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Linda Goodman, who helped make astrology a phenomenon, argued that our destinies were written. But her own life took some unexpected turns—including, Rachel Syme reports, a family tragedy that changed Goodman forever.
Today’s Mix
How the Knicks Are Beating the Spurs
Mikal Bridges and a cast of versatile role players have helped carry New York to a 2–0 lead in the N.B.A. Finals.
For the Nation’s Birthday, Making It Harder to Become an American
The Trump Administration has chosen to honor the Semiquincentennial of a nation of immigrants with a vision that sends the country back in time.
John Early Is Ready to Go There
The actor and comedian talks about collaborating with Wallace Shawn, embracing the emotion of performance, and his directorial début, “Maddie’s Secret,” in which he plays a food influencer struggling with an eating disorder.
The Knicks Escape with a Game 2 Win: A Post-Game Conversation
On the Knicks’ nail-biting fourth quarter, the Spurs’ late-game mistakes, and how all of New York has fallen in love with its home team.
When I think of the free time my mother spent with my father, in our small town outside Turin, this is the scene I usually picture: she’s on the couch, working through La Settimana Enigmistica, a weekly word-puzzle magazine, while he reads a book. She looks bored; her glasses have slipped down the bridge of her nose, where they remain out of carelessness rather than to help her eyes focus.Continue reading »
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
The Changing Face of “Authenticity” in Politics
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What Graham Platner’s scandal-plagued Senate run says about a tired cliché.
Inside Phoebe Bridgers’s Secret Show at Madison Square Garden
After shunning the spotlight for years, the singer-songwriter has returned on her own terms—with an improbably intimate arena show and some introspective new ballads.
The Iran War and the End of the “Middle East”
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are reshaping the region—just not as they imagined.
Peru’s Politics Are a Disaster, but Does It Matter?
A runoff election, on June 7th, will decide which of two candidates—down from thirty-six, in the first round of voting—becomes the next Peruvian President. The economy may not notice.
How Pakistan Is Using the Iran War to Reinvent Itself
The country’s emergence as an unlikely mediator between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic illustrates how diplomacy has become more personal and transactional under President Donald Trump.
When Should You Say Goodbye to a Pet?
Across the country, the booming industry of pet hospice is teaching people how to face the loss of their beloved companions.
From the Fiction Issue
Writers on family tales and the art of story.
Love Omen
I was panicking a bit, thinking of a career, thinking that I should probably get one.
Taiye Selasi on How to Survive Perfectionism
The author discusses her story “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter.”
The Tally
Honesty may be a one-sided contract with the world, but it is the only side that we can control.
Forward Into Foreignness
That’s how we did things in my family. Tabbouleh, hurling, helva, “Inshallah,” “godverdomme”—all of it was our culture.
Table Manners
At mealtimes, the people who had severed my ties to Trinidad were my only channel back to it.
The Antagonist
I suddenly wondered what had happened to my mother, as if she were one of my characters.
Why the American Novel Refused to Grow Up
For the critic Leslie Fiedler, the country’s best and worst fiction was shaped by visions of escape from society—and therefore from maturity.
Goings On
Recommendations on what to read, eat, watch, listen to, and more.
Cowboy Heaven, in MOMA’s Westerns Series
Richard Brody on “Universal Westerns,” which reveals fruitful cinematic idiosyncrasies. Plus: Rachel Syme on the shoe of the summer, and other picks from our critics.
The Art of Inventing the Past
Katy Waldman reviews Maggie O’Farrell’s new book, “Land,” in which a skilled laborer in eighteen-sixties Ireland is tasked with making maps for the British.
Hollywood’s Zoomer-Horror Renaissance
Justin Chang reviews “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” two surprise hits directed by precocious YouTube-trained talents.
All That Glimmers at Ambassadors Clubhouse
Theatricality goes only so far at the ambitious new restaurant from the group behind London’s Gymkhana, Helen Rosner writes.
Jack Schlossberg Makes His Case
The Kennedy scion explains his winding path to electoral politics, his relationship to his family legacy, and why he thinks he should represent New York’s Twelfth Congressional District.
The Critics
“The Little Sister,” Reviewed: an Intellectual Yet Passionate Coming-Out Drama
Nadia Melliti, in her début role, offers a quietly spectacular performance as a French teen-ager who struggles with her forbidden attraction to women.
How City Kids Used to Play on the Streets of New York
A retrospective of Martha Cooper’s work shows the ramshackle toys and improvised games from a bygone era of growing up.
The Rise of the Meta-Gay Show
In “Can I Be Frank?” and “Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical,” gay fandom generates funny and moving new material.
A Stunning New LACMA Descends Upon a City in Crisis
Peter Zumthor’s building recalls a spaceship loaded with several thousand artifacts of life on Earth, ready to leave this planet behind.
The Stories That TV Tells About Online Sex Work
“Euphoria” and “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” are wildly different but equally unrealistic.
When Dance in New York Took Center Stage
A new history explores how the city’s commingling of popular forms and artistic experimentation shaped dance in the twentieth century.
We were two hours late (but on time), and our husbands had been pacing since six, in the kitchen and in the living room and out on the porch, and, even as they drove, quietly fuming, past rivers or fields or stoplights, we noticed them pacing inside their own heads, back and forth and back and forth, half here, half there (in that other time), their eyes scanning street lights and road signs and cul-de-sacs.Continue reading »
Our Columnists
“Rafa”: the Destruction of a Man, and the Making of a Legend
For tennis champion Rafael Nadal, pain has always felt like weakness leaving the body, and a new Netflix docuseries shows the boons of this ideology, as well as its undeniable costs.
Instead of Taking Your Job, A.I. Might Transform It
Proponents and critics of artificial intelligence often compare the technology to industrial automation—really, it’s more like an intern.
How the War in Iran Is Transforming the Global Economy
The green-energy industry, and China, may be the biggest beneficiaries.
Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read?
I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no.
What We’re Reading
A historical novel set in eighteen-sixties Ireland, about a cartographer grappling with occupation, emigration, and the Great Hunger; a poetry collection that ties an ancient kingdom of Indian history and myth to today’s political concerns; and more.
Ideas
Everlane and the Death of the “Good” Millennial Life-Style Brand
The retailer once embodied a hope that clothes could be mass-manufactured and high-quality. Now it’s owned by the fast-fashion giant Shein.
How Problematic Is Patriotism?
National pride in America has plummeted in the Trump era. Is it worth trying to salvage?
Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish for New and Deadly Microbes
“Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready?
The Men Who Lie About Their Height
From guys trying to make it past women’s six-foot filter on dating apps to basketball players hoping to get drafted, men continue to exaggerate how tall they are.
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Puzzles & Games
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In Case You Missed It
What Did “Lady Chatterley” Liberate?
Once outlawed as obscene, D. H. Lawrence’s novel was meant to heal the world’s sickness about sex. Instead, it mattered most as a legal milestone, a pop-culture shorthand, and a meme.
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