France

January 15, 2026

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Humor

Some Other Things Donald Trump Will Probably Try to Buy

Alexandra Petri

January 12, 2026

Photography

Photos of the Week: London Fog, Scooter Blankets, Giant Snowman

Alan Taylor

December 19, 2025

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Ideas

The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book

Idrees Kahloon

December 11, 2025

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Poem

Recall

Imogen Cassels

December 7, 2025

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Ideas

Why the Gulf Monarchs Shower Trump With Gifts

Franklin Foer

November 30, 2025

Books

The Man Who Rescued Faulkner

Michael Gorra

December 2025 Issue

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Books

The Mysterious, Enchanting Qualities of Chocolate

Aleksandra Crapanzano

October 27, 2025

A Wayne Thiebaud painting of a chocolate cake

Ideas

The Louvre Heist Is Terrific

Caity Weaver

October 24, 2025

Global

What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison

Arash Azizi

October 22, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Jafar Panahi overlayed onto a green scribble above a yellow diagonal-striped background

Books

A New Theory Puts Parenting at the Center of Human Evolution

Elissa Strauss

August 28, 2025

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Books

It Has Pockets!

Julia Turner

August 2025 Issue

A black-and-white portrait of Claire McCardell, standing partially behind a frosted glass panel in a black dress, her left hand tucked into a side pocket.

Ideas

The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse

Marc Novicoff

June 30, 2025

Ideas

How to Assess the Damage of the Iran Strikes

Eliot A. Cohen

June 29, 2025

Politics

What a Celebration of Freedom Looks Like

Isaac Stanley-Becker

June 14, 2025

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Culture

When a Nasty Habit Is Part of Your National Identity

Gal Beckerman

June 11, 2025

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Books

The Real Message Behind Les Misérables

Graham Robb

June 9, 2025

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The Writer’s Way

An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris

Caity Weaver

June 5, 2025

Picture of people walking on a street in Paris

Culture

Making Religion Matter for Secular People

Gal Beckerman

June 1, 2025

A woman with thick eyebrows and curly hair stands in front of an alter with a visible menorah.

Photography

Photos of the Week: Wienermobile Race, Beehive Therapy, Everest Queue

Alan Taylor

May 30, 2025

Several young spelling-bee contestants sit on chairs on a stage, with one appearing to be asleep.

Books

How to Look at Paul Gauguin

Susan Tallman

July 2025 Issue

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Books Briefing

What It Costs to Get the Life You Want

Maya Chung

May 9, 2025

Books

The Writer Who Understood Aloneness

Vivian Gornick

May 3, 2025

A photo-illustration showing Mavis Gallant

Books

What Does the Literature of the Working Class Look Like?

Rhian Sasseen

April 17, 2025

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Global

Don’t Trust the Trumpsplainers

David Frum

March 12, 2025

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Ideas

Europe Can’t Trust the U.S. Anymore

Eliot A. Cohen

March 10, 2025

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Global

Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns

Claude Malhuret

March 8, 2025

Culture

The Rise of the Anti-Fan

Shirley Li

March 2, 2025

Illustration of Johanne Sacreblu and Karla Sofia Gascon

Books

A Novel That Disrupts a Fundamental Law of the Universe

Rhian Sasseen

December 12, 2024

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Culture

The Exhibit That Will Change How You See Impressionism

Susan Tallman

December 2024 Issue

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Books

Michel Houellebecq Has Some Fresh Predictions. Be Afraid.

Judith Shulevitz

October 24, 2024

A thin man in a denim shirt poses with his arms crossed in a black-and-white photo.

Culture

Not All Men, but Any Man

Sophie Gilbert

October 3, 2024

Ideas

Democrats Need to Be More French

Thomas Chatterton Williams

July 9, 2024

Global

How Macron Lost France to the Extremes

Rachel Donadio

July 5, 2024

Supporters of the far-right National Rally celebrate the European election results in Paris on June 9.

The Wonder Reader

The Power of Hearing Family Stories

Isabel Fattal

May 18, 2024

Books

A Family Story About Colonialism and Its Aftereffects

Tope Folarin

May 13, 2024

an upside-down French flag next to a photo of a French family in Algeria

Sections

The Print Edition

A Champion of Modernism, in Literature and Life

Some Other Things Donald Trump Will Probably Try to Buy

Photos of the Week: London Fog, Scooter Blankets, Giant Snowman

The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book

Recall

Why the Gulf Monarchs Shower Trump With Gifts

The Man Who Rescued Faulkner

The Mysterious, Enchanting Qualities of Chocolate

The Louvre Heist Is Terrific

What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison

A New Theory Puts Parenting at the Center of Human Evolution

It Has Pockets!

The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse

How to Assess the Damage of the Iran Strikes

What a Celebration of Freedom Looks Like

When a Nasty Habit Is Part of Your National Identity

The Real Message Behind Les Misérables

An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris

Making Religion Matter for Secular People

Photos of the Week: Wienermobile Race, Beehive Therapy, Everest Queue

How to Look at Paul Gauguin

What It Costs to Get the Life You Want

The Writer Who Understood Aloneness

What Does the Literature of the Working Class Look Like?

Don’t Trust the Trumpsplainers

Europe Can’t Trust the U.S. Anymore

Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns

The Rise of the Anti-Fan

A Novel That Disrupts a Fundamental Law of the Universe

The Exhibit That Will Change How You See Impressionism

Michel Houellebecq Has Some Fresh Predictions. Be Afraid.

Not All Men, but Any Man

Democrats Need to Be More French

How Macron Lost France to the Extremes

The Power of Hearing Family Stories

A Family Story About Colonialism and Its Aftereffects