Ina Garten and the Age of Abundance
by Molly Fischer

The Barefoot Contessa looks back at a career built on fantasies of comfort and plenty.

Joe Biden’s Last Campaign
by Evan Osnos

Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, the President voices defiant confidence in his prospects for reëlection.

Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built
by Joshua Rothman

Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn. Now he worries that artificial brains are better than ours.

The Tortured Bond of Alice Sebold and the Man Wrongfully Convicted of Her Rape
by Rachel Aviv

Anthony Broadwater spent sixteen years in prison and twenty-two more as a registered sex offender. For him and for the author of “The Lovely Bones,” justice is a difficult dream.

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.

Emma Thompson’s Third Act
by John Lahr

The actress and screenwriter takes on a musical.

Wendell Berry’s Advice for a Cataclysmic Age
by Dorothy Wickenden

Sixty years after renouncing modernity, the writer is still contemplating a better way forward.

How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit
by Jonathan Blitzer

The musician’s political persecution pushed him into a career he was never sure he wanted.

Alison Roman Just Can’t Help Herself
by Lauren Collins

A food-world star’s method and mess.

Paul McCartney Doesn’t Really Want to Stop the Show
by David Remnick

Half a century after the Beatles broke up, he’s still correcting the record—and making new ones.