
A Coup at the WestView News
by Zach Helfand
A succession battle involving a fight for the patronage of Sarah Jessica Parker threatens to stop the presses at a Greenwich Village newspaper.
A Coup at the WestView News
by Zach Helfand
A succession battle involving a fight for the patronage of Sarah Jessica Parker threatens to stop the presses at a Greenwich Village newspaper.
The Fight Over Penn Station and Madison Square Garden
by William Finnegan
How the effort to renovate midtown Manhattan’s transit hub has been stalled by money, politics, and disputes about the public good.
Annals of Higher Education
The End of the English Major
by Nathan Heller
Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country. What happened?
The Ultimate Vermeer Collection
by Rebecca Mead
A bravura show at the Rijksmuseum displays more of the Dutch Master’s work at once than he himself ever saw.
The Defiance of Salman Rushdie
by David Remnick
After a near-fatal stabbing—and decades of threats—the novelist speaks about writing as a death-defying act.
Letter from Ukraine
The Hunt for Russian Collaborators in Ukraine
by Joshua Yaffa
As occupied territories are liberated, some residents face accusations that they sided with the enemy.
Letter from Tbilisi
Rereading Russian Classics in the Shadow of the Ukraine War
by Elif Batuman
How to reckon with the ideology of “Anna Karenina,” “Eugene Onegin,” and other beloved books.
The Haunting of Prince Harry
by Rebecca Mead
Electrified by outrage—and elevated by a gifted ghostwriter—his blockbuster memoir “Spare” exposes more than Harry’s enemies.
Letter from Italy
The Crisis of Missing Migrants
by Alexis Okeowo
What has become of the tens of thousands of people who have disappeared on their way to Europe?
Dept. of Song
Todd Rundgren, Renaissance Rocker
by Nick Paumgarten
Besides “Hello It’s Me,” his C.V. includes playing in a Bowie tribute band, producing Meat Loaf as a Springsteen parody, and getting drunk with Mrs. Soupy Sales.