The Cut’s solo “Spring Fashion” print issue features Bad Bunny, Doechii, Rosé, conversation-provoking features, unique fashion and beauty coverage, and more.
Power: Kate Manne • The Crimes of Cornell Administrative failures in addressing sexual violence have never been more glaring.
Neighborhood News: The Artist Outside • Elise Bainbridge Hill lived and painted in Central Park.
Evan Gershkovich • Two years after his stint in Russian prison, the Wall Street Journal reporter is still fighting for a regular life.
The Schoolyard: Claire Suddath • 2K’s Bad Math Could expanding free preschool bankrupt the program’s child-care providers?
THE COLLABORATORS • THE CRONIES OF TRUMP’S SECOND TERM ARE MORE BRAZEN THAN THE OLD ONES. THEY’RE ALSO HEADING FOR A HARSHER COMEUPPANCE.
It’s Alive! • Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial is like watching a horror movie you happen to be living through.
OFFBOARDING THE AI ROCKET SHIP • Working at a frontier AI lab is a sure path to status, riches, and the chance to directly shape the fate of humanity. Eight former employees on why they walked away.
The INESCAPABLE HASAN PIKER • For good or ill, the Twitch streamer is now the most volatile force in American politics.
A Better Bento Box
Walking, Biking, Searching for My Dream Workbag • It had to hold a tub of Greek yogurt, a laptop, and my roaming apothecary—plus strap into a Citi Bike basket.
Senior Prom • Residents of the New Jewish Home on the Upper West Side danced the Electric Slide in an ’80s-themed night hosted by New York Cares.
A Moon Over the Bowery • After a renovation, a couple knew exactly where to put the biggest artwork from their collection.
Hot One • Ugly Baby is back to remind everyone why it’s the city’s most famous spot for face-melting Thai.
This Is How You Shake a Cocktail at Home
A Pizza Guru Is Returning to New York • Anthony Falco’s new pizzeria takes inspiration from Roman architecture and an Alejandro Jodorowsky film.
A Hudson Pioneer Is Closing • Lil’ Deb’s Oasis instantly became a modern queer destination.
The Lard-Bread Bagel Is Here
Merritt Wever Hates Interviews • In Primetime, she gives a standout performance as Chris Hansen’s producer. In her own life, she prefers the shadows.
‘Suck in My Gut and Sing Like an Angel’ • When Cameron Winter and Paul Thomas Anderson made a movie.
Ones to Watch This Award Season • Our critics’ takeaways from the Venice and Toronto film festivals.
Digger Is a Dud • Tom Cruise can’t save this satire.
A Bubbling Cauldron of Fun • Verdi’s Macbeth comes to magnificent life.
Sour Grapes • Barbara Kingsolver’s novel about class barriers leaves a weird aftertaste.
To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzle: Three of a Kind
URBAN RUSTIC • Four happenings where you’ll learn something about the outside world.
Running a Little Late
THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.