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Adrien Brody Found the Part

 The Brutalist is his best, most personal work since The Pianist. podcast By E. Alex Jung
the city politic

The Mayoral Race Has Begun. Everyone Is Frozen.

 There are lots of candidates, and plenty of scandal and drama — but mostly there is waiting. podcast By David Freedlander
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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

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  1. biography of a building
    A Fairly Exhaustive Oral History of the Still-Wild McKibbin LoftsFour Loko parties, falling maggots, and first-floor strip clubs.
    By Matthew Sedacca
  2. cityscape
    New York’s First Climate Adaptation Battle Is HereThe city wants to bury East River Park to save it.
    By Keith Gessen
  3. the city politic
    Andrew Yang’s Insider CampaignHow has a former CEO of 100 employees become the front-runner to govern a city of 9 million? Not simply by being a celebrity and excellent campaigner.
    By Clare Malone
  4. the bigger picture
    Our Mothers, OurselvesMagdalena Wosinska’s family photos will make you want to call your mom.
    By the Cut
  5. oral history
    The Oral History of Madonna’s Truth or DareMadonna’s seminal 1991 documentary had few precedents. That’s why it can’t be replicated today.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  6. first person
    My Mother in ThereThat was her, in an iPhone, a hospital bed, and my memories, free of her sickness for the first time in 40 years.
    By Marie Mutsuki Mockett
  7. politics
    Whatever Happened to ‘the Clinton Kid’?The curious reappearance of the man at the heart of a mostly forgotten conspiracy theory.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  8. family history
    Recognizing My Asian Heritage on FilmHong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s characters reflected the subtle moods of my home life.
    By Madelyne Xiao
  9. crime
    The Roger Stone Acolyte Who Trolled Staten Island PoliticsEccentric lawyer Richard Luthmann was a staple on the Staten Island political scene. Then the fake Facebook posts began.
    By James D. Walsh
  10. the streaming wars
    Inside Netflix’s Quest to End ScrollingHow the company is working to solve one of its biggest threats: decision fatigue.
    By Josef Adalian
  11. encounter
    Eric Adams’s Pro-Police BetEight weeks before the mayoral primary and second in the polls, Brooklyn’s borough president sharpens his case for more cops.
    By David Freedlander
  12. the office
    Remember the Office?A look back at 150 years of cubicles, corner offices, all-nighters, and the holiday party.
    By The Editors
  13. the industry
    Scott Rudin, As Told by His AssistantsA portrait of a toxic workplace.
  14. politics
    The Most Powerful Weapon for Police Reform Is BackBiden’s Justice Department takes out a tool shelved by Trump to force local law enforcement to change.
    By James D. Walsh
  15. race and space
    MoMA’s ‘Reconstructions’ Show Changed My Relationship to Space and CitiesShould Black designers revise a history that erased them? Or should they revolt?
    By Kimberly Drew
  16. capitol hill
    Chuck Schumer Has ChangedWhy is the former “angry centrist” pushing his party to go bigger, bolder, and more progressive?
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  17. learning
    Why Public Schools Shouldn’t Offer a Remote Option This FallIt’s bad for learning, it’s expensive, and it sends the wrong message about whether our schools are safe.
    By David Zweig
  18. reality tv
    The Soul of BravoA year of national reckonings on race and inequality has tested how real the Housewives should be.
    By Anna Peele
  19. profile
    Esther Perel Goes Off ScriptShe became today’s most famous couples therapist by ignoring all the rules of the trade.
    By Maya Binyam
  20. money
    You’re Not Crazy. Money Is.Welcome to the non-fungible, memeified, cryptodenominated, degenerate future of finance.
    By Max Read
  21. features
    A Hot New Restaurant Moved In. That Made Its Neighbors Nervous.A gentrification battle erupts in Ridgewood.
    By Chris Crowley
  22. politics
    ‘The System for Wealth Building Is Designed to Build White Wealth’Professor Dorothy Brown on the racist nature of the tax code and how to fix it.
    By Sarah Jones
  23. the real estate
    What If Compass Is Basically Just Like Every Other Real-Estate Brokerage?Except with a nicer logo and an over-leveraged IPO.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  24. covid-19
    The Story of One DoseInside the sprawling operational puzzle of bringing the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to the public.
    By Jeff Wise
  25. anti-asian hate
    The Chinatown Block Watch, One Year LaterIncluding local grandmothers and men in combat gear, this 40-member patrol watches for anti-Asian attacks in the neighborhood.
    By Eveline Chao
  26. the industry
    The King of the Geezer TeasersInside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many of Hollywood’s most bankable stars have found lucrative early retirement.
    By Joshua Hunt
  27. foreign policy
    Secretary Swell on a Pissed-Off PlanetGroomed on Park Avenue and in the 16th Arrondissement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confronts a world that just might be post-diplomacy.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  28. mental health
    The Therapy-App FantasyAn overwhelming demand for professional counseling has spawned slickly marketed companies promising a service they cannot possibly provide.
    By Molly Fischer
  29. profile
    Molly Gordon Didn’t Mean to Steal That SceneThe Shiva Baby co-star is thrilled to be a supporting player, but she’s got big theater-kid ambitions.
    By Rachel Handler
  30. the unforgettable year
    Deaths of Despair Have Surged Among People of ColorNew data shows another disaster unfolding alongside the pandemic.
    By Rob Arthur
  31. crime
    How Sara Gruen Lost Her LifeThe Water for Elephants author’s fight to free an incarcerated man left her “absolutely broke,” “seriously ill,” and years behind on her next book.
    By Abbott Kahler
  32. evangelicals
    Evangelicals Must Confront Their Toxic Sexual PoliticsThe Atlanta spa shooter’s actions should spur an overdue reckoning within American Evangelicalism.
    By Sarah Jones
  33. cut covers
    Abby Phillip Asks the Right QuestionsMedia’s voice of sanity and clarity, in conversation with Gayle King.
    By Lindsay Peoples Wagner
  34. atlanta shootings
    Suspects Don’t Get to Decide If They Committed a Hate Crime“I know of no intersectional hate-crimes case,” says one expert. But that may be what we need.
    By Irin Carmon
  35. environment
    The Magic MolekuleThere has never been a better business (or planetary) climate in which to sell a product designed to calm and stoke your anxieties about dirty air.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  36. covid-19
    How the West Lost COVIDHow did so many rich countries get it so wrong? How did others get it so right?
    By David Wallace-Wells
  37. andrew cuomo
    The Cruelty and the CasualtiesInside Andrew Cuomo’s toxic workplace.
    By Rebecca Traister
  38. covid-19
    This Sexless YearFinally, the singles and the partnered have something in common.
    By Katie Heaney
  39. covid-19
    What Should We Wear Now?A year into the pandemic, there are no more dress codes.
    By Molly Young
  40. covid-19
    A Year of SecretsCOVID-era confessions, from ski trips to lovers to second jobs.
    By Anna Silman
  41. covid-19
    The Pandemic’s Dr. Doom Bets It AllWhy Michael Osterholm staked his credibility on predicting a new wave — and delayed his own second shot to stop it.
    By Melody Schreiber
  42. style
    The Fashion Industry Can’t Seem to Get Enough of Carlos NazarioThe stylist did 14 covers in 12 months.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  43. sagas
    The Wild Domestic Subversion of @CheeseDailyBetrayal. Revenge. Bomb-ass sandwiches.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  44. first person
    I Couldn’t Imagine Being Happy. But I Could Imagine Being Carmela.I found my model for womanhood in an unlikely place: The Sopranos.
    By P.E. Moskowitz
  45. extremely online
    Welcome to the Circus19 moments that defined YouTube drama’s economy, and then destroyed it.
    By Zoe Haylock
  46. new yawk style
    Thank You, Dr. ZizmorThe newest fashion trend in New York is — unironically, hyper-specifically — New York itself.
    By Stella Bugbee
  47. the power grid
    Amid the Scandals, Cuomo’s Enemies Are Ready to Unleash a Decade of Resentment“He is the most damaged he has ever been,” said one senior capitol aide.
    By David Freedlander
  48. media
    Why Did First Look Let Go of Laura Poitras?A co-founder turns critic.
    By Sarah Jones and Peter Sterne
  49. power
    Britney Spears Was Never in ControlWhy did I ever believe a teen girl could hold all the power?
    By Tavi Gevinson
  50. the art of ending things
    The 101 Greatest Endings in Movies HistoryGood finales offer catharsis. The best deny us closure altogether.
    By Alison Willmore, Angelica Jade Bastién, and Bilge Ebiri
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