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crime The Package King of Miami Matthew Bergwall was a gifted coder who could have gotten a job at any tech company. He decided to go in another direction. podcast By Ezra Marcus
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the takeover Our Campus. Our Crisis. Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report by the student journalists of the Columbia Daily Spectator. By Columbia Daily Spectator

Intelligencer

the money game

What’s Good for GameStop Is Good for America

Get in, loser, we’re going to the moon. By Kevin T. Dugan

early and often Biden to Trump: Debate Me, Bro In a rapid-fire sequence, the presidential candidates agreed to face off in a TV studio next month. By Matt Stieb
early and often Who’s the Trump VP Pick? Latest Odds for Every Shortlist Candidate. Does MTG have “the look”? Is Tim Scott loyal enough? Is Kristi Noem out? Here are each VP candidate’s odds in the race to be Trump’s running mate. By Margaret Hartmann
life after roe Abortion Rights Are Not Just for Partisan Mobilization Democrats eager to exploit pro-choice sentiment shouldn’t forget that there’s more at stake in abortion-rights battles than who wins elections. By Ed Kilgore
israel-palestine The Progressive Brooklyn School Being Divided Over Israel At Brooklyn Friends, some parents say administrators are shutting out their criticisms of Israel. By Sarah Jones

the takeover
Our Campus. Our Crisis. Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report by the student journalists of the Columbia Daily Spectator. By Columbia Daily Spectator

poll position Trump-vs.-Biden Polls: Will Ticket-Splitting Hurt Joe? Several Senate Democratic candidates in battleground states are running ahead of the president. But the gaps may not last. By Ed Kilgore

trump on trial What Happened in the Trump Trial Today: Cohen Defiant Trump’s onetime lawyer fields some wild questions about his grudge against the former president. By Nia Prater

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The Cut

astrology

Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of May 12–18

By Claire Comstock-Gay

parenting Inside Facebook’s Free-Sperm Economy Frustrated with the industry’s high fees and forced anonymity, some women have gone online to match with men eager to donate their semen. By Anya Kamenetz
books The Most Aspirational Part of Miranda July’s New Novel It’s not just the insatiable horniness or radical depiction of perimenopause. By Emily Gould
mental health Is It Time to Quit Therapy? For years, we were told it was the key to living a good life. What if we don’t want to go anymore? By Melissa Dahl

celebrity couples Bill Hader Had a Crush on Ali Wong ‘Forever’ She revealed the moment he decided to shoot his shot. By Tariro Mzezewa
mental health 21 Ways To Break Up With Your Therapist From plain old ghosting to switching to ketamine. By Alyssa Shelasky
home The Best Bath Towels for Upgrading Your Shower Situation You don’t have to spend a fortune. By Shanna Shipin and Bianca Nieves

Vulture

role call

Michael McDonald Answers Every Question About ‘Kidney Now!’

“Everybody knew our function was our pathetic comic value, not our musical talent.” By Devon Ivie

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

now streaming The 20 Best Documentaries on Max Paris Is Burning, Hoop Dreams, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, and more. By Brian Tallerico
vulture 10x10 The Reality Puzzle 7-Down, Eight Letters: Performers with openers By Malaika Handa
vulture games Cinematrix No. 58: May 15, 2024 Can you name an Oscar-nominated Viola Davis film? By Joe Reid
oh my oh my god Um, Is NewJeans Okay? What HYBE’s public fight with the head of ADOR has to do with the girl group — and the rest of K-pop. By Jennifer Zhan

cannes 2024
What If Meryl Streep and Juliette Binoche Held Each Other? “You make me want to love again. To feel the need. To lose control. To become obsessed.” By Rachel Handler

chat room
Rosie Tucker Asks Big Questions in the Catchiest Way By Nate Sloan

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The Strategist

father’s day 2024 The Best Father’s Day Gifts on Amazon From portable pull-up bars to yummy chocolate bars. By Kitty Guo
running week The Best Running Belts, According to Runners Run hands-free with everything you need. By Lauren Ro
small appliances The Very Best Soda-Makers Bubbly whenever you want it. By Emma Wartzman
sales Article’s Memorial Day Sale Has Begun Bed frames, dining chairs, and sofas galore. By Sam Daly
this thing’s incredible I’m a Cleaning Expert, and This Is the $40 Mop I Tell Everyone to Buy It’s the one I always reach for, even though I have literally thousands of dollars’ worth of floor-care tools in my utility closet. By Jolie Kerr

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Curbed

buy it for the architecture

The Little Cross-Shaped House in the Pines

The perfectly kept “Kodak House” hits the market. By Kim Velsey

the housing market When Your Dream Apartment Keeps Flooding To move or not to move, that is the question. By Kim Velsey
under a million A Carnegie Hill One-Bed With Built-Ins Galore And statement windows in Morningside Heights. By Curbed Staff
great rooms Watching Their Garden Grow In 1981, Peter Schlesinger and Eric Boman bought this “romantic ruin” on Long Island and put down roots. By Wendy Goodman

a truly terrific new york listing An Of-Another-Era Greenwich Village Townhouse The former owner was a photographer who shot for every big magazine and rented to Michael Wolff and Didi Conn. By Adriane Quinlan
street view The Low-Key Inventiveness of SO-IL’s Apartment Buildings Three midsize Brooklyn projects display unusual, flexible architectural thinking. By Justin Davidson
design month A Handles-and-Knobs Start-up by Sight Unseen’s Monica Khemsurov There’s a vintage Salvador Dalí peephole, pomegranate drawer pulls by Pamela Love, and dozens of other designs. By Ian Volner

Grub Street

underground gourmet

A Quietly Excellent Japanese Spot Opens on the LES

Kin Gin offers super-fresh seafood — without an obvious hook.

eating afield Suprêmes in Lviv In the shadow of Ukraine’s war, one bakery goes about its business. By Adam Robb
openings Taqueria Ramirez Turns Its Attention to Pork Carnitas Ramirez is set to open in the East Village. You may as well start lining up now. By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet Bekah Brunstetter Goes for Peanut M&Ms at the Theater “They are the perfect snack for both stressful and joyful play watching, but there’s a very specific way in which you’re supposed to eat them.” By Zach Schiffman
the grub street diet Music Legend Steve Albini Wants to Know Why His Carrots Look So Freaky “Every one so far has been gnarled and spiraled around itself like we got the seeds from Chernobyl.” By Chris Crowley

guides
Where to Eat in May The best restaurants for right now. By Edward Hart

the grub street diet Rita Bullwinkel’s Grub Street Diet “I crisp the pasta by accident, but the crunchy bits are still delicious.” By Alan Sytsma

restaurant review Where Does the Wine Bar End and the Restaurant Begin? Pét-nats, pan roasts, and a lobster on the loose at Penny and Demo. By Matthew Schneier

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