The Magazine
June 10, 2024
Goings On
Goings On
Vivian Maier’s Treasure Trove of Photographs Uncovered
Also: the Irish dancemaker Oona Doherty, the howling art of Käthe Kollwitz, Machinedrum’s Joshua Tree album, and more.
The Food Scene
The Casual Confidence of Lola’s
An alumna of Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group offers a Southern-inflected menu that subtly sings.
The Talk of the Town
David Remnick on the Trump trial verdict; the hubbub outside the courthouse; flying dogs; the cricket World Cup.
Comment
Trump Is Guilty, but Voters Will Be the Final Judge
The jury has convicted the former President of thirty-four felony counts in his New York hush-money trial. Now the American people will decide to what extent they care.
In the Streets
Outside the Trump Courthouse, Times Are Crazy and People Are Strange
A surreal gathering to hear the verdict included a crucifix-wielding town crier, someone yelling “Shawshank!,” and a frisson of violence.
Here To There Dept.
When Yorkie-poos Fly
Bark Air, a new airline catering to people with pups (for six thousand dollars a ride), just took its inaugural flight. No charge for the wee-wee pads and hunks of pork.
At Wicket
If You Build It (a Cricket Stadium on Long Island), Will They Come?
Eisenhower Park, the weedy patch where the batters and bowlers of Long Island play their rec games, is being transformed to host the biggest event in the sport.
Reporting & Essays
A Reporter at Large
Will Mexico Decide the U.S. Election?
Top officials from the two countries are wrangling over immigration policy. What they resolve will have huge implications on both sides of the border.
Annals of Inquiry
Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It
Climate change, artificial intelligence, nuclear annihilation, biological warfare—the field of existential risk is a way to reason through the dizzying, terrifying headlines.
Profiles
A Legendary Surfer’s Long Ride
Jock Sutherland was once voted the world’s best surfer. Then he dropped out to build a radically different life.
The Political Scene
Can State Supreme Courts Preserve—or Expand—Rights?
With a lopsided conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, progressive activists are seeking legal opportunities in state constitutions.
Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs
God Explains the Rules of His New Board Game
First, choose a playing piece. One might be a “human being” named “Elon Musk,” which seems good, since it’s really powerful, but everyone thinks it’s an unfunny “fascist-adjacent dork.”
Fiction
Fiction
“Beyond Imagining”
The friends talked about reviving ladies’ lunches in person. “At my place, please, if you don’t mind,” Farah said.
The Critics
Books
The Invention of the Kitty Cat
The curious career of the illustrator Louis Wain tells the story of how our feline friends came in from the alley and took up their place at the hearth.
Books
What Does Freud Still Have to Teach Us?
Come for the Oedipus complex. Stay for the later troubled musings on the fate of humanity.
Books
Briefly Noted
“The Playbook,” “I Cannot Control Everything Forever,” “Vagabonds,” and “The Invention of the Darling.”
The Art World
Jenny Holzer Has the Last Word, at the Guggenheim
In the exhibition “Light Line,” the best work is made of phrases on an L.E.D. spiral, which add up to a single epic poem that is a gift to art history.
The Current Cinema
The Sexy Mind Games of “Hit Man”
In Richard Linklater’s romantic crime comedy, an undercover operative transforms his love life by means of professional deceptions.
Poems
Cartoons
1/12
“Let’s not tell your mother about any male-bonding experience we might have had while dodging traffic at Columbus Circle.”
Cartoon by P. C. Vey
Cartoon Caption Contest
Puzzles & Games
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