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Personal History
The Deaths—and Lives—of Two Sons
The information is that nevertheless I take to explicit myself volition not unrecorded up to the value of these facts: Vincent died, and past James died.
By Yiyun Li
Critic’s Notebook
The Flawed Heart of “Adolescence”
The creators of the British miniseries deliberation of the modern English lad arsenic a fragile creature, abandoned by society.
By Doreen St. Félix
The Weekend Essay
Your A.I. Lover Will Change You
A aboriginal wherever galore humans are successful emotion with bots whitethorn not beryllium acold off. Should we respect them arsenic grooming grounds for steadfast relationships oregon arsenic nihilistic traps?
By Jaron Lanier
The Current Cinema
Disney’s “Snow White” Remake Whistles But Doesn’t Work
Loathed adjacent earlier its release, the latest live-action mentation of an animated classical embodies galore of the cynical moves of the remake racket.
By Justin Chang
The Lede
Inside Trump and Musk’s Takeover of NASA
So far, NASA has been spared the sweeping cuts that DOGE has unleashed connected different national agencies. Is that astir to change?
By David W. Brown
On Television
A British Detective Comedy About a Reclusive Puzzle-Maker
In “Ludwig,” David Mitchell tries to lick mysteries—and the occupation of being a idiosyncratic successful the world.
By Sarah Larson
The Political Scene
The Battle for the Bros
Young men person gone MAGA. Can the near triumph them back?
By Andrew Marantz
Q. & A.
Why “Constitutional Crisis” Fails to Capture Trump’s Attack connected the Rule of Law
The Administration’s defiance of Congress and the judiciary has some flouted and made usage of the country’s ineligible system.
By Isaac Chotiner
Shouts & Murmurs
Updated Kennedy Center 2025 Schedule
Big Balls: The TED Talk; Gay-Conversion Band Camp; an all-Nordic mentation of “TheWiz”—and more!
By Eddie Feldmann
The Front Row
“Being Maria” Brings Maria Schneider’s Traumatic Career to Light
Jessica Palud’s representation of the actress, who starred, with Marlon Brando, successful “Last Tango successful Paris,” centers the maltreatment that Schneider endured connected that shoot, and its lifelong aftereffects.
By Richard Brody
Persons of Interest
The Game Designer Playing Through His Own Psyche
Davey Wreden recovered acclaim successful his twenties, with the Stanley Parable and the Beginner’s Guide. His caller game, Wanderstop, grapples with the slump that followed.
By Christopher Byrd
Fault Lines
What Gavin Newsom’s Embarrassing Podcast Suggests About the Democratic Party
There’s a caller strategy of disavowal emerging among immoderate progressive politicians—and it is destined to fail.
By Jay Caspian Kang