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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. power
    Katie Couric Is Not for EveryoneAfter her long career as America’s beloved morning-news anchor, she has decided to write a wild, unflinching memoir focused on the messy parts. Why?
    By Rebecca Traister
  2. in(tense) conversation
    Talking About Abortion With My MomI’m the reason she’s against it, she says. She’s the reason why I don’t agree.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  3. reopening
    How One Acclaimed Restaurant Survived Two Brutal YearsWhen COVID arrived, Sofreh’s success didn’t matter.
    By Rachel Sugar
  4. double consciousnesses
    The Fiction of the Color LineFrom Nella Larsen to Mariah Carey, Black women writers have long used passing stories to crack our façades of race, class, and gender.
    By Brittany Luse
  5. comedy review
    Dave Chappelle’s Endless Feedback LoopThe Closer proves the comedian is right about one thing: It’s time for a break.
    By Craig Jenkins
  6. chasing ben
    Ben Affleck Plays HimselfBecoming a tabloid star gave the actor his best role ever.
    By Alison Willmore
  7. profile
    The Post-COVID, Post-Manhattan Plans of Keith McNally“I’ve nothing in the bank and need to earn money while I still can.”
    By Matthew Schneier
  8. crime
    The Murders Down the Hall393 Powell Street was a peaceful home, until residents started dying in brutal, mysterious ways.
    By Greg Donahue
  9. oscars 2022
    ’Scuse Me, Sir, Can I Interest You in Some Oscars?What will the 2022 Oscars look like? And, more importantly, will anyone care?
    By Nate Jones
  10. the city politic
    Eric Adams Isn’t Expecting a HoneymoonHe predicts that he will be misunderstood, even heckled. At first, anyway.
    By Errol Louis
  11. encounter
    ‘I Was Part of Something Unusually Evil’In Kansas with Stephanie Grisham, who does not believe she will be redeemed.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  12. self
    Giving Birth in the End TimesWriter Emily Holleman stares down the apocalypse and into the terrifying optimism of motherhood.
    By Emily Holleman
  13. trumpworld
    Rudy Giuliani Is (Probably) ScrewedFormer prosecutors say he is in an excruciating legal predicament — and could very well flip.
    By Peter Stone
  14. a long talk
    Jonathan Franzen Thinks People Can ChangeEven if, as his book Crossroads suggests, it’s nearly impossible to make it stick.
    By Merve Emre
  15. political science
    Is America Too Rich for Class Politics?A new theory for why affluent Democrats vote against their economic interests.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. tech
    How Miami Seduced Silicon ValleyAwash in coders, crypto, and capital, the city is loving — and beginning to shape — its newest industry.
    By Benjamin Wallace
  17. power
    Simone Biles Chose Herself“I should have quit way before Tokyo.”
    By Camonghne Felix
  18. encounter
    You Don’t Know Amalia UlmanThe enigmatic artist cast herself and her mother in her new movie, El Planeta, set in her hometown. She swears it’s fiction anyway.
    By Rachel Handler
  19. encounter
    Where Are Indigenous Designers in the Met’s New Exhibit?Korina Emmerich is the only one included in “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.”
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  20. art
    Jasper Johns and MeThe artist who invented contemporary art also changed my life.
    By Jerry Saltz
  21. the money game
    Why Trouble at a Chinese Real-Estate Company Led to a U.S. Stock Market PlungeWall Street seems to be wrapping its head around just how fast things are changing in Xi’s China. Evergrande’s woes are emblematic of those changes.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  22. silicon valley
    Book Excerpt: Peter Thiel’s Untold College StoriesHis ideology dominates Silicon Valley. It began to form when he was an angry young man.
    By Max Chafkin
  23. the 99 percent
    Occupy Wall Street Changed EverythingTen years later, the legacy of Zuccotti Park has never been clearer.
    By Astra Taylor and Jonathan Smucker
  24. interview
    Activist Clover Hogan on Her ‘Deeply Upsetting’ Experience With The ActivistHogan decided not to join the much-criticized show after it unraveled during her casting process.
    By Justin Curto
  25. the law
    What’s Next in the Legal Fight Against Texas’s Extreme Abortion BanA brazenly political court let Texas ban almost all abortions. Politics may be the only thing to stop it.
    By Irin Carmon
  26. design
    The Pope of GloopFor 60 years, Gaetano Pesce has been preaching the gospel of uncertainty in design. Finally, the world has caught up.
    By Matthew Schneier
  27. cityscape
    Revolt of the Delivery WorkersExploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. The city’s 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.
    By Josh Dzieza
  28. 9/11: 20 years later
    ‘One Giant Nerve That You Were Afraid to Touch’37 comedians remember their first time onstage after 9/11 and how the attacks changed comedy forever.
    By Jesse David Fox
  29. the law
    Elizabeth Holmes’s Last PitchThe onetime Silicon Valley star faces her greatest challenge — convincing a jury that she is not to blame for a massive fraud.
    By Ankush Khardori
  30. developments
    It Wasn’t Just the Shadows That Stopped a Pair of Brooklyn TowersThe Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s defenders were part of a much larger set of forces.
    By Kim Velsey
  31. fall fashion
    My Endless Search for American FashionWhen I started my career, I saw the potential for an American style that was beautiful, uncomplicated, and singular. Where has it gone?
    By Cathy Horyn
  32. fall fashion
    The Red-Pilling of Kitson, the Celebrity Go-To of the AughtsIt was where Paris and Lindsay shopped for Von Dutch hats and Juicy Couture. Now its owner is pushing something even more popular: conspiracies.
    By Bridget Read
  33. fall preview 2021
    The Roys Summer in ItalyOn location with the cast of Succession, the most interestingly terrible billionaires on TV.
    By Hunter Harris
  34. politics
    ‘A Total F*cking Disaster’: Inside Seth Moulton’s Secret Trip to KabulOfficials condemned the unauthorized mission as a reckless stunt. But the congressman says it was critical oversight of a crisis he tried to prevent.
    By Hunter Walker
  35. 9/11: 20 years later
    The 9/11 Museum and Its DiscontentsA new documentary goes inside the battles that have riven the institution and shaped the historical legacy of the attack.
    By David Klion
  36. the money game
    The High Priest of Cryptopia Regrets NothingIan Freeman could have been a bitcoin billionaire. Instead, he could go to prison for the rest of his life.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  37. election 2021
    Democratic Party PromoterThe 23-year-old nightlife impresario Chi Ossé finds a new VIP area: the City Council.
    By Sean Piccoli
  38. feature
    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.
    By Joshuah Bearman and Rich Schapiro
  39. one great story
    The Reintroduction of Lorde, Reluctant RoyalSolar Power seems anxious to shatter our expectations, to communicate that Lorde isn’t and maybe never was the figure many assumed she was.
    By Craig Jenkins
  40. the inside game
    What Nervous Democrats Are Saying About Biden’s Afghanistan Decision“There’s no good way to talk about it,” said one senior staffer on the Hill. “It’s mortifying.”
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  41. work
    What Happens When All Your Co-workers Quit?As a record number of Americans leave their jobs, those who can’t are working themselves sick.
    By Angelina Chapin
  42. encounter
    Gossiping With Tabloid Icon Cindy AdamsThe stalwart of the New York Post gets ready to tell all — kind of.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  43. tv
    TV’s White Guys Are in CrisisThey’re no longer the main characters, but they’re still around. So what happens to them?
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  44. covid-19
    Don’t Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Issue Than You’ve Been ToldThe vaccines work very well, but current public-health communications may be understating the frequency of infections among the vaccinated.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  45. excelsior!
    New York Will Be Electing a Governor Soon. Who Is the Front-runner?There’s a big question hanging over the field — and it doesn’t even involve Andrew Cuomo.
    By David Freedlander
  46. mental health
    Meet My Multiple MesPeople with dissociative identity disorder have started presenting their selves on YouTube to rapturous fans.
    By Lizzie Feidelson
  47. covid-19
    Too Many People Are Dying Right NowThe trend of U.S. hospitalizations and deaths amid the Delta wave appears to be far worse that what many had expected.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  48. late capitalism
    China’s Sweeping Crackdown on Big Tech Is a Wake-Up Call for the U.S.The U.S. and China face similar economic problems. The latter is taking an increasingly anti-capitalist approach to solving them.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. politics
    How Is Andrew Cuomo Still Here?A shocking new report is a test of his ability to bend reality to his will.
    By Rebecca Traister
  50. profile
    Anthony Veasna So Knew He Was a StarWhen the author died at 28, he was on the cusp of literary fame. Everyone remembers him differently.
    By E. Alex Jung
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