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Lisa Miller

Writer, New York Magazine

Lisa Miller, a writer at New York, is a multi-year winner of the New York Newswomen’s Club prize for feature writing and has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award. Previously on staff at the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek magazine,

  1. diary of a hospital
    Eric Adams’s Plan to Commit the Homeless Has Little Meaning in the ERPeople who are unhoused already use the city’s hospitals all the time.
  2. the law
    A Handgun for ChristmasWill a jury find James and Jennifer Crumbley criminally responsible for their son’s mass shooting?
  3. foreign interests
    ‘No One Person Should Be in the Position of Doing This.’AJ Subat was a regular person until he helped scores of strangers evacuate Afghanistan. Then he became a hero, a brother — and got in over his head.
  4. philanthropy
    How Humans of New York Found a New MissionStreet photographer Brandon Stanton has pivoted his blog into a one-man philanthropy that raises millions of dollars for random people.
  5. aoc
    The Unprecedented AOCHow a struggling bartender became the face of a resurgent left.
  6. encounter
    Huma Abedin Is Ready to Tell You Who She IsThroughout a public career and an even more public marriage, the political confidante has remained an enigma, until now.
  7. education
    The Cost of Closing NYC’s Public SchoolsTalking through the effects of an irrational decision.
  8. parenting
    The Children of QuarantineWhat does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?
  9. first person
    My Therapists Were Right About UncertaintyFaced with actual, persistent chaos, I’ve realized there was never a way to outpace danger.
  10. power
    Why Did I Think She Wouldn’t Die?I see now that attributing superhuman strength to Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn’t do her enough justice.
  11. intelligencer chats
    Should New York City Really Be Reopening Its Schools?Considering the pros and cons of the city’s big September gamble.
  12. feature
    Two Lawyers, a Summer of Unrest, and a Molotov CocktailWhat would make a young professional with everything to lose throw a gasoline-filled Bud Light bottle at a cop car?
  13. intelligencer chats
    The Pandemic Is Putting Parents in an Impossible SituationA conversation about New York City’s haphazard school-reopening plan.
  14. encounter
    Two Weeks With Rachel Noerdlinger, the Movement’s PublicistFrom Bill de Blasio’s City Hall to George Floyd’s memorial service.
  15. george floyd
    The Black Christian Leaders Revolted by Trump’s Bible Stunt“I think it’s blasphemous.”
  16. risk
    It Hardly Ever Happens But Sometimes It DoesOur new national pastime is calculating relative risk.
  17. first person
    The Spaces Between UsWhen friends and neighbors run for the hills, small differences in wealth suddenly loom large.
  18. life after life
    I Conducted a Funeral Service All AloneA Brooklyn rabbi on what it’s like to hold a burial service over Zoom.
  19. feature
    Two Hours Daily to Sanitize, Two Hours to CryAn emergency-room doctor struggles to keep it together — and find supplies.
  20. coronavirus
    Walking the Dog Is the Only Time I Feel SaneNothing is the same, except for her.
  21. crime
    The Stabbing in Morningside ParkEvery generation, a crime tells a new story about New York. The murder of Tessa Majors is ours.
  22. politics
    Would Andrew Yang’s UBI Plan Actually Help Women?He loves to talk about recognizing “women’s work” but doesn’t propose much to help women in the workplace.
  23. let’s stay together
    I Thought I Wanted to Go It AloneMy toughness was my everything, until I fell in love.
  24. photography
    A Joyful Testament to Middle AgeElinor Carucci photographs her teenagers, her uterus, and her naked self.
  25. the future issue
    In 2029, AI Will Make Prejudice Much WorseIf you think structural bias is bad now, just wait until the machines take over.
  26. crime
    One Night at Mount SinaiAja Newman went to the emergency room for shoulder pain. Her doctor was a superstar. What’s the worst that could happen?
  27. transitions
    Reconciling With My Body After a MastectomyWhat do you wear when your body no longer resembles itself?
  28. work
    Men Know It’s Better to Carry NothingThe trouble with “being prepared” and carrying the literal load of mopping up the world’s spills.
  29. the epstein case
    How a Predator Operated in Plain SightJeffrey Epstein knew that when it comes to sex, the rules have always been different for “brilliant” men.
  30. health
    Measles for the One PercentVaccines, Waldorf schools, and the problem with liberal Luddites.
  31. encounter
    David Brooks Takes a Look Inside His SoulWhat does he see?
  32. marriage: an investigation
    5 Perspectives on What Kids Do to a Marriage“Little by little, this forced, idealized version of our marriage, performed for the benefit of our child, became the norm.”
  33. mental health
    Women Battling Their Hormones Are Demanding to Be HeardWhat happened after we published “Listening to Estrogen,” an investigation into how little doctors know about hormones and mental health.
  34. science of us
    Listening to EstrogenHormones have always been a third rail in female mental health. They may also be a skeleton key.
  35. just asking questions
    This Is Nikki Haley’s Last Interview Before Her Resignation. Read It for Clues.Read it for clues.
  36. the kavanaugh hearings
    The Entitled Rage of Brett KavanaughNothing offends the privileged more than an accusation from a non-elite.
  37. the kavanaugh hearings
    Brett Kavanaugh’s Former Yale Roommate Describes Their Debauched Dorm“There was a lot of vomit in the bathroom. No one ever cleaned it up. It was disgusting.”
  38. politics
    What Happened to Lindsey Graham?Once defined by his loathing for Trump, he’s now all-in for the president. Why?
  39. books
    From Chaste Virgin to Accommodating Tigress in BedLinda Kay Klein’s memoir about the devastating effects of purity culture is a revelation.
  40. profile
    Parkland Activist David Hogg Is Taking His Gap Year at the BarricadesFurious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what’s next.
  41. profile
    Amber Tamblyn Is Advocating for Women, and HerselfShe’s lactating on late-night TV, teaching feminism to David Cross and Quentin Tarantino, and attacking rape culture in her debut novel.
  42. encounter
    The Face of Birthright Israel Is Speaking Out Against the Prime MinisterTalking to Charles Bronfman about Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, and the embassy move.
  43. tv
    The Relentless Torture of The Handmaid’s TaleWhy I’m done watching season two.
  44. rebellions
    Teens Already Know How to Overthrow the GovernmentYou would too if you’d grown up reading the Hunger Games.
  45. parkland shooting
    On the Ground With the Parkland Teens As They Plot Their RevolutionThe strategy sessions that built an anti-gun movement out of trauma in one week.
  46. first person
    The Gift of LonelinessA single woman’s secret to surviving the holiday season alone.
  47. politics
    John Kasich’s Campaign Against Trump Never Stopped. And It Won’t Till 2020.One year after his failed run at president, the Ohio governor is plotting his path to another.
  48. love map
    482 Stories of Hookups, Breakups, and Missed Connections on the Streets of NYCWe collected 482 stories of kissing and hooking up, longing looks and breaking up, and we plotted their coordinates. Add your own.
  49. work
    The Ambition CollisionA generation raised to chase professional success is confronting a dead end.
  50. education
    Betsy DeVos Knew How to Wield Power in Michigan. It’s Not Working in D.C.Who is she? And how did she get to be head of our schools?
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