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Donald Trump’s Abortion Problem at the Polls

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, G.O.P. efforts to ban abortion have backfired with voters in many states—and they could do so again in November.

Thomas McGuane Reads “Thataway”

The author reads his story from the May 27, 2024, issue of the magazine.

Thomas McGuane on Small-Town America

The author discusses his story “Thataway.”

What George Miller Has Learned in Forty-five Years of Making “Mad Max” Movies

In a series of conversations, the director of “Furiosa” explains why silent films have the best action, audiences are seldom wrong, and his wife is always right.

The Glittering Pleasure of a Perfect Raw Bar

Penny, in the East Village, has a polished, understated swagger that somehow makes the oysters taste even better.

The Kafkaesque Journey of the Oakland A’s

As the team’s current owner tries to move the franchise to Las Vegas, its situation has become hopeless and absurd.

“Thataway”

He pictured his town as something glowing from the American past, a Norman Rockwell kind of place, but the picture faded.

The Chilling Truth Pictured in “Here There Are Blueberries”

Moisés Kaufman’s play dramatizes the discovery of a photo album of Nazis at leisure at Auschwitz, and the reckoning it provoked.

How to Live Forever

The simplest, most foolproof way to extend life is to do so backward, by adding years in reverse.

Jerrod Carmichael Finds the Outer Limits of Confessional Comedy

Through an uncanny hybrid of access journalism and fourth-wall breaking, the comedian created an HBO series that was impossible to look away from.