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The Republicans’ Abject Submission to Trump at the House Impeachment Vote
Instead of debating the articles of impeachment, House Republicans acted as if they were participating in a show trial—one with a predetermined not-guilty verdict.
Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Gamble
Though President Trump risks being removed from office, in many ways it is the House Speaker who faces the highest political stakes.
Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of the Year
An investigation into the effects of surveillance capitalism, a sensitive celebrity memoir, an ode to A Tribe Called Quest, and more.
The Art of Dying
I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that?
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In Praise of Nancy Pelosi’s Approach to Impeachment
Weeks of Republican obduracy in committee hearings highlight the quandary faced by the House Speaker: impeachment cannot function properly in an age of hyper-partisanship.
Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons
In the future, or the Dark Ages, as they will be known, lists like this one will be the only way in which you can get information on how many likes things got.
2019 Was a Year of Turning Points in Sports
There were a number of turning points in the sports world in 2019. Some were smoothed into the flow of seasons; others involved the purposeful bending of the normal course of events.
India’s Citizenship Emergency
Niraja Gopal Jayal, the author of several books on Indian democracy, discusses recent efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to marginalize India’s Muslims and the greatest challenges facing those who care about the future of liberalism in the country.
“Watchmen,” “The Boys,” and the Hope That Heroes Can Save Us
The central achievement of both the comics and their TV adaptations is how they spit on the fantasy of caped crusaders saving the world.
I’m Taking Another Photograph of My Own Face
Turns out, I’m the star of the show, and if there are things you want to see besides me you’re going to have to get past my face first.
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The House’s Sad, Predictable, Partisan, and Historic Impeachment of Donald Trump
There was no reckoning for the President in the course of the impeachment vote—only a Republican fire wall.
Andrew Johnson Horrified That History Books Will Mention Him in Same Sentence as Trump
In his first utterance since he died, the spectral Johnson said, “As someone who has actually experienced death, I can safely say that being mentioned in the same breath as Trump is a fate worse than that.”
The Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Murphy discusses whether the Democrats in the Senate have been too willing to compromise and what his Republican colleagues really think of the President.
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Baby stats, car stuff, your garden’s tomato production, and more.
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The Cantonese restaurant bolsters the argument that Manhattan’s Chinatown is just as exciting as the Chinatowns of Flushing, Sunset Park, and Bensonhurst.
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“Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven,” Guirgis’s rough-cut gem of a new play, is rich with revelation and barbed empathy.
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The ballet dancer, who is making her movie début in Tom Hooper’s version, pores over a first edition of T. S. Eliot’s text and muses on the haters who went to war over the film’s weird “digital fur technology.”
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How Does a Plant Grow Without Soil?
We explore the ways in which air plants are much more than a millennial hobby—they are one of nature’s continually evolving species, and they’re an obsession that connects people all over the world.
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Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen”
The writer-director discusses her much-anticipated adaptation of the classic novel. And the creator of HBO’s big show of this season talks with Emily Nussbaum.
