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Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”

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Published: September 18, 2026 17:40

Malcolm Gladwell, a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, often uses ideas from the social sciences and epidemiology and applies them to surprising topics. But his new book tackles an issue that’s in the headlines every day. The book is called “The…

From In the Dark: The Journey

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Published: September 16, 2026 10:00

A woman who acts as a surrogate, carrying a child for someone else, is said to be going on a “journey.”Kayla Elliott started her surrogacy journey at the age of twenty-six. She gave birth to a baby girl for a wealthy couple living in a mansion in L.A.…

John Wilson and “The History of Concrete”

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Published: September 15, 2026 10:00

John Wilson is a documentary filmmaker, a comedian, and a contemporary philosopher. On his hit HBO show, “How To with John Wilson,” he wandered around New York City filming everyday life, pontificating, and asking strangers questions ranging from the…

Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee

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Published: September 11, 2026 17:40

Colin Kaepernick had a stunning rise as an N.F.L. quarterback after becoming a full-time starter, in 2012. He was a legitimate dual threat—as effective running the ball as he was throwing it. And, to this day, Kaepernick still holds the record for rushing…

Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Americans in a Time of Peril

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Published: September 8, 2026 10:00

For more than thirty years, Edwidge Danticat has written about the experiences of Haitians and Haitian Americans in fiction, memoir, and journalism. In The New Yorker, she has covered the ways in which the Trump Administration has targeted Haitian…

Sarah Longwell, a Former Republican, on “How to Eat an Elephant”

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Published: September 4, 2026 17:40

The political consultant Sarah Longwell runs focus groups of voters, and she has a lot of advice for Democrats seeking to wrest control of the government from MAGA. Longwell, a former Republican disaffected from Donald Trump’s party, presents her playbook…

Gloria Steinem in Conversation with David Remnick, from 2015

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Published: September 3, 2026 16:13

Gloria Steinem, who died on September 2nd, at the age of ninety-two, was one of the most influential figures of our time in politics and feminism. Her work shaped the ideas of generations of Americans. Steinem was one of David Remnick’s very first guests…

Ian Frazier and Samy Burch on “Coyote vs. Acme”

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Published: September 1, 2026 10:00

In the film “Coyote vs. Acme,” which was released this week, the ingenious but unlucky Wile E. Coyote sues the Acme Corporation for damages caused by its malfunctioning merchandise. That is also the premise of the New Yorker staff writer Ian Frazier’s…

Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America

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Published: August 28, 2026 17:40

During the height of Roy Cohn’s friendship with Donald Trump, according to the historian Kai Bird, “they were on the phone with each other a dozen times a day.” Bird’s new book, “American Scoundrel,” details Cohn’s profound influence on Trump—whom he met…

Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five”

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Published: August 25, 2026 10:00

Fox News’ “The Five” is the most-watched program on cable news. So there are millions of eyes on Jessica Tarlov, who occupies the liberal hot seat (alternating with Harold Ford, Jr.) on a panel featuring the diehard conservatives Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld,…