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The Lede
The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding

But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now.

Q. & A.
Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants

How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals.
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The Lede
The Chaos of an ICE Detention
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When Manuela’s husband texted her that he’d been apprehended on the street, her life in New York instantly capsized.

New York Journal
Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor

On your phone, on the street, on Taxi TV—you’ve been seeing New York’s new leader wherever you turn, whether you want to or not.

Press Room
The New Yorker Wins Two Polk Awards for 2025 Reporting

The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson is honored for chronicling Congo’s devastating war, while Andy Kroll is recognized for a profile of the Trump official Russell Vought.

The Front Row
Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever

In nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own.

Fault Lines
How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality

As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.
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Annals of Immigration
How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap
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Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.