New York Magazine

the national interest

‘White Women Voted for Trump’ Is the Worst Election Trope

If you voted against Trump, Trump’s not your fault.

By Jonathan Chait

comedy review

Nate Is the Most Astonishing Special of 2020

It’s endlessly rich, uncomfortable, and also there’s an enormous rubber dick.

By Kathryn VanArendonk

games

The NFL Is Too Big to Let COVID Stop It

The pandemic-afflicted league has learned an important lesson: Just keep playing.

By Will Leitch

Latest News

Latest Intelligencer

News, Politics, Business & Tech

Latest The Cut

Style, Self, Culture, Power

Latest Vulture

Devouring Culture

Latest Strategist

Shopping the Internet Smartly

Latest Curbed

A Site for City People

Latest Grub Street

Daily Food News

Trump Funds Political Future by Claiming He Won in 2020

The president has raised more than $150 million for a supposed “Election Defense Fund” that doesn’t really exist.
Evictions Caused More Than 10,000 COVID Deaths

And led to 400,000 additional infections too.
Denmark’s Slaughtered Mink Are Reportedly Rising From Their Graves

The government is reportedly seeking to exhume and incinerate thousands of “zombie mink” carcasses.
BTS Make History With First Non-English Song to Debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100

“Life Goes On” earns the boys their third Billboard No. 1 in three months.
Laverne Cox Says She Was Target of Transphobic Attack

The actress said she was on a socially distanced walk when a man got into a physical altercation with her friend.
Trump’s Crank COVID Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns

He said that masks don’t work and that lockdowns caused the latest surge.
Moderna Says First COVID Vaccine Shots Could Be Ready by December 21

The company is seeking emergency authorization for doses it says provide overwhelming protection from the virus.
Joe Biden Has Hairline Fractures in His Right Foot

Biden’s doctor says he may have to wear “a walking boot for several weeks” after hurting his foot while playing with his German shepard, Major.
Trump Did Worse in Counties Where He Held His Final Rallies: Report

Trump underperformed compared to 2016 in 25 out of 30 counties where he held his final pandemic get-togethers.
The U.S. Recorded Over 4 Million COVID Cases This Month Alone

Doubling October’s record for new infections, even as the national death toll climbs toward April’s peak.
New York City to Begin Phased Reopening of Schools

Pre-K and elementary school students will be able to return on December 7, and the city is overhauling how it manages its schools amid the pandemic.
Dave Prowse, Actor Who Played Darth Vader, Dead at 85

Prowse provided the physical performance for the iconic villain.
What We Know About the Assassination of Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist

Israel was likely behind the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, but it’s not clear how much it will affect Iran’s nuclear program, or if Trump signed off.
Here’s What Lame-Duck Trump Might Do

The president could start a war, spare his convicted cronies, and more on the way out.
Trump Pardons Michael Flynn in End-of-Term Attack on Russia Investigation

A little dose of payback from the departing president.
Ivanka Probably Isn’t Welcome Back in New York City

“Everyone with self-respect, a career, morals, respect for democracy … will steer clear.”
To the Salt Mines With Ye, Ben Domenech

You can’t threaten your employees with hard labor for unionizing, even if you’re the boss of the Federalist.
Meghan Markle Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage Over the Summer

“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few,” she wrote in an essay for the New York Times.
DoorDash Will Pay $2.5 Million in Tip-Skimming Settlement

The online delivery platform was sued for using tips for delivery workers’ base pay.
America’s Food Banks Are Totally Overwhelmed Right Now

It’s never been so important to donate. Here’s how.

10:06 A.M. Trump Funds Political Future by Claiming He Won in 2020 The president has raised more than $150 million for a supposed “Election Defense Fund” that doesn’t really exist.
8:00 A.M. ‘White Women Voted for Trump’ Is the Worst Election Trope If you voted against Trump, Trump’s not your fault.
7:00 A.M. The NFL Is Too Big to Let COVID Stop It The increasingly pandemic-afflicted league has learned an important lesson from other sports: Just keep playing.
Nov. 30, 2020 Josh Hawley’s Populist Shtick Has One Glaring Weakness “Let me explain this to you.”
Nov. 30, 2020 Trump’s Crank COVID Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns He said that masks don’t work and that lockdowns caused the latest surge.
Nov. 30, 2020 Democrats Didn’t Have As Bad an Election As You Might Think The conventional wisdom is that Biden won but his party “lost” the battle for the House and the Senate. That’s not really true.
Nov. 30, 2020 The Liberal Case for Giving Pat Toomey a Cabinet Position Pennsylvania’s Republican senator plans to retire in 2022. Biden should consider offering him a taste of executive power on his way out the door.
Nov. 30, 2020 What a Spectacularly Ill-Advised Idea Says About McKinsey The powerful, secretive consulting giant is once again in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Nov. 30, 2020 Trump Divides Georgia Republicans Prior to Senate Runoffs The GOP needs unity to win on January 5, but Trump’s still furious at Governor Brian Kemp for refusing to help him steal the 2020 election.
Nov. 30, 2020 Moderna Says First COVID Shots Could Be Ready by December 21 The company is seeking emergency authorization for doses it says provide overwhelming protection from the virus.
Nov. 30, 2020 Liberal Hyperbole About Trump Was Never the Problem The stakes of semantic debates over Trump’s alleged “fascism” and “coup” are much lower than liberals or left-contrarians care to admit.
Nov. 30, 2020 Trump Spent His Holiday Weekend Bolstering His Loser Routine A roundup of Trump’s latest preposterous election claims and flailing attempts to convince America that he’s definitely not a loser.
Nov. 30, 2020 Joe Biden’s Cabinet Begins to Take Shape A running list of Biden’s announcements and reported picks as the incoming administration begins to name its top personnel.
Nov. 29, 2020 Joe Biden Has Hairline Fractures in His Right Foot Biden’s doctor says he may have to wear “a walking boot for several weeks” after hurting his foot while playing with his German shepherd, Major.
Nov. 29, 2020 Trump Did Worse in Places Where He Held Late Rallies: Report Trump underperformed compared to 2016 in 25 out of 30 counties where he held his final pandemic get-togethers.
Nov. 29, 2020 New York City to Begin Phased Reopening of Schools Pre-K and elementary-school students will be able to return on December 7, and the city is overhauling how it manages its schools amid the pandemic.
Nov. 28, 2020 Republicans Oppose Anything to ‘Reduce Fossil-Fuel Use’ That would rule out any policy to limit climate change.
Nov. 27, 2020 Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Assassinated: What We Know Israel was likely behind the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, but it’s not clear how much it will affect Iran’s nuclear program, or if Trump signed off.
Nov. 27, 2020 Covid Is Surging, But There’s No More Hazard Pay for Workers Employees say they’re practically being forced to risk their lives by working during a busy and dangerous holiday season.
Nov. 25, 2020 Why Does It Take Six Hours to Get a COVID Test? The hottest item in town may be a cotton swab that goes up the nose.

10:19 A.M. Long, Groovy Bangs Are Back, Baby Embrace the return of the curtain bang.
9:47 A.M. A Second Mystery Monolith Has Appeared In Romania of all places.
Nov. 30, 2020 Someone Seems Very Sure Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are Dating There’s still so much we don’t know.
Nov. 30, 2020 Denmark’s Slaughtered Mink Reportedly Rising From Graves The government is reportedly seeking to exhume and incinerate thousands of “zombie mink” carcasses.
Nov. 30, 2020 George Clooney Cuts His Hair With a Vacuum Attachment “Years ago, I bought a thing called a Flowbee…”
Nov. 30, 2020 A Nurse Bragged About Flouting COVID-19 Guidelines on TikTok After boasting in a video that she doesn’t wear a mask and still travels freely, the Oregon nurse has been placed on administrative leave.
Nov. 30, 2020 A Tiny Bag That Isn’t Too Cutesy Gucci’s mini Jackie appeals to all ages.
Nov. 30, 2020 The Philanthropist Who Wanted to Know What Hope Smelled Like Audrey Gruss is using perfume to help fight depression.
Nov. 30, 2020 Melania’s Christmases, Ranked From Most to Least Haunted Looking back on four years of unseasonably haunting decorations.
Nov. 30, 2020 Gift of the Day: A Trendy Chain Necklace By a Michelle Obama–approved independent jewelry brand.
Nov. 30, 2020 How Debbie Allen Gets It Done “I want my students to command their beauty, their time, their space, and just be who they are destined to be.”
Nov. 30, 2020 But Will You Hate Suzie? Billie Piper talks about depicting female friendship in her new show, I Hate Suzie.
Nov. 30, 2020 Imagine Risking it All for a Party by Penn Station Over the weekend, nearly 400 people were caught reveling at an illicit party in Midtown.
Nov. 30, 2020 I Think About Hayden Panettiere’s 2007 Neutrogena Ad a Lot How did she know that skin care would one day become my only hobby?
Nov. 30, 2020 The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America An excerpt from a new book by the author of So You Want to Talk About Race.
Nov. 30, 2020 Laverne Cox Says She Was Target of Transphobic Attack The actress said she was on a socially distanced walk when a man got into a physical altercation with her friend.
Nov. 30, 2020 So When Exactly Will a COVID Vaccine Be Ready? Everything you need to know about the most promising candidates, how they’ll be distributed, and what happens after.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Sales Because our national shopping extravaganza isn’t over yet.
Nov. 29, 2020 Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of November 30 There’s an intense eclipse in Gemini this week. Here’s what to expect.
Nov. 29, 2020 The Mom Having Second Thoughts About Her Married Lover This week’s sex diary.

10:44 A.M. Helena Bonham Carter Weighs in on The Crown Fiction Debate “I do feel very strongly.”
10:32 A.M. Harry Styles Can Apparently Sense When People Get Engaged He know when Nick Kroll was getting hitched before anyone else.
10:21 A.M. Below Deck Recap: Everything Is Fine! There’s definitely some drama simmering in interior right now.
10:01 A.M. ‘BTS Law’ Allows K-Pop Stars to Postpone Military Service The band’s oldest member, Jin, now has two more years before being required to enlist.
10:01 A.M. Nate Is the Most Astonishing Special of 2020 It’s endlessly rich, uncomfortable, and also there’s an enormous rubber dick.
9:56 A.M. The Croods 2 Had the Second-Best Movie Opening of the Fall The Croods: A New Age won the Thanksgiving box office, pulling in $9.7 million over the three-day weekend.
8:00 A.M. Big Mouth’s Missy Finds Her Voice Amid an industrywide reckoning, the show recast the voice of its Black lead just as the writers were giving her a racial-identity crisis.
1:02 A.M. Magician Uri Geller Apologizes to Pokémon Fans His apology to spoons remains forthcoming.
Nov. 30, 2020 History Channel Orders Up Donner Party, Bubonic Plague Shows What is history, if not the ultimate preexisting IP?
Nov. 30, 2020 His Dark Materials Recap: Pain and Possession An underwhelming and at times infuriating crossroads episode is offset by a bit of Paddington magic.
Nov. 30, 2020 Rihanna Reportedly, Supposedly, Regrettably Isn’t Single Now that she’s dating A$AP Rocky.
Nov. 30, 2020 New on Amazon Prime: December 2020 A League of Their Own, I’m Your Woman, Sound of Metal, and more.
Nov. 30, 2020 Peter Dinklage to Climb Out of the Ooze as New Toxic Avenger In a reboot of the classic Troma mutant superhero.
Nov. 30, 2020 Here’s Your First Look at the Euphoria Special “Part 1: Rue” airs December 6 at 9 p.m.
Nov. 30, 2020 New on Hulu: December 2020 She Dies Tomorrow, The Lord Of The Rings, The Hardy Boys, and more.
Nov. 30, 2020 BTS Make History With First Korean Song to Debut at No. 1 “Life Goes On” earns the boys their third Billboard No. 1 in three months.
Nov. 30, 2020 Every HBO Miniseries, Ranked Some of the network’s best, most daring work has come in the form of a limited series.
Nov. 30, 2020 Three Strikes, and Felicity Huffman Gets a Baseball Sitcom She’ll be playing a team’s “unlikely owner.”
Nov. 30, 2020 UCB Alums Launch Nonprofit Comedy Theater in New York “The Squirrel will not merely give diversity a seat at the table; it will be the table.”
Nov. 30, 2020 We Have Many Questions About That The Undoing Finale Most of them are about dishwashing hammers.

Nov. 30, 2020 All of the Best Beauty Cyber Monday Deals From $10 buys to significant discounts on La Mer.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Walmart Cyber Monday Deals From warm coats to toys to TVs, here are the best deals to be had during Walmart’s Cyber Monday sale.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Furniture and Home Deals Now’s the time to give your home a much-needed refresh.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Deals at Amazon From clothes for the whole family to appliances, tech, and furniture for the whole house.
Nov. 30, 2020 Everything Worth Buying at Sephora’s Holiday Sale Including lots of Strategist favorites.
Nov. 30, 2020 The Best Gifts to Buy on Cyber Monday From L.O.L. Surprise dolls for kids to comfy robes for stressed-out adults.
Nov. 30, 2020 The Strategist’s Guide to Cyber Monday Your one-stop shop.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Kitchen Deals Get serious discounts on Le Creuset, KitchenAid, Breville, and more.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Deals at Best Buy TVs, headphones, laptops, blenders, robot vacuums, and more.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Deals at Nordstrom Actually good deals for everyone you know.
Nov. 30, 2020 Strategist-Approved Things That Are On Sale for Cyber Monday We’re sticking to the tried-and-true things we’ve already written about that just happen to be on sale for Cyber Monday.
Nov. 30, 2020 The Best Beauty From Dermstore’s Cyber Monday Sale For all your hair-care, makeup, and skin-care needs.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Deals at Everlane’s Cyber Monday Sale Lots of Strategist-approved clothes and accessories up to 40 percent off.
Nov. 30, 2020 If You Buy One Thing Today, Make It This Japanese Bidet You’ll never worry about running out of toilet paper again.
Nov. 30, 2020 Everything Worth Buying at Glossier’s Cyber Monday Sale Today’s the last day to take 25 percent off cult-favorites like Boy Brow and Balm Dotcom.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Deals at Lululemon’s Cyber Monday Sale Including lots of women’s leggings, men’s hoodies, and accessories.
Nov. 30, 2020 If You Buy One Thing, Make It These Outdoor Voices Sweats A favorite of Strategist editors and readers (and moms), up to 25 percent off.
Nov. 30, 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Mattress Deals Don’t snooze on the gift of great sleep.
Nov. 29, 2020 A Gift for Every Type of Mom From the gorpcore mom to the Goop mom.
Nov. 29, 2020 The Strategist’s Guide to Black Friday Your one-stop shop.

Nov. 30, 2020 The Wind Flipped a Streetery Into the Middle of First Avenue This doesn’t bode well for the winter, does it?
Nov. 30, 2020 Evictions Caused More Than 10,000 COVID Deaths And led to 400,000 additional infections too.
Nov. 30, 2020 Here’s What Happens When You Fight NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ The tenants of a crumbling Crown Heights building went on a rent strike and now the owner’s trying to evict everyone.
Nov. 30, 2020 5 Things to Buy From Nest’s New Capsule Collection The interiors magazine with a cult following is back with home goods and apparel
Nov. 30, 2020 A Maximalist Bedroom With a Chakra-Enhancing Headboard Bailey Li designs by her own rules.
Nov. 30, 2020 Inspecting 11 Rooms From The Queen’s Gambit Designer Uli Hanisch on painting wallpaper, leaving taste behind, and building a “temple to chess.”
Nov. 26, 2020 We Unearthed the 55 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now A rare Chelsea townhouse two-bedroom, a Red Hook loft with concrete floors, and more.
Nov. 25, 2020 People in COVID Testing Lines Are Turning on Each Other Line-cutters, it turns out, aren’t treated kindly by those waiting six hours for a nose swab.
Nov. 25, 2020 A $695K Soho Spot and an Apartment With Gramercy Park Access Plus, a $349K studio in Beekman, a spacious two-bedroom in Prospect Park South, and more.
Nov. 25, 2020 Upper West Side Homeless Shelters: What You Need to Know The latest: A judge ruled that the city is allowed to transfer the over 200 Lucerne Hotel residents to the Radisson in the Financial District.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Approval System for New Building Encourages Mediocrity In Gowanus, we’re dredging for an idea everyone can live with.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Remaining Rockettes on Their Spectacular-less Christmas “Our kick lines look the same, but we are doing them socially distanced.”
Nov. 25, 2020 From Community Organizer to the Ultimate Insider Kathy Wylde, the longtime head of the Partnership for New York City, has a message for today’s young socialists.
Nov. 24, 2020 The Time I Walked Princess Diana Through the Lower East Side “I didn’t get a chance to be nervous.”
Nov. 24, 2020 A 1930 McKim, Mead & White Castle in Tuxedo Park The 24,000-square-foot mansion overlooking Tuxedo Lake has 14 bedrooms and 11.5 baths.
Nov. 24, 2020 Chess Forum’s Imad Khachan Talks With @NewYorkNico “It’s something that time forgot, I feel like — the place — and me in it.”
Nov. 24, 2020 Howard Wolfson Among the Investors Keeping Astor Hair Open The 75-year-old barbershop will no longer be family run.
Nov. 24, 2020 The Look Book Goes to The Chelsea Flea After a nearly nine-month closure, the 44-year-old market is back.
Nov. 23, 2020 An Upper West Side Penthouse Spread Over 4 Floors The lower half of the 1,700-square-foot apartment used to be the operating room of a former hospital.
Nov. 23, 2020 Trump’s Lame-Duck Period Could Trigger an Eviction Crisis Just one more thing to worry about before January 20th.

10:05 A.M. ACQ Bread Is a New Kind of Brooklyn Bakery House-milled grains, breathtaking milk bread, and a strong anti-capitalist message.
Nov. 30, 2020 Watch David Chang Win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire He’s donating the money to a restaurant-related charity.
Nov. 30, 2020 Remembering New York’s Favorite Cheese Man “Life for him was wild and precious, in all of its glory and all of its gluttony.”
Nov. 27, 2020 The Great British Baking Show Made Me Cry After All It’s time for the finale of the weirdest season in Great British history.
Nov. 25, 2020 DoorDash Will Pay $2.5 Million in Tip-Skimming Settlement The online delivery platform was sued for using tips for delivery workers’ base pay.
Nov. 25, 2020 I Miss My Restaurant Family, Unfortunately We were something of an un-chosen family — until the coronavirus forced us apart.
Nov. 24, 2020 6 Local Chile Oils That Could Make Anything Taste Great A look at the homegrown crop, all perfectly suited for rice-drizzling and stocking-stuffing.
Nov. 24, 2020 8 Highly Giftable Cookbooks by New York Chefs Restaurants may be in flux, but cookbooks are a constant.
Nov. 24, 2020 What Happens If Outdoor Dining Pauses in New York? People need spaces to gather. Do we want to see what happens when those go away?
Nov. 23, 2020 Good-bye to MeMe’s Diner, a Restaurant That Felt Like Home “When you experience hospitality from your chosen family, it can be revelatory.”
Nov. 23, 2020 Don’t Call Yellow Rose Tex-Mex At the new East Village canteen, the vegan queso rivals the beef chili.
Nov. 20, 2020 Did It Have to Be This Way, Great British Baking Show? It’s Pâtisserie Week and it’s all just too much.
Nov. 20, 2020 Jason Stewart’s Grub Street Diet “I’m not particularly proud of it.”
Nov. 19, 2020 The Enormous Joy of the Tiny Thanksgiving It is not a celebration of abundance. It is a celebration of just enough.
Nov. 19, 2020 Winter Comes for New York’s Streeteries Our restaurant critic bundles up for the season ahead.
Nov. 18, 2020 The Grub Street Guide to Thanksgiving Takeout in NYC This year, take your turkey to-go.
Nov. 18, 2020 Can Pickle Rick Seltzer Cure Our Collective Malaise? Pickle-flavored seltzer is finally here. Is it any good?
Nov. 17, 2020 How Many New Ways Will Restaurant Owners Get Squeezed? Both restaurant workers and owners alike have had to deal with a steady drip of small, incremental changes.
Nov. 17, 2020 A New Mexican Deli Lands in Bushwick With Real-Deal Birria Andrés Tonatiuh Galindo Maria has opened Nene’s in the neighborhood where he grew up.
Nov. 17, 2020 The Case for Spending Thanksgiving Alone This year, and every year.

Visit Intelligencer » Visit The Cut » Visit Vulture » Visit Strategist » Visit Curbed » Visit Grub Street »

Get the Curbed Newsletter

Daily stories about cities and city life.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Stories Readers Liked

authoritarianism Liberal Hyperbole About Trump Was Never the Problem The stakes of semantic debates over Trump’s alleged “fascism” and “coup” are much lower than liberals or left-contrarians care to admit. By Eric Levitz
rip Remembering New York’s Favorite Cheese Man “Life for him was wild and precious, in all of its glory and all of its gluttony.” By Hannah Howard
close reads The Undoing’s Fall From Grace The whole show was a red herring, and we, like its inscrutable protagonist, got duped. By Jen Chaney

Intelligencer

the national interest

‘White Women Voted for Trump’ Is the Worst Election Trope

If you voted against Trump, Trump’s not your fault. By Jonathan Chait

politics Trump Funds Political Future by Claiming He Won in 2020 The president has raised more than $150 million for a supposed “Election Defense Fund” that doesn’t really exist. By Benjamin Hart
games The NFL Is Too Big to Let COVID Stop It The increasingly pandemic-afflicted league has learned an important lesson from other sports: Just keep playing. By Will Leitch
the national interest Josh Hawley’s Populist Shtick Is Undermined by One Glaring Weakness “Let me explain this to you.” By Jonathan Chait

senate republicans
The Liberal Case for Giving Pat Toomey a Cabinet Position Pennsylvania’s Republican senator plans to retire in 2022. Biden should consider offering him a taste of executive power on his way out the door. By Eric Levitz

white house Trump’s Crank COVID Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns He said that masks don’t work and that lockdowns caused the latest surge. By Matt Stieb

2020 elections Democrats Didn’t Have As Bad an Election As You Might Think The conventional wisdom is that Biden won but his party “lost” the battle for the House and the Senate. That’s not really true. By Ed Kilgore

Visit Intelligencer

The Cut

finer things

A Tiny Bag That Isn’t Too Cutesy

Gucci’s mini Jackie appeals to all ages. By Emilia Petrarca

how i get it done How Debbie Allen Gets It Done “I want my students to command their beauty, their time, their space, and just be who they are destined to be.” By Adrienne Green
book excerpt The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America An excerpt from a new book by the author of So You Want to Talk About Race. By Ijeoma Oluo
gone sale-ing All the Best Cyber Monday Sales Because our national shopping extravaganza isn’t over yet. By the Cut

self Long, Groovy Bangs Are Back, Baby Embrace the return of the curtain bang. By Madeleine Aggeler
mystery A Second Mystery Monolith Has Appeared In Romania of all places. By Hannah Gold
hmmmmm Someone Seems Very Sure Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are Dating There’s still so much we don’t know. By Claire Lampen

Visit The Cut

Vulture

Big Mouth’s Missy Finds Her Voice

Amid an industrywide reckoning, the show recast the voice of its Black lead just as the writers were giving her a racial-identity crisis. By Jourdain Searles

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

god save the streaming Helena Bonham Carter Thinks The Crown Has a ‘Moral Responsibility’ to Be Fiction “I do feel very strongly.” By Devon Ivie
last night on late night Harry Styles Can Apparently Sense When People Get Engaged He know when Nick Kroll was getting hitched before anyone else. By Rebecca Alter
bts army strong New ‘BTS Law’ Allows K-Pop Stars to Postpone Military Service The band’s oldest member, Jin, now has two more years before being required to enlist. By Zoe Haylock
comedy review Nate Is the Most Astonishing Special of 2020 It’s endlessly rich, uncomfortable, and also there’s an enormous rubber dick. By Kathryn VanArendonk

vulture lists
Every HBO Miniseries, Ranked Some of the network’s best, most daring work has come in the form of a limited series. By Noel Murray and Scott Tobias

chat room
Hugh Grant Got the Undoing Ending He Wanted By Mark Harris

TV Recap

TV Recap
Below Deck
S8/E5: Everything Is Fine!
TV Recap
His Dark Materials
S2/E3: Pain and Possession
TV Recap
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way
S2/E22: Happy-ish Endings
TV Recap
The Undoing
S1/E6: Lose Yourself
TV Recap
Fargo
S4/E11: Peace in Our Time

Visit Vulture

The Strategist

cyber monday 2020 All of the Best Beauty Cyber Monday Deals From $10 buys to significant discounts on La Mer. By The Editors
cyber monday 2020 All the Best Walmart Cyber Monday Deals From warm coats to toys to TVs, here are the best deals to be had during Walmart’s Cyber Monday sale. By The Editors
cyber monday 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Furniture and Home Deals Now’s the time to give your home a much-needed refresh. By The Editors
cyber monday 2020 All the Best Cyber Monday Deals at Amazon From clothes for the whole family to appliances, tech, and furniture for the whole house. By The Editors
black friday 2020 Everything Worth Buying at Sephora’s Holiday Sale Including lots of Strategist favorites. By The Editors

Visit The Strategist

Curbed

streeteries

Oh, Great: The Wind Flipped a Streetery Into the Middle of First Avenue

This doesn’t bode well for the winter, does it? By Valeria Ricciulli

evictions Evictions Caused More Than 10,000 COVID Deaths And led to 400,000 additional infections too. By Jeff Andrews
evictions Here’s What Happens When You Fight the City’s ‘Worst Landlord’ The tenants of a crumbling Crown Heights building went on a rent strike and now the owner’s trying to evict everyone. By Caroline Spivack
design news 5 Things to Buy From Nest’s New Capsule Collection The interiors magazine with a cult following is back with home goods and apparel By Diana Budds

great rooms A Maximalist Bedroom With a Chakra-Enhancing Headboard Bailey Li designs by her own rules. By Wendy Goodman
ask a set designer Inspecting 11 Rooms From The Queen’s Gambit Designer Uli Hanisch on painting wallpaper, leaving taste behind, and building a “temple to chess.” By Megan Barber
listings edit We Unearthed the 55 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now A rare Chelsea townhouse two-bedroom, a Red Hook loft with concrete floors, and more. By Jenny Xie and Katy Schneider

Visit Curbed

Grub Street

openings

ACQ Bread Is a New Kind of Brooklyn Bakery

House-milled grains, breathtaking milk bread, and a strong anti-capitalist message. By Cathy Erway

game shows Watch David Chang Win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire He’s donating the money to a restaurant-related charity. By Rachel Sugar
rip Remembering New York’s Favorite Cheese Man “Life for him was wild and precious, in all of its glory and all of its gluttony.” By Hannah Howard
recaps In the End, The Great British Baking Show Brought Me to Tears It’s time for the finale of the weirdest season in Great British history. By Rachel Sugar
lawsuits DoorDash Will Pay $2.5 Million in Tip-Skimming Settlement The online delivery platform was sued for using tips for delivery workers’ base pay. By Chris Crowley

essays
I Miss My Restaurant Family, Unfortunately We were something of an un-chosen family — until the coronavirus forced us apart. By Sam Stone

best of new york 101 Things We Hope to Eat Again Soon Celebrating restaurants at a time when they can use all the support they can get. By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite