Maraú Península: The Collateral Damage of Queen Elizabeth’s Glorious Reign

Aerial photograph of the top of a mountain that was cut through to build the border wall. In the photograph, the wall continues all the way to the horizon.

The Border Wall Is Outliving Trump

More than a year after the former President left office, Republican governors, federal regulations, and inaction in Congress are allowing construction to continue.

By Stephania Taladrid

An illustration of a book with leggings that are running.

From the News Desk

Queen Elizabeth II wearing a diamond diadem.

Letter from the U.K.

The Collateral Damage of Queen Elizabeth’s Glorious Reign

In Tina Brown’s “The Palace Papers,” other royals stand and wait, but what purpose do they serve?

By Sam Knight

The New Yorker Radio Hour

A Ukrainian Diplomat on the Future of Russian Aggression

Sergiy Kyslytsya, who represents Ukraine at the United Nations, says the U.N. is flawed because it contains Stalin’s “DNA.”

With David Remnick

Video Dept.

An explosion on a mountain to build a wall creates a bloom of smoke and dirt.

The New Yorker Documentary

The Ecological Destruction from the Border Wall, in “American Scar”

Trump’s wall hasn’t stopped people from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico, but it has wreaked havoc on the wildlife populations and natural systems of the borderlands.

Film by Daniel Lombroso

Text by Murat Oztaskin

An illustration of three books on a windowsill with an eye and a cloud appearing through the window.

Culture Dept.

Tehching Hsieh and Linda Montano stare into the camera during an art performance titled “Art/Life One Year Performance 1983-1984.” For the piece, the two remained tethered together with rope for an entire year.

Page-Turner

A Début Novel About Projects and Projection

Alice, the protagonist of Lisa Hsiao Chen’s “Activities of Daily Living,” escapes the tedium of her life by engrossing herself in the work of the artist Tehching Hsieh.

By Hua Hsu

Rihanna attends the Dior Womenswear Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show, during Paris Fashion Week.

Cultural Comment

Is Rihanna’s Pregnancy All Bump and No Grind?

As with other elements of a mega-celebrity’s life, a front-facing, pathbreaking pregnancy necessitates some mystification of the pains taken behind the scenes.

By Naomi Fry

A Baked Alaska for Two made by pastry chef, Caroline Schiff at restaurant Gage and Tollner.

Tables for Two

Nostalgia with a Twist, at Gage & Tollner

The Brooklyn chophouse, which opened in 1879, has been revived, with classic cocktails, seafood, and steak on a menu that incorporates Korean American flavors.

By Hannah Goldfield