The Real Scandal in New York City
What’s worse than taking illegal foreign campaign contributions? Mayor Eric Adams’s failure to meet the city’s glaring needs.
Print Magazine
November 2024 Issue
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Editorial
Stop Sending American Bombs to Israel
Halting offensive arms transfers now would put the administration on a new path—and align Harris with the majority of Democrats who support conditions on weapons aid to Israel.
Elon Musk Eyes a Shadow Presidency
The world’s richest man is expecting a major return on investment for his lavish support of Trump's campaign.
Subscribers Only JD Vance Is the Future of MAGA
Even before votes were cast, the mantle of election denial passed from Donald Trump to to his running mate.
Subscribers Only How Weathercasters Became the Newest Targets of Conspiracy Theorists
Weather forecasters used to be some of the most trusted people in the news business. Then they began speaking openly about climate change.
Subscribers Only Nancy Pelosi: Biden’s Legacy “Is Our Legacy”
Talking with the first woman speaker of the House about battling Republican extremists and making it possible for Democratic presidents to achieve epic victories on Capitol Hill.
Women Are Leading the Resistance Against Executions in Iran
Their prominence in the ongoing struggle for human rights has been met with fierce crackdowns by the state.
The Paradoxes Facing the Christian Right in Election 2024
This year’s Pray Vote Stand summit revealed fissures around Trump’s refusal to support a nationwide abortion ban.
Why I Drive Out of State for Prenatal Care
An abortion ban in my home state of South Dakota is likely to leave doctors unable to treat me should I experience a severe complication.
Column
Subscribers Only Abusers Aren’t Always Powerful Men. Some of Them Are Regular Guys.
Even in an age when feminist rhetoric is familiar, violence against women is all too common.
This Anti-Immigrant Ruling by a Trump Judge Tells You All You Need to Know
For judges like Trevor McFadden, the cruelty toward immigrants is not only the point, it’s the source of the pleasure.
Andrew Cuomo Is Not Black
But he’s hoping no one notices as he tries to crowbar his way back into power.
Letters
Feature
25 Years of Indecision With Jon Stewart
Before he left his post at The Daily Show, Stewart was America’s voice of reason. Times have changed. Has he?
Subscribers Only The Perfect, Smiling Wives of the Christian Right
Far from being an immutable fact of Christianity, evangelical antifeminism is recent, virulent, and gaining traction every day.
Subscribers Only How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer
Despite early containment efforts, chronic wasting disease has been allowed to run rampant in the state. That’s bad news for all of us.
“Call of Duty”: Pentagon Ops
Inside the weird synergies that launched the videogaming industry---and made the Pentagon fantasies in Call of Duty its stock in trade.
Books & the Arts
The Politics of Speech on the American Campus
Freedom of speech on campuses has long been under attack, but now more than ever.
Emily Oster and the Optimization of Parenting
What gets lost when we approach pregnancy and raising children through data?
Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Family Dramas
In her latest novel, Long Island Compromise, the novelist explores how a kidnapping transforms a suburban New York family.
Subscribers Only Can New York’s Most Famous Street be Turned into a Park?
The effort to transform Broadway into a pedestrian space.
Subscribers Only “Industry”’s Gleeful Critique of Capital
HBO’s investment banking drama makes a soap opera out of the “useless” but lurid nature of finance.
