THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features “Barry Blitt’s “Pulling the Plug” – Is an A.I. kill switch possible?

Our A.I. Problem

Why can’t the people who produced the technology, which has already shown that a different world is possible, just do the things that would prevent extinction? By Gideon Lewis-Kraus

Is A.I. Above the Law?

Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own. By Jill Lepore

The Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus Scandal

Students and faculty across the country were punished for their reactions to the conservative activist’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name. By Benjamin Wofford

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features “Dean Rohrer’s “Beginnings” – The city as a blank canvas.

Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy

Donald Trump’s son-in-law represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.

Is Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin?

Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic takes the place of history.

How to Protect Democracy

The emergence of Germany’s far right as a political force represents an old dilemma. By Joshua Yaffa

The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities

Why are we so obsessed with putting our belongings in metal boxes and then never looking at them again? By David Owen

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features “Lennart Gäbel’s “Showstopper” – Commuter couture.

The America That 9/11 Made

A quarter century after the attacks, the grief, wars, and political furies of their aftermath still shape American life. By Jill Lepore

Have Conservatives Taken Sexy Back?

The culture wars have come for lingerie as the right, once the advocates of promise rings and purity culture, embarks on a crusade to “Make America Hot Again.” By Jennifer Wilson

Saudi Arabia’s Pursuit of Michelin Stardom

The kingdom, seeking to rebrand as a culinary juggernaut, has bankrolled new restaurants and conscripted big-name chefs. Will it succeed? By Ruby Tandoh

Donald Trump’s Capital Makeover

A coterie of advisers, planners, and architects is enabling the President’s passion project—renovating D.C. in his own image. By Antonia Hitchens

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features “Nicole Rifkin’s “Pure Gold” – We will always love you.

Dolly Parton, Honky-Tonk Angel

Dolly Parton belonged to a beloved category: the outlaw Christian, who loved Jesus and refused to hate anyone else.

Cinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie Auteur

Why do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference.

The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause

Flash floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed little to climate change but is disproportionately affected by it. By Ishaan Tharoor

How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet

Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children. By Nathaniel Lubin

New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State

The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant.