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John Carpenter Picks Three Favorite Film Scores

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Published: October 14, 2025 10:00

The filmmaker John Carpenter has a whole shelf of cult classics: “They Live,” “The Thing,” “Escape from New York,” “Halloween,” and so many more. And while he hasn’t directed a new movie in more than a decade, Carpenter has continued working in the film…

Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump

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Published: October 10, 2025 17:40

Next month, New York City may elect as its next mayor a man who was pretty much unknown to the broader public a year ago. Zohran Mamdan, who is currently thirty-three years old and a member of the State Assembly, is a democratic socialist who won a primary…

How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song

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Published: October 7, 2025 10:00

Lionel Richie has been making music for fifty years. He has sold more than a hundred million albums, his hits too numerous to list, and he has endeared himself to younger generations as a judge on “American Idol.” He’s now the author of a memoir, “Truly.”…

A Conservative Professor on How to Fix Campus Culture

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Published: October 3, 2025 17:40

Robert P. George is not a passive observer of the proverbial culture wars; he’s been a very active participant. As a Catholic legal scholar and philosopher at Princeton University, he was an influential opponent of Roe v. Wade and same-sex marriage,…

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure

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Published: September 30, 2025 10:00

The Political Scene’s Washington Roundtable—the staff writers Jane Mayer, Susan Glasser, and Evan Osnos—discuss how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in…

Ezra Klein’s Big-Tent Vision of the Democratic Party

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Published: September 26, 2025 17:40

The author and podcaster Ezra Klein may be only forty-one years old, but he’s been part of the political-culture conversation for a long time. He was a blogger, then a Washington Post columnist and editor, a co-founder of Vox, and is now a writer and…

The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children’s Books

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Published: September 23, 2025 17:40

Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. She is the author of several books, including the graphic memoir “Passing for Human.” Like many of her forebears at the magazine, Finck has also published…

Is The 2026 Election Already in Danger?

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Published: September 19, 2025 17:40

“The Constitution gives the states the power to set the time, place, and manner of elections,” the election lawyer Marc Elias points out. “It gives the President no [such] power.” Yet, almost one year before the midterms, Donald Trump has called for a…

Kevin Young on His Book “Night Watch,” Inspired by Death and Dante

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Published: September 16, 2025 10:00

Kevin Young is the poetry editor for The New Yorker, and the author of many books of his own poetry. His newest work, “Night Watch,” focusses on death, while also drawing upon his wide view of history, from the end of slavery in the U.S. to Dante’s…

How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster

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Published: September 12, 2025 17:40

For decades, the United States backed efforts to achieve a two-state solution—in which Israel would exist side by side with the Palestinian state, with both states recognizing each other’s claim to contested territory. The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha,…