Investors Are Fleeing to South Korean and Taiwan ETFs for Diversification. If You Do That, You’re Still Just Chasing AI Chip Stocks. (finance.yahoo.com)
I cofounded an app that made over 1 million in the last year. We pivoted 5 times and made one big mistake before finding success. (www.businessinsider.com)
Peru’s Politics Are a Disaster, but Does It Matter? - A runoff election, on June 7th, will decide which of two candidates—down from thirty-six, in the first round of voting—becomes the next Peruvian President. The economy may not notice. (www.newyorker.com)
A Stunning New LACMA Descends Upon a City in Crisis - Peter Zumthor’s building recalls a spaceship loaded with several thousand artifacts of life on Earth, ready to leave this planet behind. (www.newyorker.com)
I Need a Critic: June, 2026, Edition - The hosts recommend art works about entering a new phase of life, what to read while serving in the military, and the best songs for lulling a baby to sleep. (www.newyorker.com)
Even Basketball Players Lie About Their Height - From guys trying to make it past women’s six-foot filter on dating apps to basketball players hoping to get drafted, men continue to exaggerate how tall they are. (www.newyorker.com)
The Meta-Gay Antics of “Can I Be Frank?” and the “Heated Rivalry” Musical - Emily Nussbaum reviews Morgan Bassichis’s “Can I Be Frank?” and Dylan MarcAurele’s “Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical,” in which gay fandom generates funny and moving new material. (www.newyorker.com)
New Reading Series We Are Strongly Considering Hosting - The easiest way to inform people that you are literary is by hosting a reading series. You’ll want yours to have a catchy premise. (www.newyorker.com)
The Absurd Virtual Spectacle of Trump’s D.C. - I recently moved away from Washington, but there’s no way to escape propagandistic imagery of the President’s urban vanity projects. (www.newyorker.com)
When Dance in New York Took Center Stage - A new history explores how the city’s commingling of popular forms and artistic experimentation shaped dance in the twentieth century. (www.newyorker.com)
How Pakistan Is Using the Iran War to Reinvent Itself - The country’s emergence as an unlikely mediator between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic illustrates how diplomacy has become more personal and transactional under President Donald Trump. (www.newyorker.com)
A World Cup Final and a Teen’s Quest for Belonging in “Amarela” - For the girl at the center of André Hayato Saito’s short film, the 1998 World Cup final between France and Brazil is a moment of reckoning. (www.newyorker.com)
Emotional-Labor Laws - If you are serving as your friend/parent/boss/partner’s unpaid therapist because they refuse to get a licensed one, you are entitled to invoice them. (www.newyorker.com)
California Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Tight races in jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles feature well-known Democrats, such as Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer, and Karen Bass. (www.newyorker.com)
My A.I. Boyfriend Won’t Let Me Watch Women’s Basketball - I think Cryson’s W.N.B.A. hatred is just a glitch, but what an annoying glitch! (www.newyorker.com)
Iowa Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Both parties are picking candidates in the races to replace the Republican senator Joni Ernst and the Republican governor Kim Reynolds. (www.newyorker.com)
Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read? - I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no. (www.newyorker.com)
The Heretical Energy of “Is God Is” - Aleshea Harris takes the religious undercurrents of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and dirties them, wisely, in her new revenge thriller. (www.newyorker.com)