All posts by New Yorkerest

Just the one can't-miss piece from each issue of the New Yorker. All because we know you're busy. And because we're really nice.

The Great Paper Caper

December 1, 2014
December 1, 2014

American Chronicles
The Great Paper Caper
Someone swiped Justice Frankfurter’s papers. What else has gone missing?

by Jill Lepore

Double Jeopardy

November 17, 2014
November 17, 2014

A Reporter at Large
Double Jeopardy
In Alabama, a judge can override a jury that spares a murderer from the death penalty.

by Paige Williams

The Outcast

November 10, 2014
November 10, 2014

A Reporter at Large
The Outcast
After a Hasidic man exposed child abuse in his tight-knit Brooklyn community, he found himself the target of a criminal investigation.

by Rachel Aviv

Against the Grain

November 3, 2014
November 3, 2014

A Reporter at Large
Against the Grain
Should you go gluten-free?
by Michael Specter

The Ebola Wars

October 27, 2014
October 27, 2014

A Reporter at Large
The Ebola Wars
How genomics research can help contain the outbreak.
by Richard Preston

The Holder of Secrets

October 20, 2014
October 20, 2014

Profiles
The Holder of Secrets
Laura Poitras’s closeup view of Edward Snowden.
by George Packer

The Empire of Edge

October 13, 2014
October 13, 2014

A Reporter at Large
The Empire of Edge
How a doctor, a trader, and the billionaire Steven A. Cohen got entangled in a vast financial scandal.
by Patrick Radden Keefe

Before the Law

October 6, 2014
October 6, 2014

Our Local Correspondents
Before the Law
A boy was accused of taking a backpack. The courts took the next three years of his life.
by Jennifer Gonnerman

Pictures from an Institution

September 29, 2014
September 29, 2014

Profiles
Pictures from an Institution
Leon Botstein made Bard College what it is, but can he insure that it outlasts him?
by Alice Gregory

The Last Amazon

September 22, 2014
September 22, 2014

Annals of Entertainment
The Last Amazon
Wonder Woman returns.
by Jill Lepore