One Great Story

The one story you shouldn’t miss today, selected by New York’s editors.

family

‘People Say, You Sold Your Baby’

 How Utah became the most exploitative state in private adoption. By Gabrielle Glaser
the law

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin Against the World

 Since the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the Rust set, the Baldwins’ marriage has taken on a starring role. By Reeves Wiedeman
profile

Lev Grossman Takes His Time

 The author of The Magicians returns to adult fiction with The Bright Sword. It only took ten years and a transpacific move. By Choire Sicha

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  1. urban fauna
    The City’s Crawling With Feral CatsObsessed volunteers are the only thing standing between the city and a stream of disease-ridden cats. They’re barely making a dent.
    By Molly Osberg
  2. the money game
    Inside the Harvard Business School Ponzi SchemeHe had a successful Wall Street career. Why would he con his classmates?
    By Jen Wieczner
  3. social studies
    Behold the $150,000 DogPart cuddly. Part vicious. All status symbol.
    By Ben Ryder Howe
  4. one great story
    Six Great New York Stories to Read Over the Long WeekendFrom wild stories of high-stakes scams and Beverly Hills squatters to personal reflections on divorce and chronic illness.
    By The Editors
  5. first person
    I Was Diagnosed With Autism in My 40s. It Gave Me a Lot of Answers.By 43, Mary HK Choi had come up with many explanations for her strangeness around other people. Was it something else all along?
    By Mary H.K. Choi
  6. lives
    The Life and Untimely Death of a Boeing WhistleblowerBefore he died in March, Mitch Barnett catalogued dangerous flaws in the company’s aircraft.
    By Sean Flynn
  7. love and war
    How the NDA Became the Defining Legal Document of Our TimeLove and other negotiations in the time of the non-disclosure agreement.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  8. close read
    Against ‘Women’s Writing’Rachel Cusk’s gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  9. israel-hamas war
    My Father and the Withering of Liberal ZionismWas my family’s dream of a Jewish socialist utopia all a lie?
    By Ayelet Waldman
  10. encounter
    Who Will Replace Joey Chestnut?Separating real controversy from kayfabe with the brothers behind the Nathan’s hot-dog-eating contest.
    By Chris Crowley
  11. higher education
    The New Trick Families Are Using to Lower College Tuition BillsMany schools are eager for paying students, and ready to offer deals — even to higher-income applicants.
    By Jeffrey Selingo
  12. books
    How I Fell For Monster Sex BooksMonster smut is the big new thing in publishing. It’s not just about the extra-long tongues.
    By Emily Gould
  13. encounter
    June Squibb Made ItShe yelled at Woody Allen in her 60s, earned an Oscar nod in her 80s, and at 94, has her first starring role.
    By Rachel Handler
  14. are u coming?
    What Is Stonewall in 2024?A touristy dive bar, an unfinished liberation movement, and now a visitor center within the National Park Service.
    By Brock Colyar
  15. lives
    Aaron Bushnell’s AgoniesBurning himself to death outside the Israeli Embassy turned him into an antiwar martyr. What could have led to such an extreme act?
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  16. parenting
    The Transgender Family Handbook144 specific suggestions for how to be a supportive parent to your trans kid, according to trans young people and their loved ones.
  17. the body politic
    Are Republican Women Okay?The baffling, contradictory demands of being female in the party of Donald Trump.
    By Rebecca Traister
  18. crime
    Sixteen Kids and a Hit ManChristopher Pence kept adding to his family. Then he decided to remove two people from the mix.
    By James D. Walsh
  19. keep it moving
    Miss Piggy Has a MotherEveryone’s heard of Jim Henson. It’s time to give Bonnie Erickson — creator of beloved Muppets and mascots including the Phillie Phanatic — her due.
    By Nell McShane Wulfhart
  20. crime
    The Tupac CopGreg Kading, the controversial detective who cracked the case, connected Sean Combs to the crime, and maybe solved Biggie’s too.
    By Greg Donahue
  21. family
    Why Did These YouTubers Give Away Their Son?Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  22. a long talk
    Matt and Bowen Enter the Honesty ZoneEight years into Las Culturistas, its hosts are recalibrating how open they want to be.
    By Jason P. Frank
  23. early and often
    Donald Trump Holds Rally For North Carolina Midterm Candidates
    Mark Robinson Is MAGA’s Great Black HopeThe North Carolina gubernatorial candidate has no experience and few accomplishments. But he sure is mad.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  24. power
    She Blew Up Her Life to Reform the Fashion IndustryIn the success of the Adult Survivors Act, model turned activist Sara Ziff finds a silver lining.
    By Emily Shugerman
  25. fashion
    Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024
    Chanel Needed a ChangeOutgoing designer Virginie Viard didn’t, or couldn’t, give the house the modernity or innovation required.
    By Cathy Horyn
  26. identity crisis
    Hacks Isn’t a Good ComedyBut it could be a great drama.
    By Nicholas Quah
  27. stop the presses
    Griffin Dunne’s Hollywood-Irish Family Had Its Grudges“We were clinically crazy,” says the son of Dominick Dunne and the nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. “Like, really crazy.”
    By Shawn McCreesh
  28. to the pods
    The Love MachineLove Is Blind creator Chris Coelen drops a new group of singles into his strange experiment — and wrestles with all the lawsuits against the series.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  29. internet drama
    Dancers Performing
    Dancing in the Name of the LordThe “cult” claims about a TikTok-famous set of performers shocked everyone — except L.A.’s dancefluencer community.
    By Gabrielle Bluestone
  30. reality bites
    Andy Cohen Vs. the HousewivesHow the Watch What Happens Live host survived the ‘Reality Reckoning’ (at least for now).
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. parenting
    The Last Kid in Ninth Grade Without an iPhoneThey’re not in the group chat. But they’re not social pariahs either.
    By Liz Krieger
  32. early and often
    Is Pete Buttigieg Doing a Good Job?Trains are derailing. Plane parts are falling from the sky. And a former mayor of South Bend is overseeing it all.
    By Bryce Covert
  33. games
    New Jackpot CityEleven rivals. Countless billions. One prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York.
    By Noah Shachtman
  34. vulture lists
    The 50 Greatest War Movies Ever MadeFrom the trenches of World War I to the recent conflicts that have defined 21st-century warfare.
    By Keith Phipps
  35. fashion
    Why Does Every Nice Dress Cost $500 Now?No, you’re not imagining things. Here’s why every summer dress you find is so expensive (or Shein cheap).
    By Chantal Fernandez
  36. how to be a star in 2024
    21 Ways to Hack StardomAfter a dry period, a new crop of A-listers is rising in Hollywood — and doing it differently this time.
    By Vulture Editors
  37. the system
    How to Criminalize a ProtestIn Atlanta, the George Floyd demonstrators are being prosecuted as gang members. The activists of today could be next.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  38. games
    Chess Brat: Hans Niemann, One Year After the Cheating ScandalThe grandmaster has been kinda-sorta vindicated. So how is he more disliked than ever?
    By Jen Wieczner
  39. the money game
    The Crypto World Has a New VillainBillionaire Barry Silbert is accused of defrauding thousands of people. Should he get to keep their money anyway?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  40. vision 2024
    Will Miriam Adelson Spend Her Billions on Trump Again?Sheldon’s widow is one of the richest women in the world, and she’s willing to spend her fortune to support Israel.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  41. the power trip
    Running From InsideIs it possible to conduct a successful campaign for president from a criminal courthouse?
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  42. theater
    We’ve Hit Peak TheaterNobody knows how to succeed on Broadway anymore.
    By Boris Kachka
  43. power
    ‘Mitzvah Night Is CANCELLED’Inside the sex strike that has infuriated husbands and shaken the ultra-Orthodox world.
    By Talia Lavin
  44. parenting
    Why Would Anyone Look for a Sperm Donor on Facebook?Meet the women logging on for fresh semen and the men who get their kicks offering their seed.
    By Anya Kamenetz
  45. mental health
    Is It Time to Quit Therapy?For years, we were told it was the key to living a good life. What if we don’t want to go anymore?
    By Melissa Dahl
  46. the national interest
    In Defense of Punching LeftThe problem with Solidarity.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. retail rabbit hole
    Every Question You Have About Temu, AnsweredHow are the headphones $4.98? Will the lip liner give me hives? A guide to shopping the chaotic new site without ending up with a closet of junk.
    By Natalie So
  48. family
    The Last Thing My Mother WantedHealthy at age 74, she decided there was nothing on earth still keeping her here, not even us.
    By Evelyn Jouvenet
  49. crime
    The Package King of MiamiMatthew Bergwall was a gifted coder who could have gotten a job at any tech company. He decided to go in another direction.
    By Ezra Marcus
  50. cut covers
    Brittney Griner’s Joyful Next ChapterThe basketball star talks to Megan Rapinoe about the life she’s survived — and the happily ever after she gets to enjoy now.
    By the Cut
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