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Jerry Seinfeld used to have a comedy bit about the invention of the Pop-Tart, but when his friend Sp

Probably far more people have now seen Judi Dench as M—the intelligence chief who’s the boss of Jame

Both anecdotally and in research, anxiety and depression among young people—often associated with se

At a band rehearsal in Brooklyn, Rachel Syme talks to Maya Hawke about switching gears between actin

Texas has multiple abortion laws, with both criminal and civil penalties for providers. They contain

The New Yorker’s newest staff member, Justin Chang, shares three films that he’s excited to see rele

Across much of the country, Republican officials are reaching into K-12 classrooms and universities

By the standards of any musician, Rhiannon Giddens has taken a twisting and complex path. She was tr

Alicia Keys’ new musical is opening on Broadway about a ten-minute walk from where she grew up in He

In a new novel, Percival Everett offers a radically different perspective on the classic story “The

In 2016, before most people imagined that Donald Trump would become a serious contender for the Pres

As this year’s annual March Madness tournament kicks off, there’s a sense of malaise around men’s co

A legal assault on trans rights by conservative groups and the Republican Party is escalating, the j

Like most Americans, Vinson Cunningham first became aware of Barack Obama in 2004, when he gave a br

“Maestro,” about the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is nominated for seven Acad

Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the P

Kara Swisher landed on the tech beat as a young reporter at the Washington Post decades ago. She wou

Lily Gladstone had been in several films, but unknown to most moviegoers, when she got a call for Ma

Ty Cobb represented the Trump White House during the height of the Mueller-Russia probe, so he has a

Brontez Purnell is a Renaissance man. He’s a musician, a dancer, a filmmaker, and the author of a nu