The New York Times Magazine Oct 19 2025 Boomers Daily

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.19.25 Issue features Astead W. Herndon on the mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; Emily Bazelon on the state of the rule of law in the U.S. under Trump; Andrew Ross Sorkin on 1929 and the rise of crypto investing; Parul Sehgal on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel; and more. The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future. At a moment when other pop stars are flirting with dark spectacle, Gaga’s “Mayhem” tour shows that she has perfected it. By Wesley Morris

A movement born in churches to help vulnerable immigrants has become a constitutional battleground in Chicago and Portland, Ore. The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party. LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue of LARB “Alien“, which wades into the unfamiliar. In Greta Rainbow’s “Tourists,” a woman travels to foggy Athens, where she confronts the unknowability of the city and her partner. In Sara Levine’s “Peter and the Women,” Peter (badly, ineptly, inappropriately, indecently) manages the women in his life: his hospice-bound mother and her nurse, as well as his girlfriends and one-night stands. And in Ari Braverman’s “Dogs of the Solar Steppe,” the narrator faces a decade-long punishment, performing domestic labor for a woman called Big Mother.

Her former life assumes a “sheen of fantasy,” and the story warns us of “the easy slippage between one state and another.” THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.19.25 Issue features Astead W. Herndon on the mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; Emily Bazelon on the state of the rule of law in the U.S. under Trump; Andrew Ross Sorkin on 1929 and the rise of crypto investing; Parul Sehgal on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel; and more. The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future. At a moment when other pop stars are flirting with dark spectacle, Gaga’s “Mayhem” tour shows that she has perfected it.

By Wesley Morris A movement born in churches to help vulnerable immigrants has become a constitutional battleground in Chicago and Portland, Ore. The showdown has highlighted Republicans’ failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many assail but concede is too politically risky to undo. Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market. In New Jersey, Virginia and beyond, voters see ads linking Republican candidates to President Trump.

Some Democratic strategists see a missed opportunity. President Trump backed off selling Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, opting instead for talks with Russia. Still, Ukraine’s negotiating position has strengthened since the summer. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 12.28.25 Issue remembers some of the artists, thinkers and innovators who we lost this year, including: Jane Goodall, Marcia Marcus, George Foreman, Anna Ornstein, Diane Keaton, Assata Shakur,... The writer and lawyer has been documenting the occupation for decades. Somehow, he maintains hope.

By David Marchese She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage. I can afford the membership fee, but I’m torn about the ethics of being part of this growing trend. By Kwame Anthony Appiah THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 12.21.25 Issue features Sarah A.

Topol on the dark side of fertility industry; Wyatt Williams on the writer Denis Johnson and his novella “Train Dreams”; Sam Kriss on A.I. writing; and more. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 12.21.25 Issue features Sarah A. Topol on the dark side of fertility industry; Wyatt Williams on the writer Denis Johnson and his novella “Train Dreams”; Sam Kriss on A.I. writing; and more. Eve was one of dozens of Thai women who traveled 4,000 miles — only to be trapped by the dark side of the global fertility industry.

A rallying cry for Democrats taps into frustration over the inaccessibility of a modestly nice American existence — even for those with a decent income. By Nitsuh Abebe Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.12.25 Issue features Amy X. Wang on “buy now, pay later”; Giles Harvey on the filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer; Bruce Schoenfeld on the L.A. Dodgers and its Latino fan base; and more.

How a turbocharged upstart brand came to threaten Red Bull and Monster’s dominance. The novelist anticipated our bizarre present. How does his latest book hold up in an age of eroding reality? By Parul Sehgal ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ has built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 12.28.25 Issue remembers some of the artists, thinkers and innovators who we lost this year, including: Jane Goodall, Marcia Marcus, George Foreman, Anna Ornstein, Diane Keaton, Assata Shakur,...

The writer and lawyer has been documenting the occupation for decades. Somehow, he maintains hope. By David Marchese She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage. I can afford the membership fee, but I’m torn about the ethics of being part of this growing trend.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 7.20.25 Issue features Jeneen Interlandi on how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dismantling the F.D.A.; Anna Peele profiles Ari Aster, the director behind some of the 21st century’s most unsettling films; Devin Gordon on Mazi VS, a sports betting influencer who may not be what... Mazi VS has become a major influencer by flaunting his expensive lifestyle and his big-winning wagers. Other gamblers say he can’t be what he seems.

By Devin Gordon When my Instagram account was compromised, I didn’t know what to do. Luckily, others did. By Just Lunning As the genre has boomed on cable, the incarcerated have found themselves watching more and more of it. By John J.

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