Browsing: Culture Desk

Bari Weiss pledged to make CBS News speak for 75% of Americans. The New Yorker found the reality of her “60 Minutes” tenure tells a different story.

The 2026 midterms will test Trump’s durability without his name on the ballot and force Democrats to define what they actually stand for.

Tom McCarthy’s “The Rhyl Poster” extends his career-long dismantling of realist fiction — and may have finally pushed that method past its productive limit.

Kevin Barry’s “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run” in The New Yorker opens with a single question about speed, fear, and the bliss that lives on the other side of both.

Richard Avedon built his visual language at Harper’s Bazaar before becoming The New Yorker’s first — and long only — staff photographer.

Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel stars Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White, but overwritten dialogue keeps the film from finding its characters.

MacKenzie Scott published a novel on Substack, apparently sidestepping Amazon. The problem: Amazon reshaped the entire publishing landscape she’s navigating.

ICE arrested nearly 51,000 people in August alone, a single-month record. Operations at hospitals, airports, and schools are reshaping daily life.

Emmanuella lost Temporary Protected Status when the U.S. ended it for Haitian nationals. Now she’s left her job silently, dating urgently for a green card path, and going underground.

New Yorker readers respond to four October 2026 pieces on smokejumpers, A.I. music, lingerie, and home ownership — topics where journalism meets lived tension.