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Deception Is Futile
In search of the perfect lie detector test.
“This Is Bigger Than Myself”
How the women of U.S. Gymnastics found their voice.
Bong Joon-ho’s Dystopia Is Already Here
A profile of the Korean director.
This ’Melo Is
A profile of Carmelo Anthony, newly anointed savior of the New York Knicks.
“There Is Always a Velluvial Matrix to Know About”
The doctor and New Yorker writer on embracing the shortcomings of expertise:
The truth is that the volume and complexity of the knowledge that we need to master has grown exponentially beyond our capacity as individuals. Worse, the fear is that the knowledge has grown beyond our capacity as a society.
Bill Clinton: Who Is This Guy?
The governor of Arkansas, profiled.
Nik Wallenda Is Above It All
The life of a high-wire impresario.
Whose Story (and Country) Is This?
The myth of “real” America just won’t go away.
Is America’s Favorite Playwright Too Much for New York?
Lauren Gunderson on the eve of her New York premiere.
‘Floyd was my man. But George Floyd is a movement.’
The private grief of Courteney Ross, George Floyd’s girlfriend.
'What Kind of Childhood Is That?'
Their mom and dad were two of the 33,091 people to die of opioid overdoses in 2015. Now, three children in West Virginia must move forward amid an epidemic.
India’s Silicon Valley Is Dying of Thirst. Your City May Be Next.
Bangalore was once the icon of a globalized, high tech, utopian future. Now it’s a sign of global catastrophe.
St. Vincent Is Telling You Everything
A profile of the artist at the time of her fifth solo record.
Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity.
Lena Waithe Is Changing the Game
On the star who is re-writing the rules for the next generation.
Andy Borowitz Is Not Trying to Trick You
A profile of the polarizing New Yorker columnist.
This Is Amazing!
A profile of Huell Howser, the happiest man on TV.
Why Abercrombie Is Losing Its Shirt
The rise and fall of a teen fashion empire.
James Is a Girl
The strange life of a 16-year-old model.
Nietzsche Is Dead
The 1900 death of Fritz and the battle to define his legacy.
Downtown Is for People
Jane Jacobs has a somewhat ambiguous legacy—or at least one that's contested by different factions in the present-day debate over cities and urbanism—but to me her most important idea is encapsulated in the title and spirit of this piece. It's old and, I think, utterly prescient about what successive waves of planning fads miss. The purpose of urban space is for people to use it. A great place is a place where people want to be.
This Is Danny Pearl’s Final Story
Investigating the murder of a friend and colleague.
Owen Wilson Is Doing Great, Thanks
A profile of the actor.
When the Family Business is Ribald Wedding Poetry
One man describes his family’s tradition of delivering rhyming couplets at celebrations.
