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First Person
Monica Lewinsky: In Praise of Alternate Endings
After my “dark decade,” I reemerged in the public eye. What’s happened since, surprised me.
By Monica Lewinsky
Hamptons Problems
Looking for Love in the Hamptons? Buy a $275 Ticket for a Luxury Bus.
By Stephanie Krikorian
from the magazine
Damson Idris’s Life in the Fast Lane
By Britt HennemuthPhotography by Nick Riley Bentham
It Still Isn’t Over
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling’s MTV Movie Awards Kiss Is Forever
A viral clip of the costars turned real-life couple from 2005 could teach today’s newer movie stars a thing or two about awards show stunts.
By Savannah Walsh
Obama Reportedly Knew George Clooney Was Going to Shiv Biden
The former president was supposedly given a heads-up on the actor’s explosive op-ed—and didn’t try to stop it.
By Bess Levin
TRENDING
The Archive
Shame and Survival
Monica Lewinsky critiques the culture that put a 24-year-old through the wringer.
ALL EYES ON 2024
Has the Supreme Court Set the Stage for an Imperial-Presidency Disaster?
A presidential historian, citing Woodrow Wilson, points to several challenges now facing democracy after the double whammy of the immunity decision and Biden’s and Trump’s behavior at the debate.
By James Robenalt
chaos
In Hollywood, Panic Over Joe Biden Builds to a Silent Shriek
The president’s frailty has shaken his show business supporters: “It’s the only thing anyone is talking about.” Some fear being put in “Hollywood jail” if they speak out.
By Anthony Breznican
The Eerie Echoes Between Two Presidents on the Brink, Half a Century Apart
A struggling president with a strong policy record, deep legislative experience, and fresh memories of being underestimated by the younger man he served as VP, LBJ faced, with his fiercely loyal first lady, the question of whether to drop out of contention ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago. A presidential historian explains how the events of 1968 can, and can’t, help us make sense of our chaotic present.
By Jonathan Darman
THE 2024 ELECTION
Team Trump Is Betting on Biden—and Dreading a “Bait and Switch”
After months spent painting his opponent as senile, Donald Trump is said to have been surprised by Joe Biden’s frailty at the debate. Trump himself is betting that Democrats are “stuck with Biden,” but others in his camp fear that a more competitive candidate will emerge.
By Gabriel Sherman
THE HIVE
Politics, Power, and Personality. Read more »
Fears of a Purple Wave in Democratic Strongholds Cast Doubt on Biden’s Campaign
By Katie Herchenroeder
Like Father, Like Daughter
As Donald Trump’s Prospects Soar, Ivanka Inches Back to the National Stage
By Gabriel Sherman
Racial Justice
10 Years On, Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s Mothers Are Still Fighting for Justice
By Rita Omokha
Fears of a Purple Wave in Democratic Strongholds Cast Doubt on Biden’s Campaign
By Katie Herchenroeder
Like Father, Like Daughter
As Donald Trump’s Prospects Soar, Ivanka Inches Back to the National Stage
By Gabriel Sherman
Racial Justice
10 Years On, Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s Mothers Are Still Fighting for Justice
By Rita Omokha
HOLLYWOOD
TV, Film, and Awards. Read more »
failure to launch
Fly Me to the Moon: How a Stanley Kubrick Conspiracy Theory Inspired the Film
By Savannah Walsh
failure to launch
Fly Me to the Moon: How a Stanley Kubrick Conspiracy Theory Inspired the Film
By Savannah Walsh
Little Gold Men
Ready or Not, We’re Predicting the Emmy Nominations
the death of the movie star
Donald Trump Attacks “Fake Movie Actor” George Clooney After NYT Op-Ed
VANITIES
Culture, Style, Celebrity, and Royals. Read more »
ambani wedding
Ambani Wedding Guests Priyanka Chopra and Kim Kardashian (on a Rickshaw) Arrive to Flute Soundtrack
By Kase Wickman
ambani wedding
Ambani Wedding Guests Priyanka Chopra and Kim Kardashian (on a Rickshaw) Arrive to Flute Soundtrack
By Kase Wickman
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IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Photo Essay
The Global Crisis That No Border Crackdown Can Fix
At America’s southern border, arrivals from Mexico to Morocco, China to Chad, are caught in a no-man’s-land between the danger they’ve fled and the paralyzed system that awaits them.
By Dara LindPhotography by Go Nakamura