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China’s Shifting Relationship to the Countryside
Most of the way up the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which rises to a height of more than eighteen thousand feet, in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province, there is a...
“Two Prosecutors,” “Palestine ’36,” and the Tribulations of Resistance in the Thirties
By the time Kornev is finally ushered into the cell of Stepniak (a mesmerizing Aleksandr Filippenko), there’s no sense of triumph or even anticipation about what he will discover....
Julio Torres Makes Everything Funny—Including Color Theory
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.Julio Torres...
“DTF St. Louis” Peers Into the Suburban Male Psyche
Starting in 2017, Bateman played Marty Byrde, an accountant turned cash launderer for a ruthless Mexican cartel, in “Ozark,” arguably his signature role. The show is lit in wan...
An Elegy for the Kennedy Center
Tempting as it is to blame Trump for the Kennedy Center’s fate, he does not bear sole responsibility. The idea of a national arts center was always more of...
Hard Work Is The Last Advantage
I’m Erik Huberman, a founder and operator who has spent years in the trenches. Here’s the uncomfortable truth few want to hear: work ethic is still the greatest legal...
AI Is Rewriting Marketing And My Job
Marketing isn’t magic. It’s a system. Years of building brands taught me that most leaders don’t need more jargon—they need a clear playbook. That’s why I wrote a simple...
“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography
When Blume started writing, the market category of young-adult (as opposed to children’s) literature was defined by politically motivated novels that took up social issues, such as drugs and...
7 ways “just one more month” spending quietly traps early-stage founders
Every founder has had this conversation with themselves: Let’s keep the tool for one more month. Let’s extend the contractor for another four weeks. Let’s see if the ads...
Simplicity Beat Novelty When I Wrote My Book
Modern marketing is not a mystery. The truth is simple: the basics still win. The playbook that built Hawke Media and scaled brands works because it is clear, repeatable,...
