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In Praise of How Nancy Pelosi Has Navigated Trump’s Impeachment

For all the second-guessing of the House Speaker, it is difficult to conceive of a responsible alternative path to the one she chose.

2019 in Review

Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of the Year

An investigation into the effects of surveillance capitalism, a sensitive celebrity memoir, an ode to A Tribe Called Quest, and more.

Personal History

The Art of Dying

I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that?

News Desk

How Crystal Mason Became the Face of Voter Suppression in America

The paradox, as her lawyers have pointed out, is that Mason was charged with voting illegally even though she did not actually vote.

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Spotlight
Q. & A.

India’s Citizenship Emergency

Niraja Gopal Jayal, the author of several books on Indian democracy, discusses recent efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to marginalize India’s Muslims and the greatest challenges facing those who care about the future of liberalism in the country.

2019 in Review

Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons

In the future, or the Dark Ages, as they will be known, lists like this one will be the only way in which you can get information on how many likes things got.

2019 in Review

2019 Was a Year of Turning Points in Sports

There were a number of turning points in the sports world in 2019. Some were smoothed into the flow of seasons; others involved the purposeful bending of the normal course of events.

Culture Desk

“Watchmen,” “The Boys,” and the Hope That Heroes Can Save Us

The central achievement of both the comics and their TV adaptations is how they spit on the fantasy of caped crusaders saving the world.

Cultural Comment

Mariah Carey’s Christmas Miracle

Twenty-five years after its original release, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week.

Daily Shouts

I’m Taking Another Photograph of My Own Face

Turns out, I’m the star of the show, and if there are things you want to see besides me you’re going to have to get past my face first.

The Latest

Things I Pretend to Be Impressed By

Baby stats, car stuff, your garden’s tomato production, and more.

2:00 P.M.

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, December 18th

“Mom wants to know if you’re coming home for the holidays.”

10:45 A.M.

The Alien Minimalism of Air Plants

Quirky and austere, these Instagram-ready plants achieve ascetic transcendence.

6:00 A.M.

The Voices of the Afghanistan Papers

According to an investigative reporter from the Washington Post, the failures of the war in Afghanistan were consistently followed by dishonesty from policymakers and military leaders.

December 17, 2019

Group Meet-Ups Be Like

A casual friend meet-up gets derailed by an existential conversation.

December 17, 2019
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Tables for Two

Green Garden Village, a New Chinatown Institution

The Cantonese restaurant bolsters the argument that Manhattan’s Chinatown is just as exciting as the Chinatowns of Flushing, Sunset Park, and Bensonhurst.

The Theatre

Stephen Adly Guirgis’s World of Broken Women

“Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven,” Guirgis’s rough-cut gem of a new play, is rich with revelation and barbed empathy.

Dept. of Nonsense

Francesca Hayward, the Pick of the Litter in “Cats”

The ballet dancer, who is making her movie début in Tom Hooper’s version, pores over a first edition of T. S. Eliot’s text and muses on the haters who went to war over the film’s weird “digital fur technology.”

Fiction

“Only Orange”

Fiction by Camille Bordas: “I thought Audrey was faking it. How could you make it to twenty-six and not notice that you were color-blind?”

Video

How Does a Plant Grow Without Soil?

We explore the ways in which air plants are much more than a millennial hobby—they are one of nature’s continually evolving species, and they’re an obsession that connects people all over the world.

Daily Cartoons

Podcasts

Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen”

The writer-director discusses her much-anticipated adaptation of the classic novel. And the creator of HBO’s big show of this season talks with Emily Nussbaum.

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