Tesla analyst says CEO Elon Musk is ''back in charge'' after surprise all-hands meeting, and investors are rewarding the company''s stock (news.google.com)
Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America? - After purging the judiciary, cracking down on the media, and jailing political opponents, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces protests on a scale not seen in a decade. (www.newyorker.com)
The Zambian Sensibility of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” - Our art reflects a commitment to the pleasant, a subtlety and delay in how we communicate, and an easygoing acceptance of contradiction. (www.newyorker.com)
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fight the Oligarchy - In Arizona, a crowd of thousands suggested that the left still has a pulse. (www.newyorker.com)
The Government’s Rock Librarian - Her work was so quiet and fundamental—to academia and industry, all over the world—that she believed her job would be safe. (www.newyorker.com)
The Long Shadow of the Kennedys - The latest release of J.F.K. assassination files so far doesn’t show much—except for the Kennedy name’s continued hold on the country. (www.newyorker.com)
How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away - When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams? (www.newyorker.com)
Carol Leifer Can Make You Funny - In a new book, the “Seinfeld” and “S.N.L.” writer shares the secrets to the perfect toast: don’t drink too much, and, remember, the Gettysburg Address was only two minutes long. (www.newyorker.com)
Story Time with the Man Who Oversaw SEAL Team Six - After a military career that included helping take out bin Laden, Admiral William McRaven has assembled a new squad: Caring Cow, Persevering Penguin, and Forgiving Frog. (www.newyorker.com)
Don’t Believe Trump’s Promises About Protecting the Social Safety Net - The Social Security Administration is shuttering offices, and the Republicans’ own math suggests that they are planning big cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. (www.newyorker.com)
Alabaster DePlume Grapples with It - The saxophonist and jazz poet (real name Angus Fairbairn) hit the jujitsu mat at a Wall Street dojo. (www.newyorker.com)
Why We Can’t Quit Talking About Jesus - Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a reason they won’t stay dead and buried. (www.newyorker.com)
The Elements of Style, 2025 - Updating Strunk and White. Link two thoughts with a semicolon, as in: He’s not even the real President; the other, even weirder billionaire seems to be in charge. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Adam Gopnik’s piece about Lillian Ross’s Profile of Ernest Hemingway and Burkhard Bilger’s article about high-school marching bands. (www.newyorker.com)
Medical Benchmarks and the Myth of the Universal Patient - From growth charts to anemia thresholds, clinical standards assume a single human prototype. Why are we still using one-size-fits-all health metrics? (www.newyorker.com)
The Quintessentially American Story of Indian Pizza - In the eighties, a Punjabi immigrant bought an old Italian restaurant in San Francisco. The dish he pioneered became a phenomenon. (www.newyorker.com)
The Art Works in Flannery O’Connor’s Attic - In an old Georgia mansion, a team of the writer’s devotees found a dusty wooden box: inside were two dozen of her never-seen oil paintings. (www.newyorker.com)
Dirty Projectors Creates a Symphony for a Burning World - Between brutal fire seasons in Los Angeles, David Longstreth wrote “Song of the Earth,” an album that captures the beauty, and the peril, of nature. (www.newyorker.com)