World
Reëxamining Victimhood in Guatemala
While Corzo was working on the book, he learned that Walter Barahona, the brother of one of the gang’s leaders, José Luis Barahona, was…
Section
World
World
Diane Arbus and the Too-Revealing Detail
A photographer’s legacy, though, is not like a painter’s: Arbus didn’t leave signed prints hanging around, like canvases drying in a…
World
The Lost Dances of Paul Taylor
If a dance isn’t performed for a long time, it starts to disappear. People’s memories of it fade, and videos can be…
World
David Plunkert’s “On Parade”
Nearly five months into Donald Trump’s second term, he is not only increasingly turning America into an autocracy with his endless stream…
World
Grocery Shopping with My Dead Dad
© 2025 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as…
World
How the Meanest Genre Got Nice
Two months ago, the world lost a gruff and burly guitar player named Al Barile. He was sixty-three when he died, after a battle with…
World
How Addison Rae Went from TikTok to the Pop Charts
In 2021, the TikTok star Addison Rae released her début single, “Obsessed.” It’s a whispery electro-pop tune about either unapologetic…
World
Haruka Aoki’s “Nothing to See”
Animals displaying human behaviors are often the stuff of fables, intent on communicating moral lessons. But in this work, by the Japanese…
World
Taylor Swift’s Master Plan
In retrospect, that Tumblr post might be one of the most important things that Swift has ever written. It has all the qualities of a good…
World
Warped Ways of Seeing “P.O.V.”
You open your short-form online video platform of choice and see: A woman dancing in pointe shoes with London’s Tower Bridge in the…
World
Iran’s Daughters of the Sea
They have worked in defiance of Iran’s labor laws, which stipulate that “women shall not be employed to perform dangerous, arduous or…
World
The Heartrending Movies of John Cazale
With his sallow face and boulder-like forehead, John Cazale was one of the indelible character actors of the nineteen-seventies, but his…
World
Miley Cyrus’s Voice
Two weeks ago, in the run-up to the release of her ninth studio album, “Something Beautiful,” Miley Cyrus, who is thirty-two and one of…
World
“Ballerina” Leaps into John Wick’s Bloody World
It’s been instructive to see “Ballerina,” which opens this week, so soon after the new “Mission: Impossible” installment. In the latter,…
World
How Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone,…
World
Why Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone,…
World
“Mountainhead” Channels the Absurdity of the Tech Bro
Four tech billionaires walk into a mansion. It sounds like the setup for a punch line, but it also forms nearly the entire conceit behind…
World
What Isaac Asimov Reveals About Living with A.I.
For this week’s Open Questions column, Cal Newport is filling in for Joshua Rothman. In the spring of 1940, Isaac Asimov, who had just…
World
The Met’s Exhibit on Black Male Style Is an Exceptional Achievement
Writing in this magazine in 1973, Kennedy Fraser referred to style as “individualistic, aristocratic, and reckless,” and one or all of…
World
How Margaret Fuller Set Minds on Fire
In the four and a half decades since its founding, the Library of America has issued not only the pillars of our national literature but…
World
In Praise of Jane Austen’s Least Beloved Novel
“Northanger Abbey” is the least beloved of Jane Austen’s six novels. It also appears frequently in university-level literature classes.…
World
John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous “Madame X”
Summer is a season ripe for scandal; people tend to be overheated and understimulated, looking to mist their crisping minds with idle…