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health The Maya Kowalski Story When a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it? By Dyan Neary
unsolved mysteries What Really Happened to JFK? One thing’s for sure: The CIA doesn’t want you to know. By Scott Sayare
culture Erewhon’s Secrets Japanese utopians. Corporate glow-ups. $400 smoothies. The strange history of the world’s most cultish grocery store. podcast By Kerry Howley

Intelligencer

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When Your Friends Throw You a Fake Funeral

The bon vivante is as of yet alive. By Alexis Swerdloff

just asking questions Why Russia Could Win the Ukraine War Next November “If Ukraine is going to lose this war, it’s going to lose it here in the United States,” says counterinsurgency expert John Nagl. By Benjamin Hart
reasons to love new york Donald Trump Has Met His Match in Fellow Queens Native Arthur Engoron The judge overseeing Trump’s civil fraud trial is a fiery Queens native, too. By Gabriel Debenedetti
foreign interests The Price of Hamas’s Destruction Is Too High It’s time to give a temporary peace a chance. By Eric Levitz

the money game
Confessions of a Middle-Class Founder During the boom times, I launched a start-up so I could become rich. Years later, I’m still looking for my exit. By Anonymous

the city politic Adams Cuts the Budget and Puts Himself on the Chopping Block Slashing services might be a bigger problem than a criminal investigation, and potential challengers are getting more interested in 2025. By Ben Max

early and often Trump Plans to Pack the Government With MAGA True Believers The Trump team’s personnel plans wouldn’t just abolish the civil-service system; they would reward followers of his cult of personality. By Ed Kilgore

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The Cut

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52 Best Last-Minute Cyber Monday Beauty Deals to Shop

By Chinea Rodriguez

astrology Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of December 3 Guess what happens when the planet of love and desire enters the most intense sign of the zodiac. By Claire Comstock-Gay
nostalgia Inside ‘The Simple Life’ 20 Years Later With plenty of feces, feuds, and unforgettable foolery, two socialites changed the nature of reality television. By Matthew Jacobs
as told to 8 Women on Living With HIV-AIDS Long-Term On the 35th anniversary of World Aids Day, eight HIV-AIDS survivors and activists share their experience with health care and stigma. By Vivian Manning-Schaffel

israel-hamas war Julianna Margulies Addresses Backlash to Bigoted Gaza Rant “I did not intend for my words to sow further division, for which I am sincerely apologetic.” By Olivia Craighead
holiday gifts Gift Of The Day: A Delightfully Pillowy Down Vest For those who like to spend time outdoors during the winter months. By Aemilia Madden
reasons to love new york A $45 Million Effort to Make Pregnancy Less Deadly in NYC The borough president spent his entire capital budget on midwives, NICUs, and more. By Irin Carmon

Vulture

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Timothée Chalamet, the Boy King

He could be our next great leading man — if he can figure out what kind he wants to be. By Alison Willmore

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

dramaturgically Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli Move From HBO to Broadway With Netflix queen Victoria Pedretti in Amy Herzog’s Ibsen adaptation, An Enemy of the People. By Jason P. Frank
best of 2023 All About the Algorithm TV in 2023 explicitly and subliminally cast doubt on the sparkling future of streaming television. By Kathryn VanArendonk, Jen Chaney, and Roxana Hadadi
best of 2023 The Best TV Shows of 2023 Shows may come and shows may go, but great TV will never leave us.
timmy wéek Timothée Chalamet’s Earliest Directors Knew He’d Be a Star The directors and casting agents who collaborated with him before his star-making role in 2017’s Call Me by Your Name look back at his early promise. By Matthew Jacobs

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Merrily We Roll Along Kids Are Happy to Sign Your Playbill Backstage with the boys charming sold-out Broadway shows. By Jackson McHenry

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Noah Kahan’s Homesickness Fueled His Transition to Folk-Pop By Charlie Harding

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The Strategist

what’d i miss? Paris Hilton’s Eye Masks and Other Recent Strategist Finds As seen in the Strategist section. By The Editors
holiday gift issue 2023 What I Got My 96-Year-Old Grandmother “She gives them to everyone who visits, and she’ll also slip one into greeting cards.” By Erin Schwartz
recommended by experts The Best Home EV Chargers, According to Drivers and E-Mobility Experts From a basic and reliable model to a fast and flashy one, Level 2 juice for a wide range of needs. By Shaw Bowman
gifts they might actually want The Best and Most Giftable New York City Merch For the person who thinks it’s a helluva town. By Hilary Reid and Katherine Gillespie
ask a cool person What Are the Best Artificial Christmas Trees? Including a Fraser Fir that shared a scene with Viggo Mortensen and one made of shiny tinsel. By Ambar Pardilla

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The Boys Who Got Lost Under Staten Island

A sixth-grade adventure. By Alexandra Kleeman

reasons to love new york Reasons to Love New York Right Now Maybe because the year was so challenging, our 37 reasons to love New York this year feel even dearer. By The Editors
reasons to love new york We Took New York’s TikTokers to Lunch The people who tell the world about dating, dining, and celebrity apartments met up at Bad Roman (where else?).
reasons to love new york They’ll Never Leave This 5,800-Square-Foot Loft No matter how much money you throw at them. By Lane Brown

reasons to love new york Good-bye, Beautiful Trash Cans We’re ditching you for something better. By Christopher Bonanos
reasons to love new york The Hancock Is the Party House of Bed-Stuy A bunch of artists live and party for free in Bed-Stuy’s most expensive mansion. By Nora DeLigter
reasons to love new york How This Lost Dog Got Found. It’s Waylon, and he’s a good boy. By Emily Gould

Grub Street

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My Quest to Drink a Nobu Martini in My Pajamas

If Robert De Niro can do it, why can’t I?

guides Where to Eat in December The best restaurants for right now. By Edward Hart
the grub street diet Eli Rallo Is Picky About Her Cheese Boards “Cheese-board consumption — and creation — is a religious experience for me.” By Zach Schiffman
the year i ate new york The City’s Most Exciting Chefs Are Cooking in Someone Else’s Kitchen “Pop-ups are empowering because you really don’t have to answer to anybody.” By E. Alex Jung
scenes Le French Diner Is Every Chef’s Favorite Restaurant “Everyone who gets a seat feels special.” By Chris Crowley

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Where to Eat in December The best restaurants for right now. By Edward Hart

the grub street diet Nation of Language Front Man Ian Devaney’s Grub Street Diet “I delivered pizza for years growing up in New Jersey, and it never occurred to me to involve ranch and pizza in any sort of way.” By Zach Schiffman

the year i ate new york Why Are So Many Restaurants Called ‘Love Letters to New York’? Chefs have fallen for a phrase that is essentially meaningless. By E. Alex Jung

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