New York
Inside Story
Leave the Cannoli, Take the Oval Office From F.D.R. to J.F.K., Trump to Biden, a look behind the mythology of the Mob and the presidency
Eight Questions
From the Metropol Hotel to Hollywood In an interview, Amor Towles discusses adapting A Gentleman in Moscow for the screen and the inspiration behind his newest book, Table for Two
Skin in the Game
Pleats, Please There’s a reason your algorithm is teeing up pictures of puckered arms and legs that are suddenly and miraculously smoothed. Can you believe them?
Space Oddities
On the Air An exclusive excerpt from UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There revisits the American public’s close encounter … with Orson Welles
T.G.I.S.
The Attention-Whore Index The Republicans spit out Kevin McCarthy, Gwyneth Paltrow chokes on her politics, and one of Britain’s richest men doesn’t recognize Jeffrey Epstein in the mirror. Please, pick your favorite loser already!
Books
Gaslit, Gatekept Girlbosses The biographer of cosmetics titan Mary Kay reveals how the other female inventors and entrepreneurs of her time were foiled and forgotten
The Far-Right Stuff
A New Script for Harvey Weinstein Right-wing provocateurs have embraced the disgraced Hollywood producer and see his re-trial as a chance to destroy #MeToo forever
Interview
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gainsbourged From the perils of aging to the joys of parenthood—and the undertow of depression—the French singer and actress is now happily looking ahead
The Perfect Ending
Lea Carpenter The novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer at Columbia Law School answers 49 of life’s most pressing questions
