Joshua Yaffa

On August 7, 1829, Felix Mendelssohn took a steamer from the Scottish mainland to the grandly rugged island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides.

How Southern California became the epicenter of hype diets and twenty-dollar smoothies.

Readers respond to Judith Thurman's essay about Simone Weil and Maggie Doherty's review of a volume of Seamus Heaney's letters.

Chris Martin, the band's front man, discusses reading Rumi, making music like an apple tree grows apples, and the band's new album, “Moon Music.”

Joshua Yaffa writes that the Trump Administration will likely take the lead in any negotiations to end the war—a development that Vladimir Putin would welcome.

As the Biden Administration approves new weaponry for Ukrainian forces, Putin has invoked Russia’s nuclear arsenal, but neither move is likely to significantly alter the trajectory of the war.

Biden could still pursue additional protections for many of them—so far, he appears unwilling to do so.

The actress stars as Rose in a Broadway revival of “Gypsy.” She shares that, throughout her career, some people have been upset when she plays characters conceived for white actors.

The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer on the rhetoric and the reality of deporting “millions”—and why immigrants in the country legally are likely to be targeted.

From the daily newsletter: the philosopher L. A. Paul on transformative experiences. Plus: Instagram’s favorite New Yorker cartoons; ingenuity and daring in “Nickel Boys”; and the coming purge of Trump 2.0.