Jon Allsop on 11/06/2026 J Jon Allsop
What This Week’s Elections Mean for The Future of Elections
Democrats had a big night on Tuesday. What about democrats?
Joshua Yaffa on 11/02/2026 J Joshua Yaffa
An Exiled Filmmaker’s Unsparing View of Contemporary Russia
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” is the first independent feature to portray Russian life during the war with Ukraine.
Francisco Cantú on 11/02/2026 F Francisco Cantú
Why Immigration Agents Don’t Quit in Protest
How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel “at war with an enemy that does not fight back.”
Manvir Singh on 11/02/2026 M Manvir Singh
Did the World Just Gain Hundreds of Millions of Alzheimer’s Patients?
A new definition of Alzheimer’s includes people without symptoms. Experts are fiercely divided over whether that makes sense—and whether the new drugs really help.
Rivka Galchen on 11/01/2026 R Rivka Galchen
The Year Math Changed Forever
A.I. is solving problems that stumped the field for decades. Mathematicians look to Terence Tao for guidance on their altered world.
Ruth Marcus on 11/04/2026 R Ruth Marcus
After the Midterms, Washington Lawyers Up
With Democratic majorities in Congress, oversight, and its frustrations, return.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on 11/02/2026 B Benjamin Wallace-Wells
How Democrats Are Reclaiming the Politics of Populism
In the midterms’ most competitive races, Democratic candidates are reviving an old Party message: that the Republicans are selling out to the highest bidder.
Ruth Marcus on 11/01/2026 R Ruth Marcus
Corruption on the Ballot
Corruption is always an issue, but this year will it finally catapult from a topic of chronic bellyaching to an actual mechanism for changing votes?
Jon Lee Anderson on 10/31/2026 J Jon Lee Anderson
Brazil’s President Faces Down the Online Right
In the internet age, national elections are increasingly international. What does Lula’s victory mean for the world?
David Remnick on 10/30/2026 D David Remnick
Jamie Raskin Is Not Afraid to Impeach Trump Again
The Maryland congressman talks about how the Democratic Party is fighting the President’s “gangster state.”
Isaac Chotiner on 10/28/2026 I Isaac Chotiner
The Founder of Arab Americans for Trump Has Some Regrets
As the President and his party launch a wave of bigoted attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, Bishara Bahbah reflects on what, exactly, Trump has delivered in his second term.
Isaac Chotiner on 10/24/2026 I Isaac Chotiner
How Macron Destabilized France
Widespread protests against his policies were followed by violent riots across the country. Does this mean Marine Le Pen is all but certain to be the next President of France?
David Remnick on 10/22/2026 D David Remnick
Gina Hinojosa Thinks Texas Is Different This Time
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate argues that crony capitalism, distrust of data centers, and attacks on public education have disenchanted voters enough to finally bring a blue wave to the state.
Susan B. Glasser on 11/04/2026 S Susan B. Glasser
Donald Trump’s Repudiation, America’s Revenge in the Midterms
Even J. D. Vance admits that the righteous blue wave in the midterms wasn’t a result of Republicans failing to show up—it’s that they showed up for the Democrats.
Susan B. Glasser on 11/03/2026 S Susan B. Glasser
Finally, the Beginning of Trump’s End
Reflections on a midterm campaign in which our octogenarian President waged war—against algae in the Reflecting Pool.
Susan B. Glasser on 10/30/2026 S Susan B. Glasser
Obama’s Great Skewering of Trump
The former President’s riff on Saddam Hussein, the Cheesecake Factory, and our gold-besotted leader was not only funny but politically brilliant.
Brady Brickner-Wood on 10/26/2026 B Brady Brickner-Wood
The World Series No One Wanted
A matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays was considered a “nightmare,” a bloodbath of small-ball hermeneutics. But the two old-school, thrifty teams have turned the Fall Classic into a showcase for what money can’t buy.
Shayla Love on 11/06/2026 S Shayla Love
A Cruise to End All Cruises
The Odyssey was supposed to last a lifetime. Instead, it was a floating fiasco.
Ishaan Tharoor on 11/05/2026 I Ishaan Tharoor
“Regime Change Came in Texas Before Tehran”
Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran—a strategic debacle that has hurt ordinary Americans—is at the heart of a historic rebuke to his Presidency and his party.
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The Enduring Lesson of the Exploding Whale
In Winslow Crane-Murdoch’s film “Oh, Whale,” a journalist reflects on a weird, odorous story that defined his career—and on what it taught him about fate.
Rachel Monroe on 11/04/2026 R Rachel Monroe
The Night that Texas’s Seemingly Unchangeable Republican Identity Vanished
Texans have something to teach the country about fighting for an apparently hopeless cause; conservatives aren’t the only ones who remember the Alamo.
The New Yorker on 11/04/2026 T The New Yorker
Election 2026: Live Results Map | A Landslide Win For Democrats
The vote counts from key Senate, House, and gubernatorial elections around the country.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on 11/04/2026 B Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Midterms Analysis: A Blue Wave Just Crashed on Trump
The Republican Party has only the President and his policies to blame for its historic losses in the 2026 midterms.
Ruby Cramer on 11/03/2026 R Ruby Cramer
Haley Stevens’s Chaotic Comments on Her Endorsement of Mike Rogers
During a mystifying election week in Michigan, the congresswoman reflects on her endorsement switch, people thinking she’s in “some sort of cahoot” with Republicans, and her fiancé—“the amazing and the one and only Jason Turkish.”