
News & Culture
Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Nightmare
How the pop star’s father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life.
By Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino
Sifting Silently Through Surfside’s Rubble
Sinead Imbaro and her Belgian Malinois’s quest for hints of life.
By Stephania Taladrid
De-Adapting from the Pandemic and Trump
This year has brought about two major restart moments.
By Louis Menand
Lessons from the Tragedy in Miami
South Florida may be nearing a point at which even the best-constructed buildings are under threat.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin
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Spotlight
The Fragility of American Democracy
From the archive: a selection of pieces about our delicate political system.
By The New Yorker
New York City’s Needless Election Fiasco
A bungled vote counting brings attention to the city’s poor election administration.
By Eric Lach
The Urge to Destroy a Violin
An Instagram account reveals our respect for and loathing of classical instruments.
By Jennifer Gersten
What Deadlines Do to Lifetimes
Can we find a balance between structuring our time and squandering it?
By Rachel Syme
Can Infrastructure Spending Save a Rust Belt City?
Federal and state funding decide whether communities succeed or disappear.
By Adam Davidson
A Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party
Beijing reverts to a belief that paranoia and suspicion are the best policies.
By Evan Osnos
Enjoying the Plotless Fever Dream of Euro 2020
Fans pack the stands for shockingly good soccer matches.
By Sam Knight

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In Focus
The Coronavirus Crisis
Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.
Racial Injustice and Policing
Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.
Dept. of Returns
Stories of life after the vaccine.
The Future of Democracy
An exploration of democracy in America.
From This Week’s Issue
Paige Williams on Kyle Rittenhouse after Kenosha, Nathan Heller on communal living, Rebecca Mead on a cockatoo art-history mystery, and more.
Humor
How We’re Beating the Heat
Filibustering in breathable outfits, and other summer strategies.
By Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Jason Roeder and more
Marjorie Taylor Greene Reports Space-Laser Sightings
Of the lasers’ purpose, she said, “You’ll have to ask the Rothschilds that.”
By Andy Borowitz
“The Conjuring 4: Critical Race Theory,” Reviewed
The movie takes on the terrors we look away from the most.
By Nina Sharma
Lesser-Known Rejection Stories
Before he had bees, Burt had failed partnerships with dragonflies.
By Taylor Kay Phillips
Fiction & Poetry
Sam Lipsyte on the Madness of Workplaces
The author discusses his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
By Willing Davidson
Boogie-Woogie
“You shout from the other room / You ask me how to spell boogie-woogie.”
By Adam Zagajewski