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Rachel Goldberg-Polin on Losing a Son in Gaza
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Published: June 12, 2026 17:40
When Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s son, Hersh, was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, she became a prominent spokesperson for the families of Israeli hostages. Throughout Hersh’s captivity, and then after his murder, Goldberg-Polin, who was born in…
Seeing the Dark Side of the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II Mission
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Published: June 9, 2026 10:00
In April, the four crew members of NASA’s Artemis II mission were the first humans to ever glimpse something that cannot be seen from Earth—the so-called dark side of the moon. The mission’s commander, the former Navy captain Reid Wiseman, is fifty years…
Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York
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Published: June 5, 2026 17:40
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, was one of a number of Kennedy family members who spoke out against the policies and the character of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Schlossberg became a public figure on social media, often trolling the right,…
Bonus: David Remnick Takes Calls on the Midterms and the Media
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Published: June 4, 2026 10:00
In a guest appearance on WNYC’s “Brian Lehrer Show,” David Remnick, who hosts the New Yorker Radio Hour, discusses the Democratic Party’s identity crisis and the candidates vying in the midterm elections; the late newspaper magnate Donald Newhouse, and the…
Colson Whitehead on His Harlem Trilogy
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Published: June 2, 2026 10:00
Colson Whitehead is one the few novelists, and the only still alive, to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction—for “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys.” Whitehead’s protagonist in the Harlem trilogy is Ray Carney, a small-time crook who fences…
Dan Osborn, the Independent Senate Candidate Who Could Tip Nebraska
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Published: May 29, 2026 17:40
As control of the Senate hangs in the balance, many eyes are on Dan Osborn, of Nebraska. He’s a dream candidate for the Democrats: a mechanic in the food-processing industry, a former president of his local union, and a veteran of the Navy and the Army…
A FEMA Insider Says Morale Has Never Been Lower at the Embattled Agency
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Published: May 26, 2026 10:00
The Trump Administration has made little secret of its desire to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency and give states the responsibility to respond to all manner of natural disasters on their own. FEMA has endured tremendous internal strife…
The U.F.C. President, Dana White, on Donald Trump: “He’s Not a Racist”
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Published: May 22, 2026 17:40
There will be a variety of celebrations to honor America’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary this year. Much of it is to be expected: fireworks, red, white, and blue lights, even a military parade. But something else is happening, something that…
America at 250: A View from the Streets
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Published: May 19, 2026 10:00
The staff writer and historian Jill Lepore is an admirer of the Federal Writers’ Project, and the man-on-the-street form of documentary it helped to pioneer. This type of journalism, she thinks, is integral to the democratic project. As part of a special…
The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore
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Published: May 15, 2026 17:40
The two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives during intense disputes about American history, as the Trump Administration demands a more glorifying view of the nation’s past at federally run historical sites and in…
Growing Up with a Mother in Prison
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Published: May 12, 2026 10:00
Harriet Clark’s novel, “The Hill,” is one of the most anticipated works of fiction of the year. It’s a story of a girl growing up visiting her mother, who is serving a life sentence in prison for a politically motivated crime. And although “The Hill” is a…