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the schoolyard Why Liberals Keep Getting Education Wrong The second season of the hit podcast Sold a Story explains how we’ve forgotten the art of teaching kids math. By Alexander Nazaryan
screen time The Director Caught in the AI-Slop Crosshairs “Storm” was a music video AI couldn’t fake. Then came a tool custom-made to copy it into infinity. By Lane Brown
first person My Botched Plastic Surgery ‘Down There’ I used to believe something was “wrong” with how I looked. If only I’d figured out the truth earlier. podcast By Jasmine Glass

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The Most Overheated Takes on Obama’s Cheesecake Factory Line

Then Trump, in his Saturday-night speech, complimented Nicki Minaj for having “one hell of a beautiful ass.” By Bess Levin

tremendous content Trump’s Male Midterms Crushes, Ranked The president keeps admiring other men’s bodies at his rallies. So if you’re voting solely based on who has a MAGA-approved butt, you’re in luck. By Margaret Hartmann
early and often J.D. Vance May Already Be on the Ballot If Trump’s wannabe successor fails the midterms, particularly back home, will enough Republicans still want him around in 2028? By Ed Kilgore
sagas The Unlikely Friendship Behind the Knicks’ Title Run Leon Rose and William Wesley went from kids at a South Jersey shoe store to kings of the NBA. By Yaron Weitzman
2026 midterms 7 Ways Trump Lost His 2024 Coalition The president has worked hard to alienate every key group that swung him back into the White House. By Ed Kilgore

the system
The Abandoned Florida Project Angie Nixon is showing national Democrats how to compete in a state they gave up on. By Zak Cheney-Rice

pivot Kara Swisher Says Musk’s Jail Threat Is ‘Toddler Behavior’ She and Pivot co-host Scott Galloway shook their heads at Musk’s latest round of volatile lash-outs. By Intelligencer Staff

tremendous content Trump ‘Kidding’ About Renaming Oceans, Maybe Not New Mexico Trump was merely joking about rebranding the Atlantic and Pacific. But later, he casually referred to the state “New America.” By Margaret Hartmann

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The Cut

first person

My Botched Plastic Surgery ‘Down There’

I used to believe something was “wrong” with how I looked. If only I’d figured out the truth earlier. podcast By Jasmine Glass

beauty The Ulta Debate Has Exposed a Generational Gap in Black Hair Black women are booking corporate salons for something hairstylists used to learn on the salon floor: structure, accountability, and mentorship.
culture Anything But a Human Man A burgeoning genre of pop culture depicts women falling for frogs, planes, and now wicker. What’s so wrong with Homo sapiens?
astrology Eek, This Mercury Retrograde Is Even Scarier Than Usual It’s happening in Scorpio (bad), while Venus is also retrograde (worse), and yes, I’m screaming (help).

celebrity Vanessa Trump Says She’s ‘Finally Cancer-Free’ Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April. By Sam Reed
prime day Our Senior Shopping Editor’s Fashion Essentials Are on Sale The best fashion-basics deals from Madewell, Gap, and Free People. By Hanna Flanagan
celebrity babies Natalie Portman Had Her 3rd Baby She said that she is “full of wonder and joy at this magical little human.” By Olivia Craighead

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Vulture

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Spare Quinta Brunson Your Elaborate Pranks

But she’ll take all the honey-roasted turkey slices you have. By Neil Janowitz

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

shamrock shakedown U Talkin’ U2’s iTunes Mess 2 Me? “I went too far on that one,” Bono concedes. By Devon Ivie
rankings Every Simpsons ‘Treehouse of Horror’ Segment, Ranked The Simpsons’s Halloween specials are indeed a disturbing universe. By Joshua Kurp
drama mama Bethenny Frankel Reacts Poorly to Benign Andy Cohen Shade “He’s still sitting in the same place I left him.” By Jason P. Frank
last night on late night Cynthia Erivo Brings Nollywood Wicked to Life The “Nigerian Wicked” sketch on SNL UK hit close to home for the British Nigerian star. By Isabella Albaig

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YCSE Will Become One of the Most Successful Docs in History It has surpassed all financial expectations so far and could soon dethrone Fahrenheit 9/11. By Chris Lee

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Bugs Bunny Loves That Coyote vs. Acme Will Make You Cry By James Grebey

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The Strategist

hair tools The Hottest Gift for Teenage Girls Is 30 Percent Off I’ve noticed it climbing on the “Top 100 Trending” list on Giftful, Gen Z’s favorite wish-list-making app. By Bella Druckman
gifts The Best Gifts for 2-Year-Olds Building toys, art supplies, dress-up clothes, and everything else you need to nurture their growing imagination and independence. By Liza Corsillo
women’s shoes I Found Tall Riding Boots For Non–Horse Girls They needed to have a supportive footbed that wouldn’t flare up my plantar fasciitis. By Brenley Goertzen
celebrity shopping What Amy Grant Can’t Live Without “I was coming out of one of the surgeries and I remember one of the nurses saying, ‘Look, her lipstick is still on!’” By Amy Grant and Amelia Jerden
this thing’s incredible I Resisted the Ruti Pants for a Year. Now I Never Take Them Off. Instagram made the On the Loose Work Pants look perfect. I was surprised to learn they actually are. By Carrie Battan

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Curbed

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The Odd Luxury Rentals of You Can See Everything

What we know about the dated, weatherworn homes where Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans hid from paparazzi before she reported to prison. By Adriane Quinlan

under a million A One-Bedroom in Park Slope With a Nice-Size Kitchen for $765,000 And a very modern studio on Horatio Street with a wood-burning fireplace. By Matthew Sedacca
operators Everyone Knew About the A-Team How did the Alexander brothers become real-estate elites while allegedly raping or assaulting more than a dozen women? By Bridget Read and James D. Walsh
parks and recreation The High Line Is Finally Finished Seventeen years after opening, the rail park’s final stretch of garden has been planted. By Kim Velsey

listings edit Sunken-Living-Room Lust and a Fireplace That’ll Have You Burning With Desire This week’s worth-it New York City apartment listings. By Nora DeLigter
look book The Look Book Goes to a Lenape Powwow in Prospect Park Indigenous dancers, artists, and musicians gathered at the LeFrak Center to drum, sing, and compete in dance contests. By Jeremy Rellosa
street fights Chinatown Residents Sue to Stop Manhattan Jail’s Late-Night Construction Senior-center residents and other neighbors complain that a site that’s busy from 4 a.m. to midnight is ruining their sleep and sanity. By Matthew Sedacca

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Grub Street

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Chef Esther Choi’s Grub Street Diet

“They’re insanely picture perfect. No brown, ever.”

guides 5 Sandwiches to Eat This Weekend Icelandic panini, a new-look ham-and-cheese croissant, the imposing Carnegie Colossus, and more. By Oset Babür-Winter
eating new york A Long Island Duck Farm Comes Back From the Brink Bird flu wiped out Doug Corwin’s flock. Now he’s in business again. By Aaron Short
awards The Wine-World Breakthrough That Almost Was “Had Pascaline won this competition, it would have offered a real sense of hope to women.” By Alice Feiring
report Chocolate Is Getting Worse Everyone in my life agreed: It tastes different now. I ventured into the molten belly of our crumbling world to find out why. podcast By Rachel Handler

where to eat
The 43 Best Restaurants in New York Our critic has been deliberating, debating, and eating all over town to assemble his revamped survey. By Matthew Schneier

convenience All of Our Restaurant Recommendations, Mapped The best restaurants, the best new restaurants, and the best affordable restaurants — together in one spot! By Grub Street