The promise of “Famous Last Words”—which just released its Gloria Steinem episode—is that the show’s subjects can finally speak freely, knowing that the interview won’t come out until they’ve died.

It’s perhaps the most famous textile in the world. But getting it to England required years of diplomacy, a horde of engineers, and a touch of kindness from the French.

“I am the worst kind of person.”

The author discusses his story “New Shoes.”

The author Hisham Matar reads his short story from this week’s issue. Listen here.

My life in London, the life I had cobbled together with the barest of routines, grew thin and unconvincing. It now seldom felt real.

Daysi González, who works to elect Democrats, is gearing up to leave the U.S. as soon as this month. She wants her own party to pay attention.

“If you like surprises, being born has to be the best.”

A quarter century after the attacks, the grief, wars, and political furies of their aftermath still shape American life.

A food critic answers readers’ questions about a citrus-related relationship dispute and restaurant birthday dinners.

Commuter couture.

Short reviews of recent releases.

See today’s Daily Cartoon.

Readers respond to Becca Rothfeld’s review of Rachel Cusk’s latest novel, Alexandra Schwartz’s piece about death doulas, and Zach Helfand’s Talk story about the Old News Newsstand.

At his downtown studio, the perennially provocative artist makes a lo-fi version of the brand’s flagship Parisian store.

The culture wars have come for lingerie as the right, once the advocates of promise rings and purity culture, embarks on a crusade to “Make America Hot Again.”

How striving, self-invention, and charm became America’s national style.

In Grandmaster Flash’s new book, “Birth of a Culture,” the trailblazing d.j. tells his version of how hip-hop began.

For years, a Peruvian voice actor has tried to get Disney to sign off on his Quechuan translation of “The Lion King.” The new documentary “Runa Simi” follows his path unwinding.

So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising.