After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.

New reporting from Haaretz shows that, before October 7th, the Israeli Prime Minister was told to expect an “earthquake” from Gaza—and didn’t inform his security chiefs.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Anthropic is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” How worried should we be?

Make sure that water is always available to Blythe, but don’t freak out if she doesn’t drink much. Blythe believes that hydration is “a conspiracy invented by Gatorade.”

Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.

Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.

In a new story collection, the actor and comedian injects a refreshing breeziness into a discourse that can lean toward self-seriousness.

“The Breakup,” “All Them Dogs,” “Sex and Dissent,” and “We Want to Believe.”

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Readers respond to Becca Rothfeld’s review of Rachel Cusk’s latest novel, Alexandra Schwartz’s piece about death doulas, and Zach Helfand’s Talk story about the Old News Newsstand.

At his downtown studio, the perennially provocative artist makes a lo-fi version of the brand’s flagship Parisian store.

The culture wars have come for lingerie as the right, once the advocates of promise rings and purity culture, embarks on a crusade to “Make America Hot Again.”

In his new book, “Birth of a Culture,” the trailblazing d.j. tells his version of how it all began.

For years, a Peruvian voice actor has tried to get Disney to sign off on his Quechuan translation of “The Lion King.” The new documentary “Runa Simi” follows his path unwinding.

So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising.

Commuter couture.

How striving, self-invention, and charm became a national style.

Nate Amos writes songs that both embrace and lampoon dusty singer-songwriter tropes.

For A.1. to cause such fear is understandable, because many of us are not comfortable with condiments.