Last Resort, Part 1: Let’s Go to AngolaA broke music promoter and his detoxing son hatch a plan to solve all their problems. With Nas. On New Year’s Eve. In Angola.
The Therapy-App FantasyAn overwhelming demand for professional counseling has spawned slickly marketed companies promising a service they cannot possibly provide.
The Gut Renovation of Ryan SerhantHe was a real-estate striver slinging cheap rentals until Million Dollar Listing — and a pandemic market — made him the plutocracy’s broker of choice.
ByAndrew Rice
education
‘I Want to Meet My Teacher’A war over reopening schools has upended the progressive politics of the New Jersey suburbs.
ByAndrew Rice
mysteries
The Great 21st-Century Treasure HuntWas there a better way to spend the past decade than on a maddening, deadly, brain-scrambling search for gold hidden somewhere in the American West?
ByBenjamin Wallace
destinations
Shameless on VacationA certain kind of American is still traveling internationally — and they’re not sorry.
American Death CultWhy has the Republican response to the pandemic been so mind-bogglingly disastrous?
ByJonathan Chait
politics
John Lewis Never Lost HopeThe congressman and civil-rights legend died on Friday. He recently spoke with Zak Cheney-Rice about why he stayed the course.
ByZak Cheney-Rice
new york city
Boss of the BeachFor 40 years, the city’s lifeguard corps has been mired in controversy, and for 40 years it’s been run by one man: Peter Stein.
ByDavid Gauvey Herbert
politics
How Bill de Blasio Lost New YorkWeeks into the George Floyd protests, the mayor has alienated his constituents, the police, and even his own staff.
ByDavid Freedlander
first person
My AppetitesJerry Saltz on eating and coping mechanisms, childhood and self-control, criticism, love, cancer and pandemics.
The Immoderate Susan CollinsAfter a long career voting across the aisle, why did the Maine senator gamble her legacy on Trump?
ByRebecca Traister
public health
Who Thought Sucking on a Battery Was a Good Idea?Millions of Americans, some of them teens who never would’ve picked up a cigarette, are vaping. Last year’s panic might be the least of our worries.
ByStephen S. Hall
crime
Michael Avenatti’s Lonely FallThe disgraced lawyer wanted to be a legal celebrity. Now he’s not even the most famous defendant on the block.