Dispatch
The Controlled Normalcy of Kamala Harris’s Trip to Las Vegas
On Tuesday, with Joe Biden’s reëlection campaign in free fall, the Vice-President travelled to Nevada for what some hoped would be her launch as the Democratic Presidential candidate.
By Antonia Hitchens
What Modi’s Plan for Gandhi’s Old Home Reveals About India’s Future
At stake is more than how this particular site will look—it’s whether the Prime Minister will succeed in draining the Mahatma’s legacy of its political substance by funnelling it into his own.
By Maya Jasanoff
Is Hunter Biden a Scapegoat or a Favored Son?
The portrait that has cohered at his Wilmington trial is of a precious commodity, a man whom others conspire lovingly to shield.
By Katy Waldman
My Father’s Fate, and India’s
As Narendra Modi vies for a third straight term, an appraisal of the damage wrought by his Hindu-nationalist project—and the effort by ordinary Indians to reëmbrace the country’s founding ideals.
By Kapil Komireddi
In Saudi Arabia, a Championship Fight Is Enjoyed with 7 UP
The kingdom has taken control of boxing, and watching Tyson Fury’s bout with Oleksander Usyk, in Riyadh, was a curious experience.
By Ed Caesar
Nova Scotia’s Billion-Dollar Lobster Wars
How Indigenous fishermen are defending their rights—and corporate profits—in the most lucrative fishery in North America.
By Abe Streep
The Precarious Future of Big Sur’s Highway 1
How climate change is threatening one of the country’s most famous roadways.
By Emily Witt
East Palestine, After the Crash
More than a year after a train derailment and chemical fire in Ohio that made international news, residents contend with lingering sickness, uncertainty, and, for some, a desire to just move on.
By E. Tammy Kim
Watching the Eclipse from the Highest Mountain in Vermont
People cracked cans of beer and smoked cannabis and popped mushroom gummies and ate smoked-meat sandwiches as totality approached at fifteen hundred miles per hour.
By Nick Paumgarten
The Aftermath of China’s Comedy Crackdown
Standup flourished during the pandemic. Now performers fear the state—and audience members.
By Chang Che