I Bought Duplex With Father-In-Law — Now He Refuses To Pay His Half Of 4,138 Mortgage And Threatens To ''Squat It Out'' So He Can Save His Money (finance.yahoo.com)
The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup - A racist takeover in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, has reverberated across generations as a reminder of American democracy’s terrifying vulnerability. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday - At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North Dakota, the President casts himself as the rightful heir to American greatness. (www.newyorker.com)
The Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure - The President cashed in on his office to the tune of billions of dollars last year, largely through the sale of crypto tokens. His investors weren’t so fortunate. (www.newyorker.com)
Why The Last Battle of the American Revolution Was Fought In India - The conflicts that took place elsewhere in the world have receded from our collective imagination, but the American rebellion was, in many ways, a sideshow to a far greater imperial drama. (www.newyorker.com)
An American Playlist - As the country celebrates its semiquincentennial, the hosts of Critics at Large reflect on its past, present, and future—through songs. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Have Liberals Abandoned a Moral Reading of the Constitution? - From slavery to abortion, conservatives and liberals alike have reached for “natural law” to resolve many of the country’s most important cases. But, in recent years, the balance has shifted. (www.newyorker.com)
Behind the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Transgender Athletes - The decision, unanimous on Title IX but split 6–3 on equal protection, upheld bans in twenty-seven states on transgender female athletes playing on girls’ and women’s teams. (www.newyorker.com)
Paul Revere’s Unabridged Instructions - Light twelve lanterns and give yourself a mop-top haircut if it seems like more of a cultural invasion. (www.newyorker.com)
Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Hostel,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2024. (www.newyorker.com)
The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over - The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close. (www.newyorker.com)
The Supreme Court’s Check on Trump’s Power Was Too Close for Comfort - Despite some rulings that limited the President’s authority, the Court made clear its commitment to a conservative agenda. (www.newyorker.com)
Searching for Survivors After Venezuela’s Historic Earthquakes - With nearly fifty thousand people still missing, an improvised rescue operation comprising civilians, local firefighters, and foreign brigades is racing to sift through the wreckage. (www.newyorker.com)
An Ecuadorian Fishing Boat Disappears Amid Trump’s Strikes in the Pacific - The President claims to be targeting vessels involved in drug trafficking. Were the fishermen who went missing with the Fiorella collateral damage? (www.newyorker.com)
The Joyful Pointlessness of World Cup Sticker Books - For a parent, finding a children’s activity that hasn’t been digitized, optimized, or turned into gambling feels like a balm. (www.newyorker.com)
America!: Insane Clown Posse Changes Their Name to Pretty Reasonable Clown Posse - The Overton window of bonkersness has shifted so far that songs like “Still Stabbin’ ” sound Sinatra-esque. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump Has Officially Lost the Plot - His refusal to sign a bipartisan affordable-housing bill demonstrates his obliviousness to the economic concerns of voters. (www.newyorker.com)
How the Mass Shooting at Bondi Beach Shattered Australia’s Political Consensus - After the country’s most deadly act of gun violence in nearly thirty years, some politicians asked whether the real problem wasn’t gun control but antisemitism. Were they right? (www.newyorker.com)