Tips for a Successful Thanksgiving Dinner
Emily Flake, a New Yorker cartoonist, has published books including “Joke in a Box: How to Write and Draw Jokes.”
Shouts & Murmurs
Targeted Ads for Pregnant People
Pitches for maternity caftans, pregnancy-approved mocktails, Hitachi Wands at half price, and more.
By Marissa Maciel and Emily Flake
Video
Introducing New Yorker Cartoons in Augmented Reality
The comedians Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla try out “Animate Objects,” a new augmented-reality feature in the New Yorker Today app that explores the secret thoughts of everyday objects, as drawn by the New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck.
Essay
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided to quit.
By Ruth Marcus
Deep State Diaries
Inside the DOGE Threat to Social Security
A day in the life of a claims rep for America’s largest government program.
By E. Tammy Kim
Books
What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly
The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the market must be obeyed at all costs.
By Fintan O'Toole
Q. & A.
Why John Mearsheimer Thinks Donald Trump Is Right on Ukraine
And that the West has misunderstood Vladimir Putin.
By Isaac Chotiner
The Lede
Who Gets to Determine Greenland’s Future?
Trump’s comments about purchasing the island sent shock waves through the Danish territory, and enlivened its independence movement.
By Louise Bokkenheuser
Crossword
The Crossword: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Wine quality that’s sampled by sniffing: five letters.
By Patrick Berry
The New Yorker Interview
Can Ukraine—and America—Survive Donald Trump?
The historian Stephen Kotkin analyzes what a President who governs in the style of professional wrestling gets wrong—and right—about an unstable world.
By David Remnick
Screening Room
The Maddening Disconnect of Phone Therapy in “Happy to Help You,” featuring Amy Sedaris
Jeremy Beiler’s short film follows a mental-health volunteer’s unravelling after a caller gets under his skin.
The New Literalism Plaguing Today’s Biggest Movies
Buzzy films from “Anora” to “The Substance” are undone by a relentless signposting of meaning and intent.