Emily Witt
Emily Witt has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2018. She has covered breaking news and politics from around the country, and has written about culture, sexuality, drugs, and night life. She is the author of the books “Future Sex” and “Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire.” Her journalism, essays, and criticism have appeared in n+1, the Times, GQ, Harper’s, and the London Review of Books, and have been anthologized in “The Best American Travel Writing 2011,” “Say What You Mean: the n+1 Anthology,” and “Meeting the Devil: A Book of Memoir from the London Review of Books.” She has reported from many countries and was a Fulbright scholar in Mozambique.
It’s Shohei Ohtani Season in L.A.
Even before the startling accusations made against Ohtani’s interpreter, the Dodgers star was seemingly at the center of civic life.
How Lucy Sante Became the Person She Feared
In her memoir of transitioning in her sixties, the writer assesses the cost of suppressing her identity for decades.
Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign for the Senate
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream?
Why the Noise of L.A. Helicopters Never Stops
The L.A.P.D. says it has the largest local airborne law-enforcement unit in the world. A recent audit found little evidence that its choppers deter crime.
A Trans Teen in an Anti-Trans State
One family’s move to find gender-affirming care.
How the AR-15 Became an American Brand
The rifle is a consumer product to which advertisers successfully attached an identity—one that has translated to a particularly intractable politics.
An Abortion Clinic One Year Later
After the fall of Roe v. Wade, North Dakota’s Red River Women’s Clinic moved two miles away, into Minnesota and a new political reality.
The Future of Fertility
A new crop of biotech startups want to revolutionize human reproduction.
Reimagining Underground Rave Culture
A new book by the media theorist McKenzie Wark may be the most extensive depiction of the renegade party scene that has recently exploded in Brooklyn.
The New Mayor of Los Angeles
Karen Bass on combatting homelessness, reforming the police department, and building a greener city.
Processing a Tragedy in Monterey Park
America’s first suburban Chinatown becomes one of the latest communities to struggle for explanations in the wake of a mass shooting.
Cleaning Up After the Bolsonaristas in Brasília
President Lula’s government spent the week reassuring Brazilians that the threat of a coup had been contained.
An Alaskan Town Is Losing Ground—and a Way of Life
For low-lying islands like Kivalina, climate change poses an existential threat.
Wolfgang Tillmans’s Beautiful Awareness
The photographer talks about his first MOMA retrospective and how his prescient art flows from the act of paying attention.
The Last Abortion Clinic in North Dakota Gets Ready to Leave
The Red River Women’s Clinic has thirty days to close on one side of the border with Minnesota, before reopening on the other.
A Hookup App for the Emotionally Mature
Modern romance can feel cold and alienating. Feeld, by encouraging open-mindedness and respect, suggests a way forward.
An Urban Wildlife Bridge Is Coming to California
The crossing will span Route 101, providing safe passage for mountain lions and other animals hemmed in by the freeways that surround the Santa Monica Mountains.
Can Sustainable Suburbs Save Southern California?
Developers are planning new towns full of electric cars outside L.A. Critics say that sprawl—even if it comes with new tech and carbon offsets—will worsen the environmental crisis.
The End of Oil Drilling in L.A.
New legislation could locally kill off the dangerous, polluting industry that created the city. Is it merely NIMBYism, or the start of something bigger?
Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?
The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.
It’s Shohei Ohtani Season in L.A.
Even before the startling accusations made against Ohtani’s interpreter, the Dodgers star was seemingly at the center of civic life.
How Lucy Sante Became the Person She Feared
In her memoir of transitioning in her sixties, the writer assesses the cost of suppressing her identity for decades.
Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign for the Senate
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream?
Why the Noise of L.A. Helicopters Never Stops
The L.A.P.D. says it has the largest local airborne law-enforcement unit in the world. A recent audit found little evidence that its choppers deter crime.
A Trans Teen in an Anti-Trans State
One family’s move to find gender-affirming care.
How the AR-15 Became an American Brand
The rifle is a consumer product to which advertisers successfully attached an identity—one that has translated to a particularly intractable politics.
An Abortion Clinic One Year Later
After the fall of Roe v. Wade, North Dakota’s Red River Women’s Clinic moved two miles away, into Minnesota and a new political reality.
The Future of Fertility
A new crop of biotech startups want to revolutionize human reproduction.
Reimagining Underground Rave Culture
A new book by the media theorist McKenzie Wark may be the most extensive depiction of the renegade party scene that has recently exploded in Brooklyn.
The New Mayor of Los Angeles
Karen Bass on combatting homelessness, reforming the police department, and building a greener city.
Processing a Tragedy in Monterey Park
America’s first suburban Chinatown becomes one of the latest communities to struggle for explanations in the wake of a mass shooting.
Cleaning Up After the Bolsonaristas in Brasília
President Lula’s government spent the week reassuring Brazilians that the threat of a coup had been contained.
An Alaskan Town Is Losing Ground—and a Way of Life
For low-lying islands like Kivalina, climate change poses an existential threat.
Wolfgang Tillmans’s Beautiful Awareness
The photographer talks about his first MOMA retrospective and how his prescient art flows from the act of paying attention.
The Last Abortion Clinic in North Dakota Gets Ready to Leave
The Red River Women’s Clinic has thirty days to close on one side of the border with Minnesota, before reopening on the other.
A Hookup App for the Emotionally Mature
Modern romance can feel cold and alienating. Feeld, by encouraging open-mindedness and respect, suggests a way forward.
An Urban Wildlife Bridge Is Coming to California
The crossing will span Route 101, providing safe passage for mountain lions and other animals hemmed in by the freeways that surround the Santa Monica Mountains.
Can Sustainable Suburbs Save Southern California?
Developers are planning new towns full of electric cars outside L.A. Critics say that sprawl—even if it comes with new tech and carbon offsets—will worsen the environmental crisis.
The End of Oil Drilling in L.A.
New legislation could locally kill off the dangerous, polluting industry that created the city. Is it merely NIMBYism, or the start of something bigger?
Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?
The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.