Square to Begin
Where to begin? Well, if we start with the title of the puzzle, there’s your answer: “Square to Begin.” I admit that I first ...
‘Signs of the Times’ markers map out Harlem’s rich Black history
Luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance and beyond are celebrated and memorialized in 25 commemorative plaques that now bear ...
Opinion Today: Eight Ways to Make Sense of the Chaos in Trump’s America
Where America Stands: Donald Trump’s reckless and illegal campaign to remake the government crossed more lines in Week 4, but ...
The surprisingly deep history of a ubiquitous font.
Marcin Wichary, the author of Shift Happens — an exhaustively researched, beautifully designed and photographed history of the keyboard — is back with a deep dive into Gorton, a font found on ...
‘The New Yorker’ turns 100: Here’s how it started with a poker game
To start The New Yorker, Ross’ poker partner Fleischmann was willing to stake him US$25,000—roughly $450,000 in today’s ...
A New Generation of ‘Unbeatable’ Fake IDs Is Bedeviling Bouncers
Holograms, engravings and just the right polycarbonate make a perfect driver’s license from anywhere you want.
In Trump’s Washington, Words Become Weaponized
The previous administration’s progressive lexicon has been swept away, replaced by a new official language of a bureaucracy ...
The New Yorker turns 100 − how a poker game pipe dream became a publishing powerhouse
The magazine, founder Harold Ross famously declared, would not be ‘edited for the old lady in Dubuque.’ A century later, it ...