CULTURE, POLITICS, FOOD, FASHION: A NEW YORK POINT OF VIEW. With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.
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The National Interest: Jonathan Chait • Are Young People Actually Progressive? The mistaken assumptions of Democrats have put the party in peril.
Neighborhood News: Weed City • How pot stores colonized the Lower East Side.
75 MINUTES WITH … Rachel Bloom • The writer-comedian is reliving the lows of the pandemic on a never-ending loop. She swears it’s good for you.
The Schoolyard: Gail Cornwall • Not Rich or Poor Enough for the Ivy League Why do the pretty well off have the worst college acceptance rates?
JORDAN NEELY WAS HERE • HE HAD PLACES HE BELONGED AND PEOPLE LOOKING OUT FOR HIM. HOW DID HE END UP DYING, ALONE, AT THE HANDS OF A STRANGER ON THE SUBWAY?
I had my health. I had a job. And then, abruptly, I didn’t. My Unraveling By Tom Scocca
A MAUI LOVE STORY • When 18-year-olds Lanz Aguinaldo and Isabella Lynch’s hometown went up in flames, they turned toward each other to survive.
2024 WHERE TO EAT • ➸ Our comprehensive guide to the most ambitious openings, the best burger nobody knows about, and the omakase feasts people can actually afford.
The Best PLUMBERS • → TO FIND THE SPOTS on this list, we polled dozens of savvy New Yorkers - architects and contractors among them. For more obsessively sourced recommendations, including the best cake shops and cobblers, visit curbed.com.
A Boxing Gym • We spoke to early-morning boxers at H.I.I.T. the Deck, a Financial District gym with an unusually dedicated clientele.
Living at the Club • Michael Shane Neal is just the third artist in 117 years to occupy this studio at the National Arts Club.
WE ARE SO BACK • Ambition, personality, and creative vigor have returned to the city’s restaurants.
Sushi, Sandwiches, and Squab We Ate This Year • Our food team visited approximately 5 million restaurants. Here’s what stuck with us.
And Finally… The Ten Best New Restaurants
Kali Uchis Had a Vision • The industry didn’t want the bilingual artist to sing in Spanish, but she did it anyway.
46 Things We Can’t Wait to Watch, Read, and Listen to in 2024 • It’s the year of switching it up: Park Chan-wook is doing TV, Annie Baker is doing film, and Percival Everett is doing Twain. Who ever heard of staying in your lane?
The Evolutions of Emma Stone • The star of Poor Things is a master at playing characters who are only halfway out of the cocoon.
CRITICS • Bilge Ebiri on Ferrari … Craig Jenkins on Nicki Minaj … Kathryn VanArendonk on Gary Gulman.
To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.JANUARY 3 - 17
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THE 2023 APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified retrospective of the year that was.