Long Lake Agrees to Acquire American Express Global Business Travel, the World’s Largest Corporate Travel Platform, for 6.3 Billion, With Support From General Catalyst and Alpha Wave (news.google.com)
Three people are dead after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. Here’s what to know about the disease, including how it spreads and the dangers it presents. (on.wsj.com)
The Roomba inventor’s next big thing? A cute little four-legged robot, designed to form an emotional bond with its owner. Christopher @Mims reveals the Familiar (on.wsj.com)
“While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence,” by Ellen Bass - “She’d bought a black leather jacket from a stall on the Ponte Vecchio.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Idea That Reshaped Identity Politics Has a Complicated Backstory - Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean. (www.newyorker.com)
The Artist Who Made America Look Like a Promised Land - Frederic Edwin Church sold a nation on its own mythology. That was his making—and his unmaking. (www.newyorker.com)
In HBO’s “The Dark Wizard,” Dean Potter Climbs On - The BASE jumper died in a tragic accident in 2015, the day before he was to accept an award for performance art. A new docuseries explores his life and legacy. (www.newyorker.com)
How Americans Caught Gold Fever Again - Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, macho gold-mining reality shows, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for prospecting not seen since 1849. (www.newyorker.com)
Barack Obama Considers His Role in the Age of Trump - The former President remains one of the most popular politicians in the country. What are his obligations to it? (www.newyorker.com)
Colbert’s Trumpet Player on Life After Late Night - Since 2015, Jon Lampley has played in the house band of “The Late Show,” which CBS unceremoniously cancelled. As the final episode looms, he takes a look back. (www.newyorker.com)
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Complicated Commemorations - Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th. (www.newyorker.com)
The A.I. Industry Is Booming. When Will It Actually Make Money? - As Elon Musk sues his former OpenAI partners, A.I. companies are expanding rapidly, but profits are still scarce. (www.newyorker.com)
Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits? - Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost. (www.newyorker.com)
The American Revolution Wasn’t That Big a Deal - Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different. (www.newyorker.com)
Harriet Clark’s Début Is a New Kind of Coming-of-Age Novel - In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family. (www.newyorker.com)
On the High Line, Buddha Is the New Giant Pigeon - After the bird sculpture flew the Chelsea coop, the curator Cecilia Alemani oversaw the installation of a new work—a sacred sandstone colossus, based on one destroyed by the Taliban. (www.newyorker.com)
Is the Twenty-fifth Amendment Really an Option? - After J.F.K.’s assassination, a neophyte lawyer named John Feerick was summoned to Washington to draft the provision. Now everyone wants him to weigh in on booting Trump from office. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Sarah Stillman’s piece about the detention of migrant children, Patrick Radden Keefe’s investigation into car-insurance fraud in New Orleans, and Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz’s profile of Sam Altman. (www.newyorker.com)