News & Politics
The Lede
Kamala Harris Makes Her Case Beyond Big Cities
At campaign stops in southeastern Georgia and New Hampshire, the Democratic candidate tried to win voters in counties outside her party’s strongholds.
By Emily Witt
Reporting & Essays
Letter from Austria
How to Give Away a Fortune
An Austrian heiress recruited fifty people from all walks of life to redistribute twenty-five million euros—if they could agree on how to spend it.
By Joshua Yaffa
Personal History
My Audience with the Pope
I thought that the e-mailed invitation was spam. “Nice try, Russia,” I said to my laptop screen. But the Pope really did want to meet with comics and humorists.
By David Sedaris
Profiles
Ina Garten and the Age of Abundance
The Barefoot Contessa looks back at a career built on fantasies of comfort and plenty.
By Molly Fischer
Brave New World Dept.
How Machines Learned to Discover Drugs
The A.I. revolution is coming to a pharmacy near you.
By Dhruv Khullar
Commentary
The Lede
Grief and Fury in Israel
Hamas’s killing of six hostages in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly delayed a ceasefire deal, has provoked major protests and a renewed sense of crisis.
By Ruth Margalit
Comment
Do Celebrity Presidential Endorsements Matter?
It’s hard to empirically determine whether they drive voters to the polls. But they might have less measurable effects.
By Tyler Foggatt
The Lede
Kamala Harris’s Political Calculus Takes Shape in First Major Interview
The Vice-President and her advisers clearly believe that being accused of flip-flopping is a lesser threat to her campaign than being cast as too radical.
By John Cassidy
The Lede
Kamala Harris’s Gamble
Four years ago, the Democrats made big promises to address racial and economic injustice. Will voters remember?
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Conversations
Q. & A.
How Kamala Harris’s Coalition Changes the Race for Congress
The elections analyst Dave Wasserman assesses Black support for Donald Trump and explains a state-level primary that’s a national bellwether.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
The Inner Lives of the Nazis
A new history asks what can be gained from trying to understand the personalities of Hitler and his followers.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
Will Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia Change the Trajectory of the War?
Volodymyr Zelensky’s Western allies have worried that the surprise, cross-border attack will provoke Vladimir Putin to escalate.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
What the Latest Presidential Polls Say and What They Might Be Missing
Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, breaks down Kamala Harris’s performance in the battleground states and how we should think about polling error.
By Isaac Chotiner
From Our Columnists
The Sporting Scene
Let There Be Football
The N.F.L. season kicked off with a victory for the Kansas City Chiefs, but dynasties are boring. What might shake things up?
By Louisa Thomas
Fault Lines
What Do Progressive Parents Owe Their Public Schools?
A lead-poisoning scandal in Oakland underscores a growing sense of hopelessness among families who are committed to school integration.
By Jay Caspian Kang
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Can Red-Baiting Save Trump’s Flailing Campaign?
On “Comrade Kamala” and the ex-President’s last-century approach to winning in 2024.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Sporting Scene
What Qinwen Zheng Could Mean for Tennis, and for China
The player known as Queenwen won Olympic Gold, and is moving through the early rounds of the U.S. Open.
By Louisa Thomas
More News
Annals of Education
Can Colleges Do Without Deadlines?
Since COVID, many professors have become more flexible about due dates. But some teachers believe that the way to address student anxiety is more deadlines, not fewer.
By Jessica Winter
Fault Lines
Does A.I. Really Encourage Cheating in Schools?
New technologies are raising suspicions about students’ work, but the controversy—like so many others swirling around American classrooms—misses the point of what we want our kids to learn.
By Jay Caspian Kang
The Lede
How Arizona’s Maricopa County Became the Battleground for Election Conspiracies
The contest for an obscure political office partly responsible for administering elections has become the race behind the race, with stakes that could determine the Presidency.
By Rachel Monroe
The Lede
The Election-Interference Merry-Go-Round
Claims and counterclaims of “election interference” are ubiquitous these days. What does the term actually mean?
By Jon Allsop
In the Dark
The Haditha Massacre Photos That the Military Didn’t Want the World to See
When U.S. Marines killed twenty-four people in an Iraqi town, they also recorded the aftermath of their actions. For years, the military tried to keep these photos from the public.
By Madeleine Baran
The Financial Page
Kamala Harris and the New Democratic Economic Paradigm
At their Convention in Chicago last week, the Democrats looked like a party that is unusually united in its goals.
By John Cassidy
The Lede
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Steps Aside for Donald Trump
As Kennedy’s 2024 election campaign collapses, he has embraced a new role as the former President’s latest ally.
By Clare Malone
The Weekend Essay
Democracy Needs the Loser
The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence.
By Barbara F. Walter