Jeff Bezos Says Millions Will Live In Space Soon ‘Mostly’ Because They Want To — ''I Don''t See How Anybody Can Be Discouraged Who Is Alive Right Now'' (finance.yahoo.com)
The options for paying for college just changed significantly. Here’s what you need to know, whether you are a parent, graduate student or an undergraduate. (on.wsj.com)
McKinsey is shaking up its board and appointing a new chair—the latest in an effort to change how it’s managed after scandals involving past clients (on.wsj.com)
Kevin Warsh declined to say how the Fed will approach an upcoming debate over whether to raise rates, calling the coming meeting a “good family fight” (on.wsj.com)
A Swedish court ordered Alphabet’s Google to pay Klarna 1.97 billion in damages after the buy now, pay later company won an antitrust case alleging the Google engaged in anticompetitive practices (on.wsj.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)
Something Is Very Wrong with Modern Longevity Science - A new book argues that many of the world’s oldest people aren’t so old after all. (www.newyorker.com)
The Billionaires’ Vagina Club - With her motto, “Sexual health is health,” Dr. Sally Greenwald aims to optimize orgasms for the women of Silicon Valley. (www.newyorker.com)
Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain? - An Austrian court pieces together the mysterious circumstances of a couple’s disastrous hike. (www.newyorker.com)
Postscript: Mark Singer - In a 1997 Profile for the magazine, he looked for Donald Trump’s soul. Where it should have been he found—nothing. (www.newyorker.com)
The Natural Memory of Kabir Sehgal - For his new album, “Stars and Static 2026,” the fourteen-time Grammy winner recorded sounds from across the country. Did it change how he thinks about America? (www.newyorker.com)
Bruce Nauman Isn’t Bound by the Rules - At a gallery in Tribeca, the artist talked bald spots with Eric Fischl and walked through his quickie exhibition “No Mistakes,” 3-D videos of him drawing with his eyes closed. (www.newyorker.com)
The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us - Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life. (www.newyorker.com)
“Costume Art,” at the Met Museum’s Costume Institute, Makes a Case for Fashion - From its new galleries off the museum’s Great Hall, the Costume Institute seeks to put clothing at the center of art history. (www.newyorker.com)