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newyorker.com > humor > shouts-murmurs > finishing-school-hands-off-our-pencils

Finishing School: Hands Off Our Pencils

4+ hour, 18+ min ago  (510+ words) Introducing Finishing School, in which Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen, asks the eternal questions'What's that you're shredding? How much do you pay the cleaning lady? Is it O.K. to have a "Moby-Dick" T-shirt for every day of the week?...

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newyorker.com > magazine > 01/12/2026 > a-mexican-couple-in-california-plans-to-self-deport-and-leave-their-kids-behind

A Mexican Couple in California Plans to Self-Deport—and Leave Their Kids Behind

4+ hour, 18+ min ago  (716+ words) At the counter of the family's outdoor kitchen, Rosalinda was preparing a huge tub of ceviche, chopping shrimp and cucumbers and limes; it had become a signature dish of hers, and she sometimes sold it to neighbors when the family…...

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newyorker.com > cartoons > daily-cartoon > tuesday-december-30th-no-peripheral-vision

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, December 30th

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, December 30th4+ hour, 18+ min ago  (65+ words) A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. More Humor and Cartoons Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. I'm the woman who ruined the workplace. My cat is Gen Z. I, a performatively feminist male,…...

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Daily Cartoon: Monday, December 29th

Daily Cartoon: Monday, December 29th1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (65+ words) A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. More Humor and Cartoons Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. I'm the woman who ruined the workplace. My cat is Gen Z. I, a performatively feminist male,…...

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newyorker.com > books > this-week-in-fiction > kanak-kapur-on-migrant-labor-and-skating-in-dubai

Kanak Kapur on Migrant Labor and Skating in Dubai

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (312+ words) Your novella "The Ice-Skater" tells the story of two Indian laborers who travel to Dubai for work and become friends. You include a wealth of detail about the life of a migrant worker in Dubai. What inspired you to write…...

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newyorker.com > books > novellas > the-ice-skater

“The Ice-Skater,” by Kanak Kapur

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1914+ words) Read an interview with the author for the story behind the story. Overseas, quick: the words themselves had a certain voltage. The shop had a running air-conditioner, pristine white walls, and a statuette of Lord Ganesh attached to the plastic…...

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newyorker.com > culture > critics-notebook > the-weirdly-refreshing-honesty-of-the-oscars-of-tiktok

The Weirdly Refreshing Honesty of the Oscars of TikTok

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1397+ words) The app might wreak havoc on users" mental health, but there was a satisfying frankness at the gathering about the fact that everything in life is now fodder for content. My trepidation about TikTok, it seemed, had some grounding in…...

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newyorker.com > cartoons > daily-cartoon > friday-december-26th-waiting-in-line

Daily Cartoon: Friday, December 26th

Daily Cartoon: Friday, December 26th4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (65+ words) A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. More Humor and Cartoons Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. I'm the woman who ruined the workplace. My cat is Gen Z. I, a performatively feminist male,…...

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newyorker.com > culture > goings-on > what-to-do-on-new-years-eve

What to Do on New Year’s Eve

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (207+ words) Vinson Cunningham on some of his favorite songs of the year. Bad Bunny, "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" Bad Bunny's unforgettable "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" hooked me from its first seconds'those dreamy, moody, synthy minor chords and Bunny's reflective crooning cast a spell. Soon the…...

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newyorker.com > humor > sketchbook > the-story-behind-mort-gerberg-bill-clinton-cartoon

Bill Clinton’s M10: The Story Behind My Favorite Cartoon

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (511+ words) Cartoonists are often asked which of their New Yorker cartoons are their favorites. Mine are those that come with stories about their creation, or whose publication causes serendipitous occurrences, which I call "blips." Of all my cartoons that prompted blips,…...