Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again
Powered by disappointment among Trump voters and outrage over data centers, a Texas Democrat is running neck and neck with the Republican in...
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Molly Fischer on Waymo, the Driverless Taxi Coming to a City Near You
Removing human drivers isn’t only a cost-cutting strategy; Waymo riders prefer the solitude, the New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer tells...
Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?
Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks with David Remnick about how the President lost control of his movement, and...
The Reporter Nicholas Lemann on California’s Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax
A measure to tax the ultra-wealthy in California is a bellwether progressive issue. Why are so many Democrats skeptical?
Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump
Canadians think America “is toxic and broken and can never be trusted again,” Chrystia Freeland, the former Deputy Prime Minister, tells Dav...
An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia
Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal who was convicted on false charges of espionage, talks about his time...
Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters
The actor talks with David Remnick about portraying the Facebook founder under pressure in “The Social Reckoning,” and why Strong felt betra...
Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko”
The author talks with David Remnick about leaving corporate law to become a novelist, and making Korean culture and experiences legible to r...
Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics
The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, Elon Musk, and Mohammed bin Salman, an...
Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture”
The d.j. explains how he worked out some of the turntable innovations that led to hip-hop as we know it, and why the Furious Five’s biggest...
Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”
The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our prob...
From In the Dark: The Journey
Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
John Wilson and “The History of Concrete”
The documentary filmmaker and the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz meet up at Wilson’s independent movie theatre to discuss his newest...
Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee
In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.
Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Americans in a Time of Peril
The writer, who recently released a new novel, speaks with The New Yorker’s Doreen St. Félix about the meaning of home in an era when Haitia...
Sarah Longwell, a Former Republican, on “How to Eat an Elephant”
Working with focus groups, Longwell keeps a bead on what voters are really thinking, and how to combat Trumpism. She presents the playbook t...
Gloria Steinem in Conversation with David Remnick, from 2015
The writer and activist, who died this week, discussed her memoir, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a question for activists: Which come...
Ian Frazier and Samy Burch on “Coyote vs. Acme”
Frazier, the author of the New Yorker humor essay that inspired the new, buzzy film, talks with Burch, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who...
Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America
The biographer’s new book “American Scoundrel” details Cohn’s infamous tactics during the McCarthy purges; a sex-trafficking allegation; and...
Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five”
Tarlov occupies the hot seat on a Fox News panel of diehard conservatives, arguing for liberal values and rousing the ire of the President,...