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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the morning of Wednesday, November 6th, Donald J. Trump was elected, for the second time, as President of the United States. For the cover of the November 18, 2024, issue,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “People Like Us.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. Sonia Bermúdez divides her time between two cemeteries. In the town of Riohacha, Colombia, she…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A road movie with a twist, “A Real Pain”—which Jesse Eisenberg wrote, directed, and stars in—builds the eventful but thin foreground of its journey on a deep foundation of memory and…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In my youth, in the nineteen-nineties, my record-store experiences were governed by what was, or wasn’t, in my pockets. I was a frequent attendee at the bargain bin, because I had…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As the 2024 Presidential race nears its end, the country seems more and more divided, with democracy hanging in the balance. For the cover of the November 11, 2024, issue, the…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The cartoonist and illustrator Barry Blitt has created more than a hundred New Yorker covers. Whether he’s rendering Lady Liberty as an anxious tightrope walker or Putin as a blue-green sea…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. We don’t always get to choose our dining…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Florence Mars was born on New Year’s Day, 1923, in Neshoba County, Mississippi, a remote patch in the center of the state, where red clay makes it difficult to farm row…

For the first time in a long time, Washington has a team worth rooting for. Credit: image via Getty Images The Chicago Bears were celebrating too early.  Deep in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s game against the Washington Commanders,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story According to the script, the title of the latest play by Dominique Morisseau is “Bad Creole Kreyòl.” We go with the simplified “Bad Kreyòl”—the language of Haiti written in its language,…