01-06 DoorDash’s CEO blasts ‘appalling’ claim that a major delivery app gives drivers a desperation score: ‘I would fire anyone who tolerated this’ (news.google.com)
19:00 The Perils of Killing the Already Dead - Fear of what the dead might do to us didn’t start with Dracula, and it didn’t end with him, either. (www.newyorker.com)
19:00 What Will Become of Venezuela’s Political Prisoners? - Jésus Armas, a prominent opposition leader, has been in prison in Caracas for the past year. With the country in turmoil, his mother worries about his fate. (www.newyorker.com)
19:00 ICE’s New-Age Propaganda - With its string of “wartime recruitment” ads, often featuring pop songs and familiar meme formats, the agency has weaponized social media against itself. (www.newyorker.com)
02:55 J. D. Vance’s Notable Absence on Venezuela - Was the Vice-President’s exclusion from the operation in Venezuela an expression of his anti-interventionist ideology—or a political calculation? (www.newyorker.com)
01:17 The Dramatic Arraignment of Nicolás Maduro - By forcibly bringing the ousted President and his wife into jurisdiction of U.S. federal courts, Trump will now have to accept that at least two Venezuelans deserve the basic right to due process. (www.newyorker.com)
01-06 What a Viral YouTube Video Says About the Future of Journalism - A streamer’s investigation of fraud in Minnesota garnered millions of views. His content was questionable, but his methods will likely inspire scores of imitators. (www.newyorker.com)
01-06 How Did Astoria Become So Socialist? - One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People’s Republic.” (www.newyorker.com)
01-06 Special Episode: After Maduro’s Ouster, What Are Trump’s Plans for Venezuela? - The President says the United States will “run” Venezuela. What that entails—and how far Trump will go in the country and in the broader region—remains unclear. (www.newyorker.com)
01-06 The Maduro Regime Without Maduro - A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over. (www.newyorker.com)
01-05 Who’s Running Venezuela After the Fall of Maduro? - The country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, is in the awkward position of having to appease two hard-line, opposing audiences: the Trump Administration and what remains of the Venezuelan regime. (www.newyorker.com)
01-05 The Making of the First American Pope - Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and Peru may shed light on his approach. (www.newyorker.com)
01-05 Catch Marc Shaiman If You Can - On the eve of his new book, “Never Mind the Happy,” the composer dishes on his career ups and downs—from touring with Bette Midler to getting caught in Twitter wars. (www.newyorker.com)
01-05 Meet the Artist Keeping MetroCards Alive - Nina Boesch has been making art out of the cards for twenty-five years. What is she going to do now that they’re gone? (www.newyorker.com)
01-05 Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Rebecca Mead’s Profile of Stephen Fry and Rivka Galchen’s piece about geothermal energy. (www.newyorker.com)
01-05 Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Big Breakup - The congresswoman split with the President over the Epstein files, then she quit. Where will she go from here? (www.newyorker.com)
01-05 Kathryn Bigelow, Catastrophe Connoisseur - At the Intrepid Museum, the “House of Dynamite” director chats with an arms-control expert about duck and cover, radioactive subs, and how close we are to the end. (www.newyorker.com)