The Cut’s solo “Spring Fashion” print issue features Bad Bunny, Doechii, Rosé, conversation-provoking features, unique fashion and beauty coverage, and more.
Personal History: Claudia Dreifus • How to Forgive a Country It’s no small matter for a government to admit its predecessors were criminal.
Neighborhood News: Trump’s Case Against Maduro • The ousted Venezuelan leader awaits trial in Sunset Park.
Justin McDaniel • The UPenn professor has developed a cult following for getting his students to read novels—as long as they follow his rules.
Social Studies: Emma Rosenblum • The Costume Cure Bored with mingling and cocktails, the ultrarich are spending infinite sums on theme parties.
THE SON KING NEW YORK • With help from his father, Larry, and their billions in Oracle money, DAVID ELLISON is trying to become the biggest studio mogul in Hollywood history.
The IMPROBABLE RISE and FIZZLING OUT of VEGANISM • MEAT’S BACK ON THE MENU.
THE TAKEOVER of KIRK COUNTRY • Charlie Kirk’s death was meant to remake the MAGA youth movement in his pious image. Instead, conservative campuses have been overwhelmed by darker forces.
REINTRODUCING THE NEW YORK CLASSIFIEDS: Buy a vintage Ikea light or a garden trug from a fellow New York subscriber.
What Diane von Fürstenberg Can’t Live Without • The designer on the swimsuit she owns hundreds of, the tights she has thousands of, and the European probiotic she takes twice a day.
A Nordic Fitness Class • On a recent Thursday, instructors and students broke a sweat at Nrthrn Strong, a new cross-country-skiing-inspired workout studio in the Flatiron District.
The Palazzo on Beekman Place • A pied-à-terre channels Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Venice.
Closing the Deal With Coconut Shrimp • The Grill is too expensive. Bobby Van’s is dead. But the business lunch is thriving at midtown’s Tommy Bahama, of all places.
Audrey Hobert Says She Scripted It All • The rising pop star, known for her shrewd lyrics, is a screenwriter at heart. She’s already drafting her next chapter.
All My Friends Are Leaving L.A. • It was such a rough year even always sunny Angelenos turned into cynics.
The Girls Are Walking Into Water • Across pop culture, they’re wading angrily and directly into rivers, lakes, and seas. I wonder why.
CRITICS • Nicholas Quah on The Pitt season two ... Bilge Ebiri on The Testament of Ann Lee ... Sara Holdren on Bug.
To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read. JANUARY 14–28
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THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.