A ll my life, the widely shared assumption has been that there will always be food to buy – albeit at a price. No more. Suddenly, Russia’s successful blockade of Ukraine , choking off its crucially im
No matter how many times it happens, I’m still excited every time I get my hands on an advance reading copy of a book that has yet to be published. How thrilling to turn to page one with almost no i
Illustration: Erik Carter Let’s role-play. It’s March 2021. You’re 23, a year out of college. Your last semester was ruined by the pandemic, but now you’ve got a job with a firm that’s “reinventing co
Following the Supreme Court’s leak of a draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade , many Court-watchers and pundits have pointed to same-sex marriage and access to contraceptives as rights now potentiall
A film’s reputation is a moving target. Initial reactions give way to critical reappraisals. Flops become cult classics. Sometimes we misremember how a work was received in the first place. For much o
As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) deliberates whether or not to allow FTX to algorithmically settle margin trades , its founder and CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), recently revealed how
When it comes to crypto, all the questions sort of boil down to one: What, actually, is the point of it? Crypto is supposed to be special, i.e., not like other markets — at least if you listen to its
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Argument An expert's point of view on a current event. Substitute dollars backed by almost nothing are taking down the market. By David Gerard , the author of the book Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
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Chargrilled broccoli with slivers of fried garlic and red chile is a fixture at Yotam Ottolenghi’s delis. There’s a good reason. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to g
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Getty Images/Ringer illustration To submit to an Arcade Fire performance is to allow yourself to be overcome by sweeping, sometimes excessively earnest emotions. They are not a cool band, strictly spe
W hen the job of a young east coast-based analyst – we’ll call him James – went remote with the pandemic, he didn’t envisage any problems. The company, a large US retailer for which he has been a sala
It’s evident within the opening minute of “The Lightning I, II,” a vigorous, urging single from Arcade Fire’s excellent sixth album, “WE,” that the band has returned—prodigally, ardently—to the hard-c
Last year, the team behind The Simpsons produced a video for the French luxury fashion house Balenciaga that debuted in October at Paris Fashion Week. (There’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.) I
This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. I needed to find an old email the other day. That's it. Simple. But I dreaded the prospect, because
Despite Russia’s failure to break down Ukraine’s defences, heavy casualties and a series of military defeats, the Kremlin has kept up a refrain: the goals of Vladimir Putin’s invasion will be reached
For four decades, the cost of consumer goods was a rare bright spot in the American economy. The stuff we fill our homes and lives with—phones, clothes, makeup, cars, snacks, and toys—got better and c
What is bullying? It’s a sustained pattern of aggression by a person with more power, targeting someone with less power. The key, says Stella O’Malley, author of a ground-breaking new book, Bully-Proo
In February, Nintendo announced it would shut down its 3DS and Wii U storefronts . While the closure is an inevitable part of the life cycle of those long since sunset consoles, the move sparked anger
A credulous press continues to report massive losses as profitability. Uber is (still) a bezzle (“the magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the vict
I learned about Bitcoin about a decade ago, and I felt indifferent. I read numerous forum posts and could have absolutely have invested $100 and made a lot of money, but I chose not to because I thoug
R ailways in Europe are many things. With their grand stations, history and evocative destinations, they evoke a timelessness that is absent from the uniform experience of flying. In recent decades, h
I’ve been teaching college English for more than 30 years. Four years ago, I stopped putting grades on written work, and it has transformed my teaching and my students’ learning. My only regret is tha
Illustration: The Cut Imagine tallying the hours that, over the last two years and change, you’ve spent staring at your own face. Two thousand? Five? Ten? In the mirror, sure, but I’m also talking abo
Stop adding new features before you ruin your app “Feature creep” is gonna be the name of my next band “Feature creep” messes up a lot of good software. We’ve all seen it happen to our favorite apps.
Robert Eggers turns the doom and gloom of history into high art. His staggering 2015 debut “The Witch” turned memories of Salem witch fears into haunting New England folk horror and “The Lighthouse” t
N oor is whispering so her boyfriend won’t hear her. The 30-something designer from London is down about £14,000 as a result of her decision to get into investing, in addition to another £8,000 profit
R ecently, Recently, I reached out to the most profitable company in the world to ask a series of basic questions. I wanted to understand: how is a single man making the entire Apple App Store review
Ukrainian soldiers inspect the wreckage of a destroyed Russian armored column on the road in Bucha, a suburb north of Kyiv, on Sunday. Photo: Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A
A Ukrainian service member inspects a destroyed Russian military vehicle in the northeastern city of Trostianets on March 29. FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images In little more than a month, Russian Pres
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Kyiv is halfway normal now. Burnt-out Russian tanks have been removed from the roads leading into the city, traffic lights work, the subway runs, oranges are available for purchase. A cheerful balalai
American workers are playing a risky game, threatening their bosses with something utterly morally abhorrent - that they will quit if the compensation for the labor they are being paid for is not suff
Photo: pkproject (Shutterstock) If you’ve ever watched your not-so-sure-footed kids ascend a tall— very tall— rope climbing structure at the playground, or hoist themselves atop a large, wobbly log in
On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, Apple finally killed off the iPod. After almost 13 years on the market, the iconic portable music player was retired without fanfare. The pocket-sized device with the cl
For decades, the spreadsheet has been the least sexy form of consumer software. Necessary? Sure. Critical to the drudgery of running a business, doing your banking, or figuring out a financial plan? 1
A woman walks past a currency exchange office in central Moscow on February 24, 2022. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images Russia said last week that it wants the European countries that buy its nat
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