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CULTURE, POLITICS, FOOD, FASHION: A NEW YORK POINT OF VIEW. With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.

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The Power Trip: Olivia Nuzzi • Trump Haters Turned Trump Voters Why one New Hampshirite gave him a second chance.

Neighborhood News: No More Pork Stores • A Ridgewood landmark closes, and the herd thins.

Cecile Richards • The former president of Planned Parenthood is still fighting for abortion access—even while living with brain cancer.

Stop the Presses: Shawn McCreesh • The Media Apocalypse Condé Nast and other publishers stare into the abyss.

Inventing the Perfect College Applicant • For $120,000 a year, Christopher Rim promises to turn any student into Ivy bait.

How We Lost Our Minds About UFOs • No, aliens haven’t visited the Earth. Why are so many smart people insisting otherwise?

THE NEPO STATE • TAMMY MURPHY, THE FIRST LADY OF NEW JERSEY, IS LEVERAGING HER HUSBAND’S POWER TO LOCK UP THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR SENATE.SHE APPEARS UNSTOPPABLE.

Every Architect’s Favorite Desk Lamp

Best Bets • a collection of expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com. To shop all these items—plus the desk lamp—in one place, scan the QR code.

How to Make Feeding Kids Feel Less Fraught

A Dance Battle • As part of the Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival, the Perelman Performing Arts Center hosted voguers, break-dancers, and waackers, among others, for an all-styles competition.

The Yogi Who Lives Over a Karaoke Bar on St. Marks • Alex Schatzberg teaches yoga in this 1833 East Village building.

Where Turnip Cakes Meet Tater Tots • Figure Eight makes the culinary connection between North Carolina and China.

Don Angie Does Seafood • TikTok’s favorite red-sauce joint takes over the space next door.

A Better Sesame Noodle on the Sofa • Revamped takeout classics at Fer.

Ex-Lovers, Reunited • In the 20 years after their breakup, Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel didn’t speak much, despite sharing a child. Then they agreed to star in a movie together again.

Which New Detective Show Is Right for You? • ’Tis the season for contemplating the cruel brevity of human existence through a fictional unsolved mystery. But this winter offers such a bounty of TV gumshoes it’s hard to know which series to choose. Here, we match the qualities you most want in a sleuth with the show that best fits your needs.

The Mortal Queen of Faerie Smut • Sarah J. Maas writes massively popular books that mix fantasy lore with soft-core romance—and a whole lot of trauma.

NINE MORE ROMANTASY AUTHORS TO KNOW • The genre existed long before BookTok. Here, some of the most popular creators of sexy fantasy worlds.

A Slow-Motion Crash in Eight Steps • Ferrari’s re-creation of a deadly moment in car-racing history is one of the best cinematic sequences of the season.

CRITICS • Alison Willmore onTótem … Nicholas Quah onMasters of the Air … Jerry Saltz on Tschabalala Self.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read. JANUARY 31–FEBRUARY 14

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THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.