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album review We Weren’t Supposed to Hear Bo Burnham Like This Independent of the Netflix special, the songs of Inside feel strangely vital. By Craig Jenkins
life after warming Why 2021 Could Be California’s Worst Fire Season Ever The conditions are already set for eclipsing recent records — which themselves would have been unthinkable not long ago. By David Wallace-Wells
reopening Why It’s So Hard for Restaurants to Hire Workers Right Now A career waiter explains. By Mack Harden

the national interest

The legal crusade against affordable health care loses again. By Jonathan Chait

juneteenth America’s Hollow Embrace of Juneteenth How a commemoration of Black liberation became a favorite holiday of corporations and lawmakers. By Zak Cheney-Rice
missouri St. Louis Gun Couple Plead Guilty to Misdemeanors for Threatening Protestors Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who pointed a rifle and a pistol at protestors last June, will not have to forfeit their gun licenses. By Matt Stieb
the city politic The Company Eric Adams Keeps He’s the candidate of old political-machine guys like Brooklyn Democratic Party fixer Frank Carone. What would that mean in City Hall? By David Freedlander

intelligencer chats
What the Resurgent Real-Estate Market Means for NYC Another sign that COVID’s effect on cities has been less drastic than once feared. By Benjamin Hart and Kim Velsey

extremism Andrew Clyde Doubles Down on GOP Extremism From Georgia The North Georgia mountains are a proving ground for radical right-wing populists. Gun dealer Andrew Clyde is the latest example. By Ed Kilgore

new york city De Blasio Botches Juneteenth Promise to Municipal Workers The mayor did not deliver on a vow last year to give NYC employees and public-school students a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. By Matt Stieb

feature

The groundbreaking news anchor is still making sense of her MTV experience. By Kathleen Hou

encounter Things are Good on Planet Patti With her first big, earnest role under her belt, comedian Patti Harrison is now into “clean, acceptable” humor. Just kidding. By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
¡hola papi! ‘I Wish I Had a Best Friend’ As the world reopens, many of us are being reintroduced to social anxieties we haven’t had to deal with in a while. By J.P. Brammer
my two cents ‘I Owe My Dad Money, and He Holds It Over My Head’ You should pay him back and end this dynamic as quickly as possible. By Charlotte Cowles

mental health Building a World Where Black Folks Can Breathe Easier With her wellness space Black Girls Breathing, Jasmine Marie pledges to help millions of women on their mental-health journeys. By Mary Retta
comedy Bowen Yang Is Taking Back Pride Month The comic rounds out the all-queer ensemble of the new podcast Hot White Heist. By Olivia Evans
swellness To Make a Healthy Habit, Lower Your Standards The easier, the better. By Daniela Morosini

superlatives

“I wouldn’t have been able to write ‘Please’ when I was 28.” By Justin Curto

album drop H.E.R. Takes You to the Back of My Mind With Arrival of Debut Studio Album Featuring Thundercat, Lil Baby, DJ Khaled, and Ty Dolla $ign. By Halle Kiefer
bachelor nation Chris Harrison Can Buy Over $9 Million Worth of Roses With His Bachelor Payout Wow, that’s, like, five years worth of roses across the franchise. By Halle Kiefer
bullying Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Accuse Michael Costello of Faking Those DMs “Chrissy has acknowledged her past behavior and the pain she has caused, but she will not stand for anyone spreading false accusations.” By Halle Kiefer
streamliner 10 Hacks to Get the Most Out of Hulu Watch parties, customized subtitles, subscription pauses, and more. By Luke Winkie

vulture lists
All 24 Pixar Movies, Ranked From Toy Story to Cars 3, and everything in between. By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch

celebrity shopping What Model-Actress Suki Waterhouse Can’t Live Without “Tiffany Haddish actually came to my house once, lay on it, and passed out for hours.” By Suki Waterhouse and Chloe Anello
father’s day 2021 All the Best Father’s Day Gift Ideas (So Far) Everything the Strategist recommends for Dad in one helpful place. By The Editors
micro sales The Best Deals at Best Buy’s Bigger Deal Savings Event (So Far) Lots of big-ticket tech items and appliances are on sale through June 22. By The Editors
recommended by experts The Best Vegetarian and Vegan Cookbooks, According to Vegetarian and Vegan Chefs According to the chefs at Dirt Candy, Butcher’s Daughter, Modern Love, and more. By Maxine Builder, Nikita Richardson, and Lauren Ro
father’s day 2021 45 Last-Minute Gifts That Will Arrive by Father’s Day From an electric razor to a dopp kit and pour-over kettle. By The Editors

cityscape

A 48-hour diary of a ten-acre park where everything in the city seems to be happening at once. By Daniel Arnold and Daniel Galicia

design edit A Mosaic Stool, Fiberglass Mezcal Cup, and Other Things I Liked This Week Plus, a London Design Biennale exhibit on the “archaeology” of 700 plastic spoons By Diana Budds
outside voices At a Washington Square Park Meeting, All of Greenwich Village Turned Up to Yell Not everyone made it inside; those who did raised their hands for an early park closing time. By Victoria Bekiempis
obituary The Hostel Has Closed on Nantucket The Star of the Sea — a cheap place to be — has been purchased and, yes, kicked the bucket. By Kim Velsey

listings edit We Unearthed the 37 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now This week, we found a few standout studios as well as pretty parlor-floor spaces with original woodwork. By Jenny Xie
garden state gallery Why, Exactly, Is the Pompidou Coming to Jersey City? With free rent and millions in funding, the French art museum actually has a lot to gain. Will Jersey City be able to say the same? By Zachary Small
restaurants Restaurants May Finally Get Relief From Grubhub and Uber’s Automatic Sign-ups Delivery services routinely add restaurants to their apps without asking them. Legislators want to make that illegal. By Kevin T. Dugan

the grub street diet

“All of your senses are alive …”

reopening The New Thrill of Old Restaurants New restaurants seem great! But that’s not what I want right now. By Alan Sytsma
summer of sundaes Fany Gerson Kicks Off a Summer of Sundaes at Fan-Fan Doughnuts Starting with a special cooked up with writer Nicole A. Taylor. By Chris Crowley
reopening Restaurants Are Struggling to Find Workers. Here’s Why. A career waiter explains. By Mack Harden
tours A New Food Crawl Was Designed to Help Queens Mom-and-Pops Launched by an Elmhurst native, Homecoming also fundraises for food insecure New Yorkers. By Emma Orlow

lawsuits
Shake Shack Manager Sues Cops Over ‘Poison’ Milkshake Claims According to his defamation lawsuit, he was held for several hours after a hospital found the officers had not ingested any toxins. 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