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One Great Story

The one story you shouldn’t miss today, selected by New York’s editors.

first person

How Does My Divorce Make You Feel?

 As a therapist, I try to keep my personal life private. After my public split, that was no longer in my control. By Dr. Lilly Jay
profile

Adrien Brody Found the Part

 The Brutalist is his best, most personal work since The Pianist. By E. Alex Jung
getting around

They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That Was Only The Beginning.

 A group of nine passengers were stranded on a remote island in Africa. They spent seven days trying to catch back up with the boat. podcast By Bridget Read

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  1. oscar futures
    Vulture’s Final 2022 Oscar Predictions for Every CategoryMany categories, including Best Picture, seem like genuine fifty-fifty calls.
    By Nate Jones
  2. q+a
    Maren Morris Is Learning to Let Go“I just write the chapter of my life that I’m in, and I move on.”
    By Hilary Hughes
  3. power
    My Journey out of UkraineRussia’s invasion has forced 10 million Ukrainians to leave their homes. I saw firsthand how difficult it is to reach safety.
    By Sara Cincurova
  4. the city politic
    Eric Adams Isn’t Off to a Great Start on Public SafetyAs Adams nears 100 days in office, there’s already good reason to wonder if the results of his public safety strategy will ever match his rhetoric.
    By Errol Louis
  5. the republican party
    Beware Bill BarrHis new book shows we have as much to fear from him as Donald Trump.
    By Ankush Khardori
  6. street view
    What Will It Take for Architects to Stop Working With Autocrats?Designers have long relied on a catalogue of excuses to work with questionable clients. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
    By Justin Davidson
  7. encounter
    Hollywood’s Cancel-Culture ConsultantLacey Leone McLaughlin is hand-holding anxious execs afraid of their young assistants.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  8. cut covers
    Evan Rachel Wood Faced Her FearThe actor was terrified to name Marilyn Manson as her alleged abuser, but doing so brought her unexpected freedom.
    By Angelina Chapin
  9. war diary
    30 Young Ukrainians Tell Their War StoriesAn oral history of the first two weeks of the Russian invasion.
  10. profile
    In Another Life, Ke Huy Quan Was a StarHe was an ’80s icon who left acting behind. For his role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, he called on his past selves.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  11. russia
    Inside the Hunt for Russian Oligarchs’ Luxury ApartmentsPresident Biden has vowed to seize the condos, yachts, and private jets of Russia’s wealthiest magnates — but first, he has to find them.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  12. profile
    Taylor Tomlinson’s Off-Trend ComedyHer old-school act is a hit onstage and on TikTok. And she’s only getting bigger.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  13. q&a
    Looking for a Silver Lining With Better Things’ Pamela Adlon“Through Sam’s eyes, we’re seeing how this ugliness lives in the world. If you can laugh at it, it makes it less awful.”
    By Jen Chaney
  14. toys
    The Navy SEAL–ification of NerfThe lucrative evolution of toy guns that are tricked out for war.
    Photographs by Dan Winters
  15. oscars 2022
    The Pain and Pleasure of The Lost DaughterMaggie Gyllenhaal craved a challenge, and she found it in Elena Ferrante’s unnatural mother.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  16. foreign interests
    Is America to Blame for Russia’s War in Ukraine?No, but U.S. policy decisions might have caused it.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. philanthropy
    How Humans of New York Found a New MissionStreet photographer Brandon Stanton has pivoted his blog into a one-man philanthropy that raises millions of dollars for random people.
    By Lisa Miller
  18. profile
    John Cameron Mitchell on Playing Joe Exotic and How Annoying NYC Has BecomeHe’s bought a house in New Orleans, where bohemia is still cost-effective.
    By Matthew Schneier
  19. power
    Justice According to Letitia JamesShe’s earned the wrath of Andrew Cuomo. She’s investigating Donald Trump. Can she beat the two meanest men in politics?
    By Rebecca Traister
  20. trends
    The Limits of the Women’s Redemption PlotYou know the story: A previously maligned public figure gets an eight-episode empathy tour.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  21. the intelligencer profile
    The Pandemic InterpreterWhy are so many liberals mad at David Leonhardt?
    By Sam Adler-Bell
  22. fashion
    The Tyranny of the Bandage Dress Has ReturnedHervé Léger hosted its biggest New York Fashion Week presentation in years.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  23. psychedelics
    The Curious Life and Mind-Altering Death of Justin ClarkIt’s rare to become addicted to esoteric hallucinogens. But it’s not impossible.
    By Christopher Robbins
  24. the other epidemic
    The Radical Experiment Saving the Lives of Drug UsersHow a once fringe idea — making it safe to get high — became a reality.
    By Christopher Moraff
  25. the 1990s
    ‘He Was the Black Version of Gordon Gekko’Kevin Ingram was a genius at calculating risk. So how did the Feds ensnare him in an arms-dealing sting?
    By Andrew Rice
  26. trendspotting
    A Vibe Shift Is ComingWill any of us survive it?
    By Allison P. Davis
  27. feature
    A Father’s Yearslong Struggle to Regain Custody of His SonKenneth Watkins’s son was taken away and placed with a foster family. To regain custody, he had to prove that being poor didn’t make him a bad father.
    By Petra Bartosiewicz
  28. spring fashion
    Christopher John Rogers’s Fearless American LuxuryThe 28-year-old designer finds glamour in color, cartoons, and Jell-O molds.
    By Alexis Okeowo
  29. aoc
    The Unprecedented AOCHow a struggling bartender became the face of a resurgent left.
    By Lisa Miller
  30. crime
    ‘I More So Consider Myself a Con Artist Than Anything’What Danielle Miller learned at Horace Mann and Rikers.
    By Gabrielle Bluestone
  31. a long talk
    Chuck Klosterman Lived Through ThisIn his book The Nineties, he tried to write about the decade as it felt at the time — at least to some people.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  32. criminal justice reform
    The Man Who Cracked the Code of L.A.’s Notorious Sheriff Gangs“Nobody believed that the cops could lie like this,” says John Sweeney.
    By Ethan Brown
  33. omicron variant
    Why Are So Many Americans Still Dying of COVID?John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times says small differences in vaccination rates can make a big difference.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  34. the group portrait
    Inside an Accidental Trans Enclave in East Williamsburg“Here was a chaotic set of trans people who could model how to live a happy life in a terrible world.”
    By P. E. Moskowitz
  35. education
    School DazeThe pandemic has burdened teachers like never before, and many don’t know how much longer they can take it.
    By Sarah Jones
  36. black lives matter
    10 Years Since TrayvonThe story of the first decade of Black Lives Matter.
  37. parenthood
    Weed’s Last Taboo: PregnancyInside the quiet rise of cannabis use among expecting and breastfeeding parents.
    By Jenni Avins
  38. bitcoin
    Diamond Hands in the RoughWatching billions get wiped out doesn’t shake a new kind of trader who’s used to 24/7 crypto chaos.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  39. get naked
    Could John Cameron Mitchell’s Joyfully Sexual 2006 Film Shortbus Get Made Today?It didn’t fake the sex, and I was at the tryouts.
    By Mark Harris
  40. health
    Is the Pain All in My Head?A new treatment called pain-reprocessing therapy promises to cure chronic pain — but maybe not for everyone.
    By Eleanor Cummins
  41. the intelligencer profile
    Was Larry Summers Right All Along?How the ultimate Establishment figure became the preeminent critic of the Biden era’s economic consensus.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. fashion
    My Time With AndréKnowledge, coupled with his wit and amazing sense of game, should be André Leon Talley’s lasting legacy.
    By Cathy Horyn
  43. the money game
    Last Sane Man on Wall StreetNathan Anderson made his name exposing — and betting against — corporate fraud. But short selling in a frothy pandemic economy can be ruinous.
    By Andrew Rice
  44. crime
    The Infamous FBI Informant Behind a 20-Fatality Limo CrashIt was the deadliest U.S. transportation disaster in a decade. The man behind it was one of the most notorious confidential informants in FBI history.
    By Ben Ryder Howe
  45. feature
    The Undoing of Joss WhedonThe Buffy creator, once an icon of Hollywood feminism, is now an outcast accused of misogyny. How did he get here?
    By Lila Shapiro
  46. closings
    Why the Closing of New York’s Lexus Restaurant Is a Real LossAgainst all odds, it served as a worthy passport to food from around the world.
    By Joshua David Stein
  47. close reads
    Hanya’s BoysThe novelist tends to torture her gay male characters — but only so she can swoop in to save them.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  48. family planning
    Parenting in UtopiaRaising kids in America can be, by design, crushing. But what if it weren’t?
    By Kim Brooks
  49. together again
    Is Week-to-Week TV Winning After All?In an era when shows and movies must fight to break through, Yellowjackets has sustained a conversation while airing weekly on Showtime.
    By Alison Willmore and Kathryn VanArendonk
  50. exit interview
    Search Party Finally Grows UpOver five seasons, the millennial satire became the truest thing on television.
    By Kerensa Cadenas
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