Maraú Península: When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Constitutional Right

A journalist reports near a crowd of abortion-rights activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court announced a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Long-Held Constitutional Right

The crude reality of the political machinations involved in overruling Roe v. Wade makes it galling to read the Court’s self-portrayal as a picture of proper judicial restraint.

By Jeannie Suk Gersen

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From the News Desk

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Daily Comment

The Supreme Court’s Reckless Ruling on Guns

The decision will expose any number of well-established laws to similar challenges, and rattle efforts to arrive at a national consensus on guns.

By Amy Davidson Sorkin

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Daily Comment

The Supreme Court’s Selective Memory

The Court’s originalist justification for striking down a New York gun law relies on an anti-democratic historical record that excludes women and people of color.

By Jill Lepore

Daily Comment

Can the International Community Avert Disaster in the Red Sea?

The U.N. has found a solution to a rotting tanker that threatens to spill more than a million barrels of oil, but funding has come up short.

By Ed Caesar

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Editor’s Pick

U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson and U.S. Representative Liz Cheney listen during the third hearing by the select committee that is investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

The Political Scene

Who Was Willing to Stand with Donald Trump?

The January 6th committee is exposing how unflinching loyalty to Trump remains the great schism in the Republican Party.

By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

Special Podcast Series

Liz Cheney during the fifth hearing on the January 6th investigation.

Politics and More Podcast

What the January 6th Committee Uncovered This Week

From June 24th: Jane Mayer, Susan B. Glasser, and Evan Osnos on how Trump pressured the D.O.J. to overturn the 2020 election.

With Evan Osnos

The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its hearing in the Cannon House Office Building, in Washington.

Politics and More Podcast

The Bombshell Moments at the Second Week of the January 6th Hearings

From June 17th: Jane Mayer, Susan B. Glasser, and Evan Osnos discuss revelations about the actions of Trump Administration officials during the insurrection.

With Evan Osnos

A crowd on the Mall in Washington, D.C., listening to a speech by Donald Trump on January 6, 2021.

Politics and More Podcast

Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos on the New January 6th Revelations

From June 10th: Two of The New Yorker’s Washington correspondents join Susan B. Glasser to dissect the select committee’s first public hearing on the Capitol attack.

With Susan B. Glasser

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Culture Dept.

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Daily Comment

A Different Kind of Bid to Win Over the Spanish-Language Media Audience

A new company has acquired eighteen Spanish-language radio stations, serving ten of the largest Latinx-populated cities in the country.

By Graciela Mochkofsky

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The Current Cinema

How “Elvis” Plays the King

Baz Luhrmann’s film, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, shows a revolutionary musician being absorbed into the mainstream, but does it critique that process or continue it?

By Anthony Lane