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Highlights from the Body Issue
Brave New World Dept.
The Billionaires’ Vagina Club
With her motto, “Sexual health is health,” Dr. Sally Greenwald aims to optimize orgasms for the women of Silicon Valley.
By Melanie Thernstrom
Letter from Austria
Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
An Austrian court pieces together the mysterious circumstances of a couple’s disastrous hike.
By William Finnegan
A Critic at Large
What Happened to Your Face?
How the human countenance became something to study, edit, optimize, and scan.
By Cal Revely-Calder
A Reporter at Large
The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us
Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life.
By Burkhard Bilger
Portfolio
OnlyFans Creators Bare All
Up close with sex workers of the streaming era.
By Jennifer Wilson
More Top Stories
Annals of Inquiry
American Idols
Who’s your favorite American? We asked a range of luminaries, and the answers included scientists, playwrights, pop stars, bureaucrats—and one cartoon character.
By The New Yorker
The Lede
The Supreme Court’s Check on Trump’s Power Was Too Close for Comfort
Despite some rulings that limited the President’s authority, the Court made clear its commitment to a conservative agenda.
By Ruth Marcus
Letter from the South
The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup
A racist takeover in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, has reverberated across generations as a reminder of American democracy’s terrifying vulnerability.
By Lauren Collins
World Cup 2026
Erling Haaland Plays Like a Viking
Norway’s hulking striker brought his country back to the World Cup for the first time in almost thirty years. How far can they go?
