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Christopher Nolan Tried Not to Overwhelm You

 How the director turned Homer’s Odyssey into a surprisingly intimate film. podcast By Bilge Ebiri
education

How Vandy Bested the Ivies

 With the opening of its NYC campus, the school’s ascent to elite status seems complete. podcast By Claire Suddath
social studies

It’s Humiliating. It’s Exhilarating. It’s a Line.

 In a city that’s go-go-go, it’s never been more fashionable to stand-stand-stand. podcast By Brock Colyar

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  1. close read
    Little House on the Stolen PrairieA new adaptation of the Laura Ingalls Wilder series punctures the fantasy.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  2. health
    11 Rounds of IVF, $250,000, and No BabyClinics are seeing a wave of women over 45 trying to get pregnant. With so many experimental treatments, it’s hard to know when to stop.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  3. franchises
    Grip, Rip, Dip, Repeat. Grip, Rip, Dip, Repeat.PopUp remade the bagel shop for Gen Z. But what’s lost in its pared-down, endlessly replicable model?
    By Elizabeth G. Dunn
  4. tomorrow
    The Effective-Altruism ComebackOut of the spotlight, the movement has been preparing for the soon-to-be AI rich to donate billions.
    By Andrew Fedorov
  5. church and state
    The Young Catholic Elite Poised to Take Over MAGAFor J.D. Vance and his co-religionists in Washington, faith is a powerful means of ascent.
    By Nate Weisberg
  6. america 250
    Guess What Kind of Man Is Running Freedom 250?Keith Krach was asked to lead the nation’s birthday party. He’s been accused of abusing his ex and child.
    By James D. Walsh
  7. encounter
    Robinne Lee Writes More Than RomanceThe Idea of You author’s first novel was misunderstood. Now she’s back with a book that defies the genre.
    By Allison P. Davis
  8. tomorrow
    The Tech Founder Creating an Army of AI InfluencersZuhair Lakhani ​is creating an army of AI influencers and flooding feeds with “propaganda campaigns.” What could go wrong?
    By Rebecca Jennings
  9. style
    Fashion That Makes Us Want AgainThe luxury industry has forgotten how to stoke our desire — with three standout exceptions.
    By Cathy Horyn
  10. the media
    The Today Show Goes DarkSavannah Guthrie brought optimism and faith to Today. Can it survive her tragedy?
    By Irin Carmon
  11. the hamptons issue
    The Long Island Deed SchemerMichael O’Sullivan promised his clients their dream home. What they got was a never-ending real-estate nightmare.
    By Paula Aceves
  12. the hamptons issue
    My Weekend With 100 GirlbossesNell Diamond, Bobbi Brown, Tory Burch, and dozens of other female founders gathered to do relay races and talk tax structures. I joined them.
    By Zoe Dubno
  13. king of new york
    Jalen Brunson’s Victory LapTagging along with the MVP as Knicks fans exhale and the city erupts.
    By Tom Kludt
  14. the hamptons issue
    The Reclusive Last Days of Christophe de MenilAn heiress, her daughter, and the betrayal that broke them.
    By Annie Armstrong
  15. the hamptons issue
    Raider of the North ForkThe billionaire developer Stefan Soloviev has an insatiable appetite for land.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  16. first person
    My Scheme to Honor My Father’s LegacyMy dad loved obituaries. I thought that unless the New York Times announced your death on the front page, you hadn’t really lived.
    By Griffin Dunne
  17. self
    Why Would You Pay to Talk to a Man?The majority of therapists are women. Yet some female patients are looking for something different.
    By Meaghan O'Connell
  18. profile
    Joyce Carol Oates Can’t QuitT​he octogenarian is on her 50th short-story collection and 15th year as an X power user.
    By Emma Alpern
  19. crime
    Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prison ExperimentHis life behind bars and his desperate campaign to get free.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  20. education
    The Mirage of the Gifted ChildCritics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of giftedness that’s faulty?
    By Katie Arnold-Ratliff
  21. social studies
    What If It All Came Out?We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of self-incrimination and humiliation that could detonate at any time.
    By Bridget Read
  22. the power trip
    Building Back the BidensThe urgent, embarrassing, and occasionally convincing campaign to salvage their legacy.
    By Ben Terris
  23. self
    Sex As a Single Mom by Emily RatajkowskiAfter my marriage ended, I began compulsively dating in order to figure out what kind of woman I wanted to be.
    By Emily Ratajkowski
  24. oral history
    The Raider of a Lost ArtOver 30 actors, filmmakers, and close friends recount how Steven Spielberg infiltrated Hollywood and helped the Movie Brats take over.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  25. world cup 2026
    SL Benfica v Real Madrid C.F. - UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off First Leg
    Why Always Vini?The Brazilian superstar’s lonely, galvanic fight against racism in global soccer.
    By Peter L'Official
  26. parenting
    Postpartum Depression Is Coming for FathersMen are more involved parents than ever, and it’s leading to a crisis no one warned them about.
    By Emi Nietfeld
  27. in conversation
    Regina Hall Won’t Talk About the Kevin Hart Roast Just YetBut she will talk about returning to the Scary Movie franchise and what Paul Thomas Anderson is like as a neighbor.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  28. higher education
    More Than a Dozen Colleges Are Quietly Crossing the $100,000 Mark This YearThe sticker price for a year at NYU, Duke, USC, and others is creeping into six figures. Many families are starting to balk.
    By Jeffrey Selingo
  29. power
    The Fight to Free Ben & Jerry’sIs Ben Cohen the last holdout of hippie capitalism or a contrarian who won’t let go?
    By Carrie Battan
  30. power
    How Gianni Infantino, and FIFA, Won Trump’s HeartInside the geopolitical tug of war behind the 2026 World Cup.
    By Andrew Rice
  31. profile
    Jimmy Kimmel Would Stop If He CouldTrump wants him out, late night is dying, and he’s tired. What does the end look like?
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  32. foreign interests
    The Plot to Eliminate GazaWhat Trump’s Board of Peace really means for the future of Palestine.
    By Mohammed R. Mhawish
  33. war games
    The Degenerates of the Drone Stock BubbleYoung male retail investors have fueled a market craze for dystopian warfare.
    By Sharon Weinberger
  34. health
    What If Some Fears Can’t Be Conquered?Exposure therapy for phobia is said to have a 90 percent success rate. But for more than half of people who go through with it, anxiety returns.
    By Katie Arnold-Ratliff
  35. social studies
    The Big Little Penis PanicIn the age of looksmaxxing, Trump, and “catching print,” men have seized on an enduring anxiety with new energy.
    By Brock Colyar
  36. strategist investigates
    59 Actually Useful Tips for Using Your Phone (a Little) LessIncluding customizing your Brick and getting the kids a souped-up walkie-talkie.
    By Jeremy Rellosa
  37. encounter
    Biotech Barbie Had a Hard YearCathy Tie (briefly) married a gene-editing outlaw and got barred from China. So she threw herself a 30th birthday party at Carnegie Hall.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  38. scenes
    The Rise of the ClownsA report from the Eastside of Los Angeles, the center of the hottest comedic art.
    By Allison P. Davis
  39. tomorrow
    The Billionaire Who Wired San FranciscoThe city, post-COVID, is tougher on crime, more surveilled, and more moderate. No citizen has shaped it more than Chris Larsen.
    By Lauren Smiley
  40. profile
    Only John Lithgow Could Get Away With ThisHe’s terrific as Roald Dahl in Giant, a play at the center of the antisemitism vs. anti-Zionism debate.
    By Rebecca Alter
  41. extremely online
    The Feed Is FakeThat “viral” song, movie, influencer, and celebrity drama you scrolled by recently was likely the result of a stealth marketing campaign.
    By Lane Brown
  42. education
    The Grand Tradition of Suing the City for School TuitionHow did New York come to spend over a billion dollars a year settling special-education lawsuits brought, mostly, by white parents?
    By Anya Kamenetz
  43. in conversation
    Taraji P. Henson Tells It Like It IsThe actress is having a ball in her Broadway debut, but she still has some bones to pick with Hollywood.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  44. brick and mortar
    Little Nolitas EverywhereWhy the same upscale shops — Aesops, Everlanes, and Buck Masons —seem to show up in packs.
    By Anne Kadet
  45. parenting
    The Quiet Shame of Fearing Your Own ChildThere’s scant help — and loads of blame — for parents whose children hit them, kick them, and even threaten their lives.
    By Julie Brener Davich
  46. travel
    We Love Delta. We Hate Delta.It’s been a hellish time for travel, but one airline is winning by catering to the elite. Good luck to everyone stuck in coach.
    By Ben Ryder Howe
  47. games
    ‘I’d Wake Up in the Middle of the Night and Bet $7,000 on Korean Baseball’The life of Tim McCormack, a gambling addict who got caught up in the Jontay Porter scandal.
    By Jay Bulger
  48. profile
    The Audacity of Nene LeakesAfter an explosive exit and years of personal tragedy, the queen of reality TV is ready to return to the house she built.
    By Niela Orr
  49. guides
    The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)Where to eat with children while dining like a grown-up.
    By Rachel Sugar
  50. power
    The Hollywood Feud of the CenturyHow the fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni led to a $300 million trial that could torch both their careers.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
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