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Back to SearchU2’s Bono on the Power of Music
In 2022, The New Yorker published a personal history about growing up in Ireland during the nineteen-sixties and seventies. It covers the interfaith marriage of the author’s parents, which was unusua…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
“Super Gay Poems”
In 2024, Harvard University offered a course on Taylor Swift. It was popular, to say the least. That course was taught by a professor and literary critic named Stephanie Burt. In The New Yorker, Burt…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Bret Baier On Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship with Fox News
The relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump is not just close; it can be profoundly influential. Trump frequently responds to segments in real time online—even to complain about a poll he does…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
America’s Oligarch Problem
A mega-donor to the Republican Presidential campaign, Elon Musk got something no other titan of industry has ever received: an office in the White House and a government department tailor-made for hi…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Israel Struck Iran First
The Ayatollahs who have ruled Iran since 1979 have long promised to destroy the Jewish state, and even set a deadline for it. While arming proxies to fight Israel—Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Unfolding Genocide in Sudan
The New Yorker recently published a report from Sudan, headlined “Escape from Khartoum.” The contributor Nicolas Niarchos journeyed for days through a conflict to reach a refugee camp in the Nuba Mou…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Barbra Streisand on “The Secret of Life”
Barbra Streisand has been a huge presence in American entertainment—music, film, and stage—for more than sixty years. She was the youngest person ever to achieve the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
John Seabrook on the Destructive Family Battles of “The Spinach King”
John Seabrook’s new book is about a family business—not a mom-and-pop store, but a huge operation run by a ruthless patriarch. The patriarch is aging, and he cannot stand to lose his hold on power, n…
Published on 3 months ago
What Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Doesn’t Understand About Autism
When Donald Trump made an alliance with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., he brought vaccine skepticism and the debunked link between vaccines and autism into the center of the MAGA agenda. Though the scientif…
Published on 3 months ago
Brian Eno Knows “What Art Does”
In the music business, Brian Eno is a name to conjure with. He’s been the producer of tremendous hits by U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Coldplay, and many other top artists. But he’s al…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago