One Great Story

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

creative justice

The Empathy Punishment

 A woman hurled a burrito bowl at a Chipotle employee. Then a judge made her walk in the victim’s shoes. By Reeves Wiedeman
the national interest

How Harris Wins

 Bidenism brought the Democrats to the brink of catastrophe. Obamaism can save them. By Jonathan Chait
in conversation

Jennifer Tilly Outsmarts Them All

 Four decades into her career, the Oscar nominee turned Chucky icon is bringing her cunning stardom to Real Housewives. By Angelica Jade Bastién

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  1. biography of a building
    Turtle Bay Gardens
    There Are Hidden Gardens and Then There’s Turtle Bay GardensIn the East 40s, 19 townhouses — where Stephen Sondheim, Robert Gottlieb, and Katharine Hepburn all once lived — surround a lush garden.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  2. crime
    The Shame of Saint Ann’sHow did a Brooklyn private school fall for an accused predator?
    By Caitlin Moscatello and James D. Walsh
  3. books
    Four Friends, Two Marriages, One Affair — and a Shelf of Books Dissecting ItWhen writers cheat on each other, everything is fair game for publication.
    By Chris Heath
  4. profile
    Therapy DaddyPhil Stutz has made a career in Hollywood doing what most psychologists advise against: telling his patients exactly what to do.
    By Lila Shapiro
  5. the money game
    How to Buy a PresidentDonald Trump’s joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock — and an unprecedented opportunity for corruption.
    By David Freedlander
  6. oral history
    THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, Pacha, Kuzco Llama, 2000, (c)Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy Everett Collect
    ‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’An oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  7. the inside game
    But Can She Win?Kamala Harris takes over a losing campaign, full of Biden loyalists, with barely 100 days to turn it around and beat Trump. So far, so good.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  8. olympics 2024
    For 120 Million, 13 Reasons to HopeThe Refugee Olympic Team wants more than just medals. At the Paris Games, the group’s female athletes hope to remind us of what refugees can achieve.
    By Claire Lampen
  9. chapters
    Hairbrush, Mirror and Jewelry Jar
    What My Clients Told Me About Their WivesMy allegiance was forever shifting between the men I went to bed with and the women back at home.
    By Charlotte Shane
  10. the inside game
    Joe Biden
    The Biden Presidency’s Tragedy and Remaining HopeHe has not yet escaped Trump.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  11. profile
    Saoirse-Monica Jackson Goes Derry FreeAfter playing a teenager in Northern Ireland, Saoirse-Monica Jackson is hell-bent on doing something different.
    By Shannon Keating
  12. health
    When a Mammogram Misses Breast CancerWomen with dense breasts can be blindsided by advanced diagnoses — even after years of negative screenings.
    By Dyan Neary
  13. health
    Ten People on Finding Out They Have the Alzheimer’s Gene23andMe can test you for your genetic predisposition to lose your mind. Would you want to know?
    By Amelia Schonbek
  14. health
    Good News About Brain CancerImmunotherapy is making tumors melt away.
    By Christopher Cox
  15. the law
    *EXCLUSIVE* Alec and Hilaria Baldwin were seen enjoying a casual stroll with their kids near their home in New York City
    Alec and Hilaria Baldwin Against the WorldSince the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the Rust set, the Baldwins’ marriage has taken on a starring role.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  16. family
    ‘People Say, You Sold Your Baby’How Utah became the most exploitative state in private adoption.
    By Gabrielle Glaser
  17. profile
    Lev Grossman Takes His TimeThe author of The Magicians returns to adult fiction with The Bright Sword. It only took ten years and a transpacific move.
    By Choire Sicha
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. social studies
    Behold the $150,000 DogPart cuddly. Part vicious. All status symbol.
    By Ben Ryder Howe
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. close read
    Against ‘Women’s Writing’Rachel Cusk’s gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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.
  34. the body politic
    Are Republican Women Okay?The baffling, contradictory demands of being female in the party of Donald Trump.
    By Rebecca Traister
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. reality bites
    Andy Cohen Vs. the HousewivesHow the Watch What Happens Live host survived the ‘Reality Reckoning’ (at least for now).
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. games
    New Jackpot CityEleven rivals. Countless billions. One prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York.
    By Noah Shachtman
  50. 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
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