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Reflections
How Alarmed Should We Be If Trump Wins Again?
Even many of the ex-President’s opponents haven’t grasped the scale of the man’s villainy.
By Adam Gopnik
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Reporting & Essays
Annals of Zoology
How Scientists Started to Decode Birdsong
Language is said to make us human. What if birds talk, too?
By Rivka Galchen
The Political Scene
Kamala Harris’s Hundred-Day Campaign
Three months ago, the Vice-President was fighting for respect in Washington. Can she defy her doubters—and end the Trump era?
By Evan Osnos
The Weekend Essay
Ukraine’s Waiting Game
In and around Kyiv, war has become part of daily life, even as the public grows weary of its costs.
By Keith Gessen
Personal History
Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries
The Russian opposition leader’s account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.
By Alexei Navalny
Commentary
Comment
What the Polls Really Say About Black Men’s Support for Kamala Harris
After the 2016 election, progressives blamed white women for Hillary Clinton’s loss. This year, Black men have come under special scrutiny.
By Jelani Cobb
The Lede
Keir Starmer’s Bafflingly Bad Start as the U.K.’s Prime Minister
The Labour government’s first hundred days in power have been characterized by mistakes, infighting, and drift.
By Sam Knight
The Lede
The Relentlessness of Florida Hurricane Season
For residents still picking through the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, the arrival of Milton was met with anxiety, horror, and, in some cases, weary acceptance.
By Carolyn Kormann
The Lede
How Podcasts Are Transforming the Presidential Election
While Kamala Harris courts female voters on “Call Her Daddy,” Donald Trump is doubling down on his appeals to terminally online young men.
By Brady Brickner-Wood
Conversations
Q. & A.
What Was Possible Before October 7th, and What Remains Possible Now
How the war between Israel and Hamas has reshaped the region, and where the conflict goes from here.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
How the U.S.-Israel Relationship Actually Works
What does the Biden Administration want Netanyahu to do in Lebanon and Gaza?
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
A Haitian Immigrant in Springfield Experiences the Best and Worst of America
How the past few weeks have “kind of shifted” Viles Dorsainvil’s idea about the country.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
The Historical Precedents to Trump’s Attacks on Haitian Immigrants
An expert on white nationalism explains how such demonizing rhetoric incubates and spreads—and what sets this particular episode apart.
By Isaac Chotiner
From Our Columnists
The Financial Page
The Home-Insurance Crisis That Won’t End After Hurricane Season
Extreme-weather events accentuated by climate change are leaving homeowners in high-risk areas without coverage and policymakers scrambling for a solution.
By John Cassidy
The Sporting Scene
Colin Allred’s Political Playbook
Football has been central to the Texas congressman’s campaign to unseat Ted Cruz in the Senate, aligning with a broader Democratic strategy.
By Louisa Thomas
Fault Lines
Has the Presidential Election Become a Game of Random Chance?
We have seemingly reached an end point in polarization, where any new developments short of swapping out a candidate wholesale will be met with indifference in the polls.
By Jay Caspian Kang
Letter from Biden’s Washington
The Harris-Trump Endgame Is On: Is It Time to Panic Yet?
While Democrats engage in the traditional rite of second-guessing, the ex-President and his G.O.P. radiate overconfidence.
By Susan B. Glasser
More News
Dispatch
War Comes to Beirut
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has erupted, displacing more than a million people. Many in Lebanon fear a Gaza-like campaign of violence.
By Rania Abouzeid
A Reporter at Large
The Texan Doctor and the Disappeared Saudi Princesses
Four daughters in the royal family were kept drugged and imprisoned for almost two decades. A physician who tried to free them speaks out for the first time.
By Heidi Blake
The Lede
Why Netanyahu Won’t Cease Fire
The Prime Minister sought to justify his broadening of the war—from Gaza to Beirut—with a Biblical reference at the United Nations.
By Bernard Avishai
The Lede
Why Hurricane Milton Is a Sign of the New Abnormal
Weather-wise, the world has entered uncharted territory.
By Elizabeth Kolbert
The Financial Page
J. D. Vance and the Success Stories of Bidenomics
Many of Donald Trump’s economic promises have come to pass, including in the home town of his running mate—they’ve just been enacted by Democrats.
By John Cassidy
Comment
Trump’s Dangerous Immigration Obsession
The daily stream of racism and mendacity has had a numbing effect. But the question of what Trump might actually do is a prospect that voters cannot afford to ignore.
By Jonathan Blitzer
Letter from Israel
A Year After October 7th, a Kibbutz Survives
In Be’eri, where more than a hundred people were killed and thirty taken captive, former residents are attempting to rebuild.
By Ruth Margalit
The Lede
Climate Catastrophe Comes to Asheville
Many saw the town in North Carolina as a haven from extreme weather. Hurricane Helene proved them wrong.
By Jessica Pishko