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1. exhibit a Mar. 16, 2023

   

   Is Fox News Really Doomed?It certainly appears like they will lose a major lawsuit over election lies.

   By Ankush Khardori
2. life in pixels Mar. 15, 2023

   

   Who Is Still Inside the Metaverse?Searching for friends in Mark Zuckerberg’s deserted fantasyland.

   By Paul Murray
3. politics Mar. 14, 2023

   

   Tate-PilledWhat a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate’s extreme male gospel.

   By Lisa Miller
4. media Mar. 13, 2023

   

   Let’s Have a Real Conversation About Barbara WaltersSeventeen leading broadcasters on her legacy and making their way in the world she made.

   By Irin Carmon
5. relationships Mar. 10, 2023

   

   The Man of Your DreamsFor $300, Replika sells an AI companion who will never die, argue, or cheat — until his algorithm is updated.

   By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
6. drawing conclusions Mar. 9, 2023

   

   ‘It’s Kind of Embarrassing’: Why Animators Are Unhappy With the OscarsTwo decades in, the Academy’s Best Animated Feature category isn’t living up to its promise.

   By Eric Vilas-Boas
7. feature Mar. 8, 2023

   

   A World Without MenThe women of South Korea’s 4B movement aren’t fighting the patriarchy — they’re leaving it behind entirely.

   By Anna Louie Sussman
8. the city politic Mar. 7, 2023

   

   One Lawyer, Three Jobs, 106 CasesThe city’s public defenders are struggling.

   By Nia Prater
9. action! Mar. 6, 2023

   

   The Stunt AwardsVulture’s inaugural celebration of stunt professionals is here. Because if the Oscars won’t recognize them, we will.

   By Bilge Ebiri and Brandon Streussnig
10. the future Mar. 3, 2023

    

    6 Stand-ups Analyze ChatGPT’s Attempts to Steal Their Jobs“It’s eerie, but there are comedians who are worse than this.”

    By Hershal Pandya
11. stop the presses Mar. 2, 2023

    

    George Santos, MAGA ‘It’ GirlVish Burra, the congressman’s “director of operations,” met me on Staten Island to explain the plan to make Santos … president?

    By Shawn McCreesh
12. artificial intelligence Mar. 1, 2023

    

    You Are Not a ParrotAnd a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.

    By Elizabeth Weil
13. the money game Feb. 28, 2023

    

    The Original King of Crypto Is BackArthur Hayes rubbed success in the Feds’ face and got busted. Now he’s returning to a shell-shocked industry.

    By Jen Wieczner
14. health Feb. 27, 2023

    

    Life After Food?A diabetes miracle drug has become an off-label appetite suppressant, changing the definition of being thin and what it takes to get there.

    By Matthew Schneier
15. feature Feb. 23, 2023

    

    ‘Call Me a Scammer to My Face’Madison Campbell is determined to get DIY rape kits into survivors’ hands, no matter who tells her it’s a bad idea.

    By Angelina Chapin and Katie Heaney
16. art Feb. 22, 2023

    

    MoMA’s Glorified Lava LampRefik Anadol’s Unsupervised is a crowd-pleasing, like-generating mediocrity.

    By Jerry Saltz
17. early and often Feb. 21, 2023

    

    Who Wants to Be Mayor?Chicago’s boss is in danger of being thrown from office, in a warning sign for other Democrats.

    By Ross Barkan
18. encounter Feb. 17, 2023

    

    My Valentine’s Day Date With Bernie SandersThe senator railed against Über-capitalism, signed autographs, and ordered soup.

    By Bridget Read
19. eldorado ballroom Feb. 16, 2023

    

    Solange and Saint Heron Are Honoring Black Innovation at BAMIn a rare interview, Solange talks about bringing together a lineup of Kelela, KeiyaA, the Clark Sisters, and more.

    By Craig Jenkins
20. power Feb. 15, 2023

    

    Crime of the CenturiesTomb raiders, crooked art dealers, and museum curators fed billionaire Michael Steinhardt’s addiction to antiquities. Many also happened to be stolen.

    By Greg Donahue
21. stop the presses Feb. 14, 2023

    

    Get Me Risa Heller!If you’re Jeff Zucker or Mario Batali or Jared Kushner and you’re trying to survive a bout of very bad press, she’s the one you call.

    By Shawn McCreesh
22. games Feb. 13, 2023

    

    What Was Kyrie Irving Thinking?He arrived in Brooklyn a bona fide weirdo. He left for Dallas on even stranger terms.

    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
23. profile Feb. 10, 2023

    

    Caroline Polachek Loves MessFor her mucky, bold, feminine new album, the singer gets primal.

    By Rachel Handler
24. close reads Feb. 9, 2023

    

    The Last of Us Is Not a Video-Game AdaptationHBO turned the story into unmissable television. So why does it feel like something’s missing?

    By Andrea Long Chu
25. exit interview Feb. 8, 2023

    

    Steven Soderbergh Can’t Quit Magic MikeHe says there was “no compelling reason” to make a third movie, and then Channing Tatum’s live show happened.

    By Matt Zoller Seitz
26. power Feb. 7, 2023

    

    Inside the ‘Rampant Culture of Sex’ at ABC NewsT.J. Holmes and Amy Robach weren’t the only ones — “It felt like everybody was sleeping around,” said one former GMA staffer.

    By Angelina Chapin
27. rich people stuff Feb. 6, 2023

    

    The Fleishman EffectIn a city of Rachels and Libbys, the FX show has some New York moms worried they’re the ones in trouble.

    By Caitlin Moscatello
28. culture Feb. 3, 2023

    

    This Is Pamela, FinallyThe model-actress’s memoir and documentary reveal only what she wants us to know. It’s about time.

    By Roxane Gay
29. the industry Feb. 1, 2023

    

    The Documentary World’s Identity CrisisThe boom — or glut — in streaming documentaries has sparked a reckoning among filmmakers and their subjects.

    By Reeves Wiedeman
30. spring fashion Jan. 31, 2023

    

    The Laundress Was Supposed to Be the Nice DetergentUntil people started breaking out into hideous rashes.

    By Emilia Petrarca
31. spring fashion Jan. 30, 2023

    

    The Promise of Pyer MossKerby Jean-Raymond was one of fashion’s most celebrated young designers. Then what happened?

    By Tahirah Hairston
32. the housing market Jan. 27, 2023

    

    New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.

    By Lane Brown
33. chinese democracy Jan. 26, 2023

    

    The Radical, Lonely, Suddenly Shocking Life of Wang JuntaoAfter half a century of resisting the Chinese Communist Party, a dissident confronts murder and espionage in Queens.

    By Christopher Beam
34. groceries Jan. 25, 2023

    

    Welcome to the Shoppy ShopWhy does every store suddenly look the same?

    By Emily Sundberg
35. rikers Jan. 24, 2023

    

    How a Rikers Unit That Protects Trans Women Fell ApartA decade ago, New York set out to lead the nation in efforts to support incarcerated trans people. Now they are stranded in all-male housing units.

    By George Joseph
36. the national interest Jan. 23, 2023

    

    Debt Ceiling Extortion Is an Attack on DemocracyIf Republicans want to cut spending, they should win an election and do it themselves.

    By Jonathan Chait
37. biography of a building Jan. 19, 2023

    

    A Queens Co-Op Full of ElectriciansIt remains basically as it was imagined in 1949: a surprisingly affordable city-within-a-city.

    By Kayla Levy
38. crime Jan. 18, 2023

    

    Here’s Why Everything at Walgreens Is Suddenly Behind PlasticThe recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).

    By James D. Walsh
39. twitter Jan. 17, 2023

    

    Inside Elon’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ TwitterTwitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the platform against impulsive, ranting billionaires — then one made himself the CEO.

    By Zoë Schiffer, Casey Newton, and Alex Heath
40. media Jan. 16, 2023

    

    Will Ashley Biden’s Stolen Diary Take Down Project Veritas?After a decade of punking liberals with hidden-camera stings, James O’Keefe becomes the story.

    By Andrew Rice
41. the industry Jan. 13, 2023

    

    Inside the VFX Union Brewing in HollywoodVisual-effects technicians have never been more vital to movies and TV. Can studios like Marvel accept that?

    By Chris Lee
42. respect the classics Jan. 11, 2023

    

    Two Rock Hall Voters Debate Who Should Be on This Year’s Ballot“They’re definitely running out of geezers. You can’t do so many more years of, ‘Oh yeah, this guy who had three hits in 1972.’”

    By Devon Ivie
43. the system Jan. 10, 2023

    

    A Cosmologist’s Case for Staying Put on EarthThe many heterodoxies of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

    By Zak Cheney-Rice
44. health Jan. 9, 2023

    

    Could Magic Mushrooms Be the Drug to Finally Cure Eating Disorders?For young patients, lasting treatment can feel elusive. Psychedelics could change that.

    By Megan Zhang
45. art Jan. 6, 2023

    

    William Eggleston’s Atmospheric DisturbancesHis photographs from the 1970s are a clairvoyant glimpse of the future.

    By Jerry Saltz
46. profile Jan. 5, 2023

    

    Allison Williams Comes AliveThe star of the already viral M3gan has made a career of subverting her own image.

    By Rachel Handler
47. the law Jan. 4, 2023

    

    Kelly Harnett Had to Get FreeShe was a jailhouse lawyer helping women get out of prison, but she couldn’t work the system for herself. Then the system changed.

    By Justine van der Leun
48. power Jan. 3, 2023

    

    Life After ParklandA shooting at their high school turned X González into an activist, a celebrity, a “survivor” — and the pressure almost killed them.

    By X González
49. early and often Dec. 22, 2022

    

    The Fall of the Progressive Boy KingSean McElwee formed a lucrative alliance with SBF. Then his patron went bust and he suffered his own scandal.

    By David Freedlander
50. encounter Dec. 22, 2022

    

    Bob Gottlieb vs. Bob CaroThe 91-year-old book editor would like his 87-year-old star writer to finish his latest book.

    By Matthew Schneier