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Israel’s Politics of Protest
As demonstrations roil American campuses, the Israeli right is using them to its own ends.
By Ruth Margalit
The Mini Crossword: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Ernie who created the comic strip “Nancy”: ten letters.
By Kate Chin Park
Our Collective Obsession with True Crime
Today’s audiences have a seemingly insatiable appetite for stories about people who do—or experience—terrible things. Is there a right way to turn real-life tragedy into mass entertainment?
With Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz
The Pure Chaos Inside Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial
Stifled by a court-imposed gag order, the former President must sit and listen to hours of “at times tedious, at times embarrassing, at times damning evidence against him,” the staff writer Eric Lach says.
With Tyler Foggatt
The Working Man and the Company Store
Can a progressive campaign break the coal industry’s hold on West Virginia politics?
By Dan Kaufman
The Kids Are Not All Right. They Want to Be Heard
What explains the student movement against the war in Gaza? Sometimes the correct answer is the one right in front of you.
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
A TikTok Ban Won’t Fix Social Media
You can take the platform away from American users, but it is far too late to contain the habits that it has unleashed.
By Kyle Chayka
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 8th
“I know it’s crowded and noisy, but isn’t it fun to get out periodically?”
By Peter Kuper
The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
By The New Yorker
Gaza’s Unexploded-Bomb Crisis
Clearing the territory of ordnance and rubble could pose a challenge unseen since the Second World War.
By Isaac Chotiner