Becoming Gloria Steinem
The artist Barbara Nessim recalls how she and the future feminist icon lived together, danced together—and shared a fierce determination not to settle down
The Unbearable Lightness of Brooklyn
A new biography on David and Victoria Beckham—Brand Beckham—reveals the devastating toll the couple’s fame has taken on their son
The View from Here
Half of America sees Lindsay Clancy as a monster. The other half sees her as a kind of feminist heroine. The truth, I can say from bitter experience, is more complicated
The View from Here
From the box office to the ballot box, America is stuck in reverse
The Mourning Edition
After 9/11, The New York Times’s Portraits of Grief became a defining memorial to those killed at the World Trade Center—but not every family welcomed what the paper chose to remember
The Ken Burns of YouTube
Jon Bois makes documentaries about athletes named Bob, baseball brawls, and the worst team in N.B.A. history. Why are they so moving?
The Fall of China’s Most Hated Billionaire
Hui Ka Yan built a $45 billion fortune through Evergrande’s property empire. Its collapse ruined millions—and pushed China to flood the world with goods
The AIR MAIL Diary
The Chinese love disasters! The Italians hate texters! Nobody will visit North Korea! And other strange stories from around the globe …
Einstein’s Eternal Returns
Seventy-one years after Albert Einstein’s death, his face earns millions annually—and a Beverly Hills lawyer makes sure no one uses it for free
The View from Here
What is the U.S. Open? The sport’s chaos magnet
The New Gringos
Deported by Trump after decades in the U.S., Mexican-born immigrants are being treated as foreigners back home. But in Mexico City’s Little L.A., they’re finding work—and one another
Sherpas to the Jet Set
Travel agents were supposed to be extinct. Instead, they’ve been reborn as fixers for the super-rich—retrieving forgotten jewelry, staging $80,000 scavenger hunts, chartering emergency jets, and ensuring that “No” is never the final answer
The AIR MAIL Diary
Macron’s muscles shock, Mountbatten-Windsor’s burial plans appall, and other strange stories from around the globe …
The Fantasists Who Fooled Putin
In 2024, the Russian president was left a mysterious art collection said to be worth $2 billion. Is he the world’s luckiest dictator or the heir to a hoarder’s junk pile?
The View from Here
Israel’s unlikely savior is a Sephardic career soldier whose family paid the ultimate price in its recent wars. But can he coalesce enough disparate factions to finally end Netanyahu’s poisonous reign?
The Prodigal Spare Returns!
Six years after fleeing royal life for California, Harry and Meghan are returning to Britain—with their children, their grievances, and, perhaps, a camera crew in tow
The Bullet-Riddled Rise of Tatyana Kim
Until Ukraine began bombing her warehouses, the billionaire e-commerce C.E.O. kept a very low profile. But the real backstory of Russia’s richest woman belies her wholesome image
The View from Here
The comedian Lenny Bruce, who died 60 years ago this month, was a fearless champion of free speech. Today, he would have less to fear from the police—and more from the audience
Flacking for the Tate Brothers
Facing charges of human trafficking and rape, the manosphere’s most notorious siblings hired their lawyer’s cousin to stage an image makeover. Can you blame a girl for trying?
The Outsourced In Crowd
Private clubs are turning to Contra for beautiful, influential partygoers on demand. So much for exclusivity
Epstein’s Music-Camp Hunting Ground
The abuse was well underway when 14-year-old Jeffrey Epstein first arrived at Interlochen Arts Camp. It got worse decades later when he returned to groom his next victims
A Nanny State on the Charles
Harvard has come for what may be its last campus outlier: Dudley Co-op, a lefty co-living alternative to the polished, increasingly bland school culture
The Dark Side of the Sun
As Majorca strains under record tourism, next week’s total solar eclipse threatens to push the once quaint Spanish island to a breaking point
Papers, Please!
What’s in your wallet? If you’re a 21st-century tech baron, a growing stack of passports