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Richard Brody reviews “Widows,” the film cowritten by Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen, which is a remarkable showcase for a group of...

Evan Osnos writes about a new Times report about Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s multi-pronged campaign to “delay, deny and deflect”...

Dana Goodyear writes on the efforts by local residents in Malibu to protect their community from the Woolsey Fire.

Adam Schiff, the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, wants to insure that the conclusions from the special counsel’s...

Jia Tolentino writes on the F.D.A. cracking down on young people’s access to Juul, and how the social currency of Juuling may be waning...

Ian Crouch on how the Country Music Awards telecast avoided mention of gun control, despite many of the musicians’ outspoken stances on...

Scott Sayare on how the effort by scientists to establish a new standard for the kilogram will inherit the flaws of its predecessors,...

Paula Mejía writes about the new Ariana Grande song “thank u, next,” a social-media-era breakup anthem in which the pop star pages...

Bernard Avishai writes about a ceasefire in Gaza brokered by Egypt and Qatar, between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and...

Johnny DiNapoli illustrates humorous posters and taglines for new television series.

Joshua Yaffa on the Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov, his experience living and writing under the Soviet regime, and on the film...

Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Prime Minister Theresa May’s presentation of a draft of her Brexit deal to Parliament on Thursday.

Katy Waldman writes on the statement eyeglasses of Kyrsten Sinema, the senator-elect from Arizona, and what they might represent about...

David Remnick writes on Donald Trump’s unhinged week and why the results of the midterm elections offer an occasion for hope.

David Sipress’s Daily Cartoon imagines Trump’s “Make Me Happy Again” rallies.

Residents of a retirement community talk about the many upsides of getting older.

Troy Patterson reviews the new eight-hour HBO miniseries “My Brilliant Friend,” an adaptation of the first of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan...

Eli Burnstein humorously inhabits the perspective of a nineteenth-century novel that is overly concerned with describing window dressings.

Amanda Petrusich considers Metallica’s fourth album, “. . . And Justice for All,” upon the release of the newly remastered...

Leslie T. Chang writes about women’s rights in Egypt and the obstacles women face to work outside the home, which are often put in place...

Richard Brody on a new Western, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” from Joel and Ethan Coen, featuring Zoe Kazan, Tom Waits, and Tim Blake...

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Jonathan Blitzer writes about the progress of the migrant caravan in Mexico, and about the new policies for asylum being implemented by...

Charles Bethea reports from Georgia, where the fight over counting ballots in the Georgia governor’s race between Brian Kemp and Stacey...

Ben McGrath writes about the hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, who is featured in the new documentary “In Search of Greatness.”

Peter Kuper’s Daily Cartoon traces the four stages of climate-change denial.

Ethan Kuperberg writes a humorous set of responses from a therapist in the course of societal collapse.

Peter Canby discusses the endangered African forest elephant and “Elephant Path / Njaia Njoku,” a documentary by the sculptor and...

Richard Brody reviews Claude Lanzmann’s “Napalm,” the director’s second-to-last film, centered on his visit to North Korea with a French...

Adam Gopnik on President Trump’s visit to France for the centennial of the end of WWI and his attacks on French President Emmanuel...

Osita Nwanevu writes on the appearance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib at a climate protest outside of Nancy Pelosi’s office.

Alex Ross writes about the New York recording sessions captured on Bob Dylan’s “More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14.”

Katy Waldman reviews “The Feral Detective,” by Jonathan Lethem, one of the first pieces of fiction to address the Trump Presidency directly.

John Cassidy writes on the Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema’s victory in the U.S. Senate race in Arizona, and the implications that...

Sue Halpern writes about the recounts in the elections in Florida and Georgia, and the impediments to voting on Election Day across the...

Phil McAndrew illustrates a humorous list of people Facebook has suggested as “friends.”

Jason Chatfield and Scott Dooley’s Daily Cartoon wakes up in the middle of the night.