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A new documentary about the band’s early days offers a rich backdrop to an unlikely performance of a star on the rise.

As the state becomes more urban, so does its barbecue. So why does a small-town family feud feel so important?

The famed twentieth-century photojournalist Weegee was just as fascinated with tragedy—fires, car crashes, murders—as he was with our desire to gawk.

For years, Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and invited strangers to his house to rape her. At the trial, none of the explanations for these events quite fit—apart from an online platform called Coco.

“The earlier the intervention, the earlier the mobilization, the earlier the forthright exercise of countervailing power, the better the prospect of saving democracy,” the Stanford University political scientist Larry Diamond says.

February 22, 2025

From the daily newsletter: Paige Williams reports from Gary, Indiana. Plus: we’d never had a king until this week; the first month of Trump; and “The White Lotus” overstays its welcome.

Donald Trump’s disdain for NATO will reshape the domestic politics—and military posture—of some of America’s closest allies.

A collection of classic gags from the second decade of The New Yorker.

February 21, 2025