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Subtitling Your Life
Hearing aids and cochlear implants have been getting better for years, but a new type of device—eyeglasses that display real-time speech transcription on their lenses—is a game-changing breakthrough. David Owen reports.
Today’s Mix
The Show Can’t Go On
Funding shifts at three of the largest philanthropic foundations have brought turbulence and uncertainty to the intricate New York support system for the performing arts.
What America Means to Latin Americans
In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.
Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over
During testimony at Meta’s antitrust trial, the Facebook founder’s argument was, in so many words, that platforms like his are not what they used to be.
The Immigrant Families Jailed in Texas
Children have long been put in migrant detention if they were apprehended at the border. Today, lawyers have found, families are being removed from stable lives in the United States.
The Mexican President Who’s Facing Off with Trump
Can Claudia Sheinbaum manage the demands from D.C.—and her own country’s fragile democracy?
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
The Supreme Court Finally Takes On Trump
In an overnight ruling, the Justices defended the rule of law. Will their toughness last?
The Down-to-Earth Pope
In a historic moment characterized by autocrats and would-be autocrats, Francis was the antithesis of a strongman.
The Cost of Defunding Harvard
If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries.
Trump’s Deportation Obsession
Right-wing ideologues have long fantasized about the prospect of mass self-deportation: the Trump Administration is attempting something far more radical.
Pope Francis’s Tangled Relationship with Argentina
Amid the extreme political polarization in his home country, the Pope found himself at odds with nearly every President.
The Terrorism Suspect Trump Sent Back to Bukele
An MS-13 leader knew key details of a secret deal that his gang allegedly made with the Salvadoran President—then the White House put him on a flight to El Salvador.
Why Harvard Decided to Challenge Trump
Universities are accustomed to acquiescing to the government, but Trump made Harvard an offer it couldn’t not refuse.
How Trump Worship Took Hold in Washington
The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.
“Beeps”
Watch Kirk Johnson’s documentary short, following two young men on a quest to find and silence the dying smoke alarm in their neighborhood that is driving them to distraction.
The Critics
“Drop Dead City” Spotlights a Lost Era of Liberal Government
This documentary examines the economic changes and managerial missteps that brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy in 1975 and the political creativity and enduring cost of the rescue.
How Much Should You Know About Your Child Before He’s Born?
In “Second Life,” the journalist Amanda Hess navigates the stratified landscape of contemporary reproductive technology.
Bradley Cooper Makes an Awfully Good Cheesesteak
At Danny & Coop’s, the actor and director partners with a Philadelphia restaurateur to bring that city’s beloved sandwich to New Yorkers.
Can “The Last of Us” Outlive Its Antihero?
The series’ most exhilarating episode yet ended with the brutal murder of a beloved character. Where does the show go from here?
Pictures from Where the Senses Encounter the World
Cig Harvey’s “Emerald Drifters” is a rallying cry to exist in our bodies.
Who Wants a Second Helping of “The Wedding Banquet”?
In Andrew Ahn’s remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 crowd-pleaser, two gay couples strike a bargain that turns both Faustian and farcical.
The Best Books We Read This Week
A haunting dystopian novel in which a technology company tests the efficacy of product placement in people’s dreams; an animated biography that chronicles Albert C. Barnes’s lifelong campaign to make art accessible to the working class; and more.
Our Columnists
What “America First” Could Cost Us
As the Trump Administration forces the U.S. to retreat from labor-protection programs abroad, American workers might end up suffering, too.
The Biden Official Who Doesn’t Oppose Trump’s Student Deportations
Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration’s professed campaign to tackle antisemitism.
Why Harvard Can Afford to Stand Up to Trump
The university’s $53.2-billion endowment has positioned it to resist the bullying tactics of an increasingly authoritarian President.
Recession Indicators Are Everywhere
The memes responding to Trump’s seesawing tariff policy hint at a collective psychological state.
How to Survive the A.I. Revolution
The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?
Ideas
Outside Magazine and the Meaning of the Mountain West
The magazine’s decline, after its purchase by a tech entrepreneur, says as much about a way of life as it does about the media industry.
Mistaking Mary Magdalene
The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.
The Dire Wolf Is Back
A genetics startup has birthed pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s extinct ancestors. Is the woolly mammoth next?
The First Earth Day
On April 22, 1970, Congress took the day off, and two-thirds of its members participated in events across the country dedicated to celebrating and conserving the natural environment. That first Earth Day was organized by a handful of activists without a major centralized organization. In 2013, Nicholas Lemann wrote about the origins of the American environmental movement, how it became an establishment presence in Washington, and its best hopes for the future.
Puzzles & Games
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