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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – NOV. 16, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.16.25 Issue features David Gaubey Herbert on the woman who wouldn’t stop having children; C.J. Chivers on a soldier stranded on the front lines in Ukraine; Matt Purdy on President Trump’s vagueness; and more.

More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years.

Research on adults who take S.S.R.I.s shows they tamp down sexual desire. Why aren’t we studying what that could mean for adolescents who take them?

Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains

As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most intimate data — our minds? By Linda Kinstler

Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming

The longtime editor and chronicler of the elite says she’s liberated and is letting it rip. By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – NOV. 9, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.9.25 Issue features Parul Sehgal on Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of ‘Frankenstein’; Emily Baumgaertner Nunn on the trafficked girls of Los Angeles; Jesse Barron on the suicide of a teen who fell in love with an A.I. chatbot; J Wortham on the art exhibition using decommissioned Confederate monuments; and more.

They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real

Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances. By Coralie Kraft

A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines

In Ukraine, unmanned weapons hunt the wounded and medics alike. Moving injured soldiers to safety has never been more difficult. By C.J. Chivers

Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies?

The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim warnings.By Casey Michael HenryCreditPhoto illustration by Michael Houtz

She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.

MaryBeth Lewis’s desire to be a new mom again, at 65 years old, led to a custody battle like no other. By David Gauvey Herbert

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – NOV. 2, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.2.25 Issue features Susan Dominus on women taking testosterone; Dan Brooks on the comedian Stavros Halkias; Joshua Leifer on Haredi conscription in Israel; and more.

‘Frankenstein’ Has Always Held Up a Mirror. What Does It Show Us Now?

In Guillermo del Toro’s new version, the answer lies in how deeply it explores the relationship between creator and created.

In the Trump Presidency, the Rules Are Vague. That Might Be the Point.

The U.S. has long believed that unspecific laws threaten democracy. So why is the administration being so vague? By Matthew Purdy

A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?

A mother in Florida filed a lawsuit against an A.I. start-up, alleging its product led to her son’s death. The company’s defense raises a thorny legal question. By Jesse Barron

The Island That Keeps the Earth’s Secrets

Sulawesi, Indonesia, blurs the boundaries between myth and ecology. What might it reveal about our past – or destiny? Photographs and Text by Balarama Heller

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – OCT. 19, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.19.25 Issue features Astead W. Herndon on the mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; Emily Bazelon on the state of the rule of law in the U.S. under Trump; Andrew Ross Sorkin on 1929 and the rise of crypto investing; Parul Sehgal on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel; and more.

The Battle Inside Israel Over Who Must Fight in Its Wars

The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.

Lady Gaga Was Always Gothic. Now the World Has Caught Up to Her.

At a moment when other pop stars are flirting with dark spectacle, Gaga’s “Mayhem” tour shows that she has perfected it. By Wesley Morris

What Trump’s War on Sanctuary Cities Is Really About

A movement born in churches to help vulnerable immigrants has become a constitutional battleground in Chicago and Portland, Ore.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – OCT. 12, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.12.25 Issue features Amy X. Wang on “buy now, pay later”; Giles Harvey on the filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer; Bruce Schoenfeld on the L.A. Dodgers and its Latino fan base; and more.

If an Energy Drink Drank an Energy Drink, You’d Get a Celsius

How a turbocharged upstart brand came to threaten Red Bull and Monster’s dominance.

Thomas Pynchon Saw Where America Was Headed. What Does He See Now?

The novelist anticipated our bizarre present. How does his latest book hold up in an age of eroding reality? By Parul Sehgal

They Got to Live a Life of Luxury. Then Came the Fine Print.

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ has built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 5, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.5.25 Issue features Matthieu Aikins and Victor J. Blue reporting on crimes and impunity in the U.S. Special Forces.

They Celebrated Vigilante Justice on the Battlefield. Then They Brought It Home.

Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law. By Matthieu Aikins  and  Victor J. Blue

Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades?

In 2012, after a team member was nearly killed, a Special Forces unit went on a rampage that might have been one of the worst war crimes in recent U.S. history. By Matthieu Aikins and Victor J. Blue

How War-Crime Accusations Against Green Berets Were Denied and Buried

As cases of lawless behavior and extrajudicial killings mounted, the Special Forces had to decide how to respond — and whom to protect. By Matthieu Aikins and Victor J. Blue

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – SEPT. 21, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 9.21.25 Issue features David Wallace-Wells on how the world has soured on climate politics; Christina Cauterucci on a new brand of climate activism; Brook Larmer on China’s green-tech ambitions; David Gelles interviews six world leaders about their plans to navigate climate change; and more.

It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.

How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared?

Political Violence Isn’t New. But Something About This Moment Is.

Charlie Kirk’s assassination fits into American history. How does it fit into our politics? By Jia Lynn Yang

How Reese Witherspoon Figured Out Who She Really Is

The actor and producer booked her first big role when she was 14 years old. More than 30 years later, she’s an entertainment-industry powerhouse. By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – SEPT. 14, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 9.14.25 Issue features David Enrich, Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg on how JPMorgan enabled the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein; Jonathan Mahler on how Trump shut down the war on cancer; Amy X. Wang on gold diggers; and more.

The Cost of Performing Childhood for Your Parent’s Art

It’s not quite #MeToo, but a spate of new memoirs is forcing a reckoning on what consent means when your parent is the artist.

How JPMorgan Financed Jeffrey Epstein

When most people think about Jeffrey Epstein, they think of a sexual-abuse scandal. But it’s also a financial scandal — one in which JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, not only enabled Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation but also enriched him while reaping profits for itself. Matthew Goldstein, and a team of other Times journalists, combed through 13,000 documents to explain why. By Matthew Goldstein, Gabriel Blanco and June Kim

Sept. 8, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – SEPT. 7, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 9.7.25 Issue features Helen Ouyang on a clinic that is trying to convince men that getting checked out by a doctor could save their lives; Joshua Hunt on how anime took over America; Brooke Jarvis on the bloom after L.A.’s wildfires; and more.

What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?

Men in the United States live around five years less than women. One clinic is trying to persuade men that getting checked out could save their life.

The Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can?

Activists are hoping to recreate the magic of 1970’s Earth Day — at a moment when the movement’s future is cloudier than ever.

A.I. Enters the Museum

Talented artists are using the technology to do what talented artists always will: ask human questions and express human ideas.

How Has Being Perpetually Single Affected You?

We want to hear from women over the age of 30 who feel as if they have not yet had a meaningful relationship for a New York Times Magazine feature.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – August 31, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 8.31.25 Issue features Nathiel Rich on the Calabasas landfill following the Los Angeles fires; Scott Anderson on Georgia’s turn toward Russia; Marcela Valdes on in-home care for disabled Americans; and more.

What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?

Men in the United States live around five years less than women. One clinic is trying to persuade men that getting checked out could save their life. By Helen Ouyang

The Gold Digger Was an Archvillain. Now She’s an Aspiration.

What do men and women really want in our fraught new mating economy?

The New Dream Guy Is Beefy, Placid and … Politically Ambiguous

Amid pitched debates about masculinity, the “himbo” stands stoically above it all. By Casey Michael Henry