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In Hopkinsville, Kentucky, there was a magnificent event—and then it was all over.
Edward Steed has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 2013.
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The Total Solar Eclipse Comes to “Eclipseville,” Kentucky
I stared through my glasses at the last sliver of the sun, a neon-yellow comma, a pause before the big show. Then totality began.
The Total Solar Eclipse We Deserve
Think of Monday’s event as a celestially imposed national moment of silence, a two-minute-long reprieve for reflection and grace.
The New Yorkers Tied for the Total-Solar-Eclipse Record
Reflections from the men who have seen thirty-three apiece.
Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome?
The history of recorded music is now at our fingertips. But the streamer’s algorithmic skill at giving us what we like may keep us from what we’ll love.
“Black Doves” Offers a Sentimental Spin on the Spy Genre
The Keira Knightley- and Ben Whishaw-led Netflix series eventually snares its protagonists in a traditional espionage plot—but it’s most interested in their friendship.
How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?
English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.
The G.O.P.’s Elon Musk Problem
The tech billionaire derailed a government-funding deal and made a shutdown more likely. His intervention signals the growing sway of wealth in politics, and its risks.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
A Cancer-Causing Virus Hiding in Millions of Americans
Why does hepatitis B, which can lead to liver cancer, often go undetected, even though tests exist?
What We’re Reading to Start the New Year
New Yorker writers and contributors on the books keeping them company this winter.
The Father of Chinese Authoritarianism Has a Message for America
Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.
It’s possible that I listened to more music this year than any other. I lost interest in podcasts. I lost interest in silence. There was too much extraordinary work out there.
As if Times Weren’t Unsettling Enough, Saturn Is Losing Its Rings
The rain it raineth every day, as Shakespeare noted, apparently even on Saturn. The cosmos, it seems, is no comfort at this moment.