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crime The Golden Boys of Nyack Baseball was once the pride of the town. Then a sex-abuse scandal threatened to tear it apart. By Abe Streep
chapters My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired. How failure changed my relationship to work. By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
chapters Breaking a Child’s Will The Evangelical family’s twisted obsession with corporal punishment. By Talia Lavin

the body politic

The women who set out to bury Donald Trump are doing things differently now. By Rebecca Traister

we’ll do it live What’s Going On With Trump’s Cabinet? Live Updates Here’s the latest on all the cabinet drama, including news, commentary, and analysis. By Intelligencer Staff
2024 election What Happened to the Minor Party Presidential Candidacies? No Labels went away, Kennedy quit, and the Greens and Libertarians faded. By Ed Kilgore
politics Inside the Mind of Pete Hegseth Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon believes women are unfit for combat and that the greatest threat to the nation is the left. By Sarah Jones
early and often Trump Is Blowing Up Washington. Will Republicans Let Him? The new administration doesn’t seem to care about the GOP’s long-range future at all. Republicans must decide quickly whether to surrender or resist. By Ed Kilgore

just asking questions
The Latinos Who Found Their Inner MAGA Reporter Jack Herrera says that Trump won over many Latino voters — but Democrats lost them first. By Benjamin Hart

2024 election The End of Denial How Trump’s rising popularity in New York (and everywhere else) exposed the Democratic Party’s break with reality. By Simon van Zuylen-Wood

early and often Trump Cabinet Picks: Everyone He’s Announced So Far Trump has stunned even some Republican lawmakers with wild picks like Matt Gaetz, RFK Jr., and Pete Hegseth. Here’s the full list. By Margaret Hartmann

astrology

By Claire Comstock-Gay

in her shoes podcast In the Eye of the Hurricane With Imara Jones On this week’s episode of the In Her Shoes podcast: how telling trans stories saves trans lives. podcast
culture Influencers Are Going Full MAGA After Trump’s win, a red hat no longer seems so bad for business.
power A World Without Men The women of South Korea’s 4B movement aren’t fighting the patriarchy — they’re leaving it behind entirely.

sex diaries The Man Who’s Scared of the Women He’s Meeting on the Apps In this week’s story, a 25-year-old architect starts a new job — and possibly a new relationship. By Alyssa Shelasky
celebrity What Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Wore This Week A celebrity-packed book launch, and the Wicked red carpet continues. By Brooke LaMantia
celebrity Rachel Zegler Is Walking Back Her Election Outrage After Megyn Kelly called her a pig. By Danielle Cohen

Live Coverage

All the weird and wonderful moments from this weekend. By Zoë Haylock

vulture festival 2024 Cristin Milioti Had a Pop Diva Playlist for The Penguin These artists helped her lock in on the right “energy” for Sofia Falcone. By Jennifer Zhan
vulture festival 2024 Looking Was ‘Like Therapy’ for Jonathan Groff “It was like a rebirth, like falling in love with the idea of being gay.” By Alejandra Gularte
vulture festival 2024 Kevin Smith Is Getting Closer and Closer to Dogma 2 And Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will be guilted into starring, trust. By Bethy Squires
vulture festival 2024 Does the New Cruel Intentions Go There? “To me, growing up, it was the naughty film.” By Jason P. Frank

theater review
Elf: The Musical, Where They Sing Loud for All to Hear Everyone’s trying, but the show itself is a cotton-headed ninny-muggins. By Jackson McHenry

acne treatments The 9 Best Pimple Patches Including some that are almost invisible. By Rachael Griffiths
sunday circular 10 Things We Loved: From Sleeper Sofas to Zooey Deschanel’s Stain Wipes Including Muji’s new elevated Labo line (which has Strategist writers abuzz). By The Editors
skin-care tools The Best LED Skin-care Devices, According to Experts Treat everything from wrinkles to bacne. By Katie Becker
furniture The 9 Very Best Sleeper Sofas “The sign of a quality sleeper is that you walk into the room and don’t know it is one.” By Erin Schwartz
small appliances A Refurbished Vitamix for Under $200 Our best-in-class manual blender for seamless emulsification. By Maria Yagoda

who's selling

The hedge-fund billionaire is selling two units for a total of $20 million. By Adriane Quinlan

election 2024 The Trump Luxury Bump All-cash buyers in Manhattan seemed to be feeling pretty good last week, setting a seasonal high for contracts signed. By Kim Velsey
mysteries The Black Hole on Columbia Heights An Italianate mansion mysteriously left to rot on Matt Damon’s Brooklyn Heights block. By Bridget Read
listings edit This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings A studio in the Kips Bay Towers, casement windows in Tudor City, and a hearth in Greenwich Village. By Nora DeLigter

getting around Where Does $9 Congestion Pricing Get Us? Trying to make sense of Kathy Hochul’s mess. By Nolan Hicks
scams My Monster Tenant He moved into our Noho loft — then tore out most of the interior walls. Turns out it wasn’t his first impromptu demolition. By Suzanne Seggerman
the business of brokering A Reckoning for the Dilettante Real-Estate Agent Professional brokers are hoping new industry rules might cull the amateurs. By Adriane Quinlan

the grub street diet

“This just happened to land on an insane, mayo-centric moment of my life.”

restaurant review The Corner Store Is Like an Upscale Chain for Downtown Scene-Chasers Taylor Swift has been twice, but does the potential for a celebrity sighting offset the mediocre food? By Matthew Schneier
openings Empirical Opens a Bushwick Bar With Noma Roots The company that invented Doritos booze is mixing cocktails with tofu and cold brew. By Tammie Teclemariam
thanksgiving Assemble the Ultimate Thanksgiving Spread We scoured the city’s takeout menus to come up with the best mix-and-match spread. By Luke Fortney
trends For a New Crop of Mexican Bakeries, Conchas Are Just the Beginning New York bakers are turning their attention to Mexico’s many pan dulce, and not a moment too soon. By Chris Crowley