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she's acting here What Is Jessica Chastain Up To? An attempt to arrive at a grand unified theory of the Scenes From a Marriage actress, if physics allows for such a thing. By Jackson McHenry
rip Anne Saxelby Made New York a Better Place to Eat The food world is mourning her death and celebrating her outsize impact. By Chris Crowley
celebrity shopping What Drag Queen Katya Zamolodchikova Can’t Live Without “I’d rather wear shitty shoes and smell like heaven than smell like a dumpster in Louboutins.” By Katya Zamolodchikova and Chloe Anello

the national interest

Is she just the Glenn Greenwald of senators? By Jonathan Chait

international affairs Group of American Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti: What We Know A busload of 17 people, including three children, were allegedly kidnapped by a notorious gang outside Port-au-Prince on Saturday. By Chas Danner
nuclear arms race China Tested a Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile: Report The weapon is harder to track and destroy than a ballistic missile. By Paola Rosa-Aquino
politics Democrats Scramble for Climate Options After Manchin Rejects Clean-Energy Plan Manchin’s opposition to a key program has reportedly upended Democrats’ climate-policy plans and forced the White House to seek alternatives. By Paola Rosa-Aquino

puerto rico
Fed Up Over Power Outages, Puerto Ricans Took to the Streets Thousands marched on Friday to highlight continuing outages, rising bills, and concerns about the privatization of the power grid on the island. By Paola Rosa-Aquino

the money game Why the ‘Big Short’ Guys Think Bitcoin Is a Bubble Are they onto something huge again — or just fighting the last war? By Michelle Celarier

crime Robert Durst Has COVID, Is on Ventilator The real-estate heir and convicted murder was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday. By Chas Danner

astrology

By Claire Comstock-Gay

are u coming? Out With Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez, AOC’s Hot Li’l Bro “Sometimes you have to throw yourself to the wolves.” By Brock Colyar
encounter Don’t Ever Count Kyle Richards Out The Real Housewife is returning to her acting roots on top of a very long to-do list. By Brennan Carley
my two cents ‘I’m Out of Student Debt, But I Still Feel Like a Failure’ Your next steps may seem daunting, but you should be proud of yourself. By Charlotte Cowles

sex diaries The Woman Who Doesn’t Trust Her Long-Distance Boyfriend This week’s sex diary. By Alyssa Shelasky
step on me mother I Love the Scary, Powerful Women of Succession An ode to Shiv, Gerri, Rhea, and the wonderfully terrifying females on this show. By Mia Mercado
parties! The Bestest Party Looks of the Week All hail Jeremy Strong! By Brooke LaMantia

comedy review

The Closer proves the comedian is right about one thing: It’s time for a break. By Craig Jenkins

celebrity engagements Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker Are Engaged Now they can mosh together forever. By Bethy Squires
character study How Gerri Worked Her Way From Side Character to Key Player on Succession From pointed glances to an escalating affair, J. Smith-Cameron turned a functional role into Waystar Royco’s most compelling company woman. By Jackson McHenry
theater review Dana H. Is Harrowing and Unmissable A big Broadway house doesn’t diminish any of its power. By Helen Shaw
snl Bowen Yang Shines As a Proud Gay Oompa Loompa on SNL “We’re up all night rehearsing the little song and dance we do when a child dies.” By Charu Sinha

book review
Fear and Loathing in ‘Asian America’ In The Loneliest Americans, Jay Caspian Kang tries but fails to restore meaning to an empty term. By Madeline Leung Coleman

sunday circular 10 Things That Delighted Us Last Week: From Bathrobes to Bundt Pans Including a “life-changing” oracle deck, Katya Zamolodchikova’s makeup-removing dish detergent, and a kettle that doubles as an objet d’art. By The Editors
on the run Everything Erin Azar (A.k.a. Mrs. Space Cadet) Wears While Running “I was astonished at how much they cost, but once I put them on and did some long runs, I noticed a huge difference.” By Jenna Milliner-Waddell
one-stop shop 15 Hispanic- and Latinx-Owned Businesses to Shop All of which we’ve written about before. By The Editors
ask a cool person The Most Comfortable Shoes, According to People Who Stand All the Livelong Day That means hairdressers, real-estate agents, and restaurant workers. By Lauren Levy, Dominique Pariso, and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
gifts they might actually want Get Last-Minute Gifts and Support Small Businesses With These Gift Cards Forget about shipping deadlines while supporting small businesses. By Liza Corsillo and Tembe Denton-Hurst

furniture design

Superhouse Vitrine opens with an exhibition of Sean Gerstley’s ceramic furniture. By Diana Budds

assessment Can Eric Adams Really Turn 25,000 Hotel Rooms Into Affordable Housing? Even after all the past year’s closures, that’s a lot of real estate. By Kevin T. Dugan
reopening Move Over, Fake Vaxx Card — Here Comes an Anti-Vaxx Business Directory A new website is crowdsourcing businesses that are flouting the mandate — and New York has the most. By Caroline Spivack
hurricane ida New York Doesn’t Need Its Own Forecast. It Needs a Forecast Communicator. “It’s very clear that the blatant breakdown of communication is what needs to be adjusted.” By Alissa Walker

listings edit We Unearthed the 31 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now This week we managed to find a handful of two-bedroom apartments priced under $2,500, including one in Harlem right above Central Park. By Jenny Xie
reclaiming A Landscape Architect Who Loves Ruins and Hates Ruin Porn Julie Bargmann just won the first $100,000 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander prize. By Justin Davidson
podcasts Curbed Launches Season Two of Nice Try! Interior explores how our homes channel the pursuit of utopia. By Curbed Staff

the grub street diet

“She ran a little catering business on the side.”

coming soon Here Comes Cafe Spaghetti Chef Sal Lamboglia is heading home to Brooklyn. By Alan Sytsma
profile The Post-COVID, Post-Manhattan Plans of Keith McNally “I’ve nothing in the bank and need to earn money while I still can.” By Matthew Schneier
rip Anne Saxelby Made New York a Better Place to Eat The food world is mourning her death and celebrating her outsize impact. By Chris Crowley
restaurant review Dame Is Redefining the Upscale Seafood Restaurant Chef Ed Szymanski serves full-flavored cooking with mom-and-pop attention to detail. By Adam Platt

the grub street diet
Actor Norm Lewis’s Grub Street Diet “When I was doing Phantom or Porgy and Bess, I was living like a monk.” By Chris Crowley

where to eat 66 of the Best New (or Newly Relevant) Places to Eat Here’s your official summer 2021 restaurant guide. By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld