12-25 “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Edited by Someone in Couples Therapy - Oh, I won’t ask for much this Christmas, mainly because “asking” suggests that you’re doing me a favor, when, in actuality, I’m setting some healthy boundaries. (www.newyorker.com)
12-25 How Should We Approach A.I. in 2026? - The rapid normalization of artificial intelligence is forcing a reckoning with how much of the future is being shaped by hype rather than utility. (www.newyorker.com)
12-24 What Can Conversion Memoirs Tell Us? - Two recent books follow young religious converts down the winding back roads of belief. (www.newyorker.com)
12-24 Thelma Golden on the Literature of Harlem - The director of the Studio Museum chooses some of her most beloved books about the neighborhood—both as a place and as an anchor for Black cultural consciousness. (www.newyorker.com)
12-24 Trump, Epstein, and the Women - The Epstein files are a vast trove of documents and will take time to absorb, but Trump made his attitude about women clear long ago. (www.newyorker.com)
12-24 “No Other Choice” Eliminates the Competition with Style - In Park Chan-wook’s adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s crime novel, Lee Byung-hun plays a newly laid-off executive who launches his own campaign of mass termination. (www.newyorker.com)
12-23 Americans Won’t Ban Kids from Social Media. What Can We Do Instead? - Free-speech norms and powerful tech companies make legal restrictions unlikely—but social changes are already taking place. (www.newyorker.com)
12-23 The Right Wing Rises in Latin America - The new President of Chile joins a new class of leaders trying to seize the future by rewriting the past. (www.newyorker.com)
12-23 Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In the Waiting Room,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and her own poem “Love Poem Like We Used to Write It.” (www.newyorker.com)
12-23 “Waiting to Exhale,” Thirty Years On - The 1995 classic became as much a sociological phenomenon as an artistic one—but its designation as a “chick flick” belies its emotional sophistication and intelligence. (www.newyorker.com)
12-22 The Psychology of Fashion - Our garments offer glimpses of the unconscious; we may also choose them because they feel nothing like us—because they allow us, briefly, to become someone else. (www.newyorker.com)
12-22 The Biggest Threat to the 2026 Economy Is Still Donald Trump - Many analysts are predicting an election-year upturn, but they aren’t accounting for the President’s ability to cause more chaos. (www.newyorker.com)
12-22 Mona Fastvold Knows Her Way Around a Chair - The director’s new movie, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” stars Amanda Seyfried as the Shakers’ founder. But the film’s furniture alone is worth a trip to the theatre. (www.newyorker.com)
12-22 Is the Dictionary Done For? - The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution. (www.newyorker.com)
12-22 A Puppet Called Paddington - Tahra Zafar has made creatures for “Harry Potter” and “Star Wars.” Her latest project? Bringing the beloved bear to the stage. (www.newyorker.com)