In November, New York City may elect as its next mayor a man who was pretty much unknown to the broader public a year ago. Zohran Mamdani, a thirty-three-year-old member of the State Assembly and ...

The filmmaker John Carpenter has a whole shelf of cult classics: “They Live,” “The Thing,” “Escape from New York,” “Halloween,” and so many more. And, though he hasn’t directed a new movie in more ...

Once you’ve interviewed as many people as Susan Orlean has, you start to crave what she calls “counterprogramming.” Every magazine profile has its setting; every setting suggests activities that a ...

Seasons two of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Men ‘97, and Daredevil: Born Again are coming in 2026. Seasons two of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Men ‘97, and Daredevil: Born ...

The Gods of New York, by Jonathan Mahler (Random House). This chronicle of New York City covers four “convulsive and consequential” years in its history, 1986 through 1989, an era that included the ...

You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. Hamas has released the ...

After a bumpy end to a very uneven third season, it seems like Strange New Worlds is beginning to realize that its next mission is a course correction. At New York Comic Con today, Paramount revealed ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. As stocks plummeted on the morning of October 24th, 1929, a large crowd gathered on Wall Street outside of ...

As Trump uses the powers of his office to punish his perceived enemies, the boundary between political payback and governance continues to erode. The Political Scene Podcast How Much More Can Federal ...

You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. It’s hard to overstate the effort and the will power it ...

Greg Clarke is an illustrator. He co-authored, with Monte Beauchamp, “A Sidecar Named Desire: Great Writers and the Booze That Stirred Them.” Once this policy is enacted, it will be illegal for ...