always: Angelenos turned into cynics.
10+ min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
Savior Complex
The medical procedural's second season is a little too sure of itself.
5 min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
Grace Notes
A musical about the founding leader of the Shaker faith is odd and exhilarating
3 min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
Audrey Hobert Says She Scripted It All
The rising pop star, known for her shrewd lyrics, is a screenwriter at heart. She's already drafting her next chapter.
10+ min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
Folie à Deux
Bug doesn't quite manage to get under our skin.
5 min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
THE SON KING
With help from his father, Larry, and their billions in Oracle money, DAVID ELLISON is trying to become the biggest studio mogul in Hollywood history.
10+ min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
The IMPROBABLE RISE and FIZZLING OUT of VEGANISM
MEAT'S BACK ON THE MENU.
10+ min |
January 12-25, 2026
New York magazine
The Costume Cure
Bored with mingling and cocktails, the ultrarich are spending infinite sums on theme parties.
5 min |
January 12-25, 2026
Woman's World
Reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes
As we age, our odds of developing this serious condition increase. And when the body can't properly use or produce insulin, that can put you at higher risk of complications such as kidney failure. The good news? Even if your blood sugar has been creeping up, you can take steps to lower it
1 min |
January 19, 2026
Woman's World
Get your car winter-ready in a snap!
A few quick hacks can take the chill out of cold-weather headaches-keeping you warm and calm on the road
1 min |
January 19, 2026
Woman's World
"Help me put down my phone!"
We all want to be more present-but our cell constantly pulls us in a million directions. Here, a simple device detox to help you silence the noise and savor the moment
2 min |