Why Spain Is Standing Up to Donald Trump - Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist Prime Minister, has led the European opposition to the Iran war from the start. (www.newyorker.com)
Buddy Bradley’s Legacy of Dance - Maureen Footer’s new biography, “Feel the Floor,” shows how a little-known Black choreographer taught white stars all the latest moves. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Dedicated a Golden Statue to the President - Mark Burns, an evangelical pastor, explains that Trump’s supporters don’t think of him as a godlike figure, even as the President posts pictures of himself as Jesus. (www.newyorker.com)
A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V. Hondius - He was somewhere in the South Atlantic when a friend texted him about an outbreak on a cruise: “Please tell me you’re not on this ship.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Art of the Ceasefire - How President Trump’s approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status quo. (www.newyorker.com)
Writing the Trump Years Into History - How do you bring an American-history textbook up to date when the country’s past has become a political battleground? (www.newyorker.com)
Your Personality, According to Your Sleeping Position - You have a penchant for pinning your sleep partner beneath your full weight, which has suddenly shifted entirely into the leg or arm you’ve draped across their body. (www.newyorker.com)
Why the Future of College Could Look Like OnlyFans - Universities have become generic, one professor and former dean argues. In the A.I. era, students may demand something they can’t get elsewhere. (www.newyorker.com)
The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblings - Nearly two dozen kids were found at risk of abuse and neglect. Will their parents be held accountable? (www.newyorker.com)
From the Spirit Effect to the Spirit Dilemma - Why can’t ultra-discount airlines thrive in the U.S. when they are so successful in Europe? (www.newyorker.com)
The Twenty-Six-Year-Old Behind “Obsession,” a Terrifying Tale of a Crush Gone Awry - The filmmaker Curry Barker got his start online as a teen-age sketch comedian. Now he’s making his name as Hollywood’s next great horror auteur. (www.newyorker.com)
Can Zohran Mamdani’s New Correction Commissioner Solve the Problem of Rikers? - Stanley Richards brings faith in reform and his own experience of incarceration to an ongoing crisis. (www.newyorker.com)
How Reading with My Dying Mother Revealed Her Life - As a teacher, she would talk about literature with other people’s children. Finally I got the same chance. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Lysée - One evening a week, at Eunji Lee’s tiny Manhattan pâtisserie, Lysée, sweets are appetizer, entrée, and everything else. (www.newyorker.com)
Péter Magyar Led Hungarians out of Autocracy. Where Will He Take Them Now? - In his first substantial conversation with a foreign journalist since being elected, the new Prime Minister promised, “We don’t want to build a power machine.” (www.newyorker.com)
Is Los Angeles Finally Ready to Take the Subway? - After decades of false starts, a new rail line has opened along the city’s most congested boulevard. (www.newyorker.com)
What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep - The new film, starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson, is based on a near-perfect “sheep crime novel”—but the adaptation shows disappointingly little interest in the animal mind. (www.newyorker.com)
Spirit Airlines and the Death of Leisure for the Non-Leisure Class - The low-cost carrier was a mess. But it was also an icon of budget travel, facilitating a kind of modest freedom for the masses. (www.newyorker.com)
The Grandmothers Who Become Mothers Again - In “Mawmaw,” the photographer Anthony Wilson pays tribute to West Virginia women who, after one tragedy or another, care for their children’s children. (www.newyorker.com)
Have Billionaires Gone Too Far? - “We’ve seen them overplaying their hand,” the sociologist Brooke Harrington says. “They’re pillaging American cultural institutions. They’re pillaging democracy.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Chaotic New Era of British Politics - Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has led Labour to a humiliating defeat in local elections. Now, with five major parties competing for votes, the far right could be well positioned for a general-election victory. (www.newyorker.com)
Kacey Musgraves Music Review: “Middle of Nowhere” - On her new album, “Middle of Nowhere,” the singer toys with two of country music’s great themes: her home state of Texas, and solitude. (www.newyorker.com)