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A Time of Monsters
From the New York Democratic primaries to the America First right, antisemitic obsessions are now an organizing principle of American political life.
Jonathan Rosen
Our Revolutionary Moment. Plus. . .
Pete Hegseth is firing the wrong general. America’s first girlboss. And more.
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Meet NYC’s New Socialist Leaders
Abolish ICE. Free Palestine. Organize your union.
Olivia Reingold
New York’s Socialist Sweep. Plus. . .
How to finally fix the reflecting pool. The state of Islam in America. The ‘tough bastard’ who’s also a Great American. And more.
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The End of the Kennedys? Not So Fast.
Jack Schlossberg’s loss in a House race is only the latest flash of his family’s apparent failure. Yet the national obsession will go on.
Will Rahn
Great Americans: The Man Who Built America’s Stonehenge
Harvey Fite spent 40 years sculpting a seven-acre masterpiece from an abandoned quarry near Woodstock. He had no collaborators, no blueprints, and no…
Josh Code
How the Knicks Saved New York—and Me
Uri Berliner was a teenager the last time the Knicks won the NBA championship. Now, having just turned 70, he reflects on what the team means to New…
Uri Berliner
Great Americans: The Michelangelo of New York
Every stoop and fire hydrant Martin Scorsese’s camera catches is a love poem to New York City. He should know better than to make movies about anywhere…
Colin Quinn
Meet the Mangione Press Corps
They include a ‘Hot Girls for Zohran’ influencer and a Fulbright scholar turned sex video game creator.
Olivia Reingold
How Harvard’s Reparations Plan Flopped. Suicidal Empathy in New York City. Plus. . .
Arthur Brooks on what drives online trolls. China’s war with Christianity. And more.
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Niall Ferguson with Aaron MacLean Live in NYC
Trump’s Iran War and the New World Disorder: A Live Recording of ‘School of War’
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Elise Stefanik on the ‘Rotten’ Ivy League, Mayor Mamdani, and Why She’s Leaving Congress
As she plans her departure, Rep. Stefanik reflects on rifts over antisemitism, what she predicts is a coming ‘decline’ in New York, and what she sees as…
Maya Sulkin
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