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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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Screen Time: John Herrman • The AI-Obsessed Are Driving Themselves Mad In the uncanny valley, even the geeks are getting fooled.

Neighborhood News: Cops Chasing Cops • Federal agents turn their focus toward the NYPD.

Thomas Houseago • The trauma-bedeviled artist, with some help from his Hollywood support bros Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, opens his first show in a decade in New York.

Brooding: Kathryn Jezer-Morton • Parent Trap “Dorm Room Mamas” use decorating, and Amazon, to helicopter from afar.

The PEOPLE for KAMALA HARRIS • How a women-led movement, born in the devastation of 2016, propelled a woman to the top of the ticket, galvanized her early campaign, and put Democratson the brink of making history.

THE AFTERLIFE OF DONALD TRUMP • The presidential hopeful contem plates his campaign, his formidable new opponent, and the miracle of his continued existence.

THE DIVORCE TAPES • My family knew that my father had been tapping the phone lines. Only later would I discover the secrets the recordings contained.

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What Is Bakuchiol?

The Best Martini Glasses, According to Bartenders • Technically speaking, you can drink a martini out of any glass. But what fun is that? I asked beverage directors, bartenders, and cocktail experts for their favorites.

This Vibrating Wrap Is Like a Heating Pad on Steroids

The Kettle One Writer Brought Home From Japan

All My Clothes Are Made From Old Food and Plants • AS A WRITER who has long reported on sustainable foods and a chef deeply invested in what goes into my body, I am equally interested in how the stuff I wear is made and how it impacts the environment. To me, the most exciting developments in sustainable clothing and accessories are fabrics that repurpose waste from industrial food processing and fabrics with fibers that predate nylon and polyester, some of the greatest sources of microplastics entering our atmosphere, waterways, and bodies. In my closet, you’ll find pieces made of seaweed, banana skins, spent soybean hulls, and even milk. These are some of my favorites.

A White-Coat Ceremony • Newly minted students at Weill Cornell Medical College (7,000 applicants for 106 spots) recently gathered for a rite of passage: receiving their white coats from the faculty.

A LOFT WITH A HIGHER PURPOSE • Ali Richmond, co-founder of the nonprofit Fashion for All Foundation, has lived in this Brooklyn loft for almost 20 years with his archive of designer clothing.

Le Même Veau • The Frenchette crew has taken over the 87-year-old restaurant, and the snails are as garlicky and the duck as pink as ever.

Leading Lady • Anna Sawai could take home the Emmy for her performance in Shogun. But she’s keeping her cool.

24 Comedians You Should Know RIGHT NOW

In the Shack With Robert Caro • The Power Broker is turning 50. The final LBJ book is almost—well, he won’t say exactly, but he’s trying for 900 words a day.

CRITICS • Alison Willmore on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice … Kathryn VanArendonk on Love You … Madeline Leung Coleman on Colored Television.

To DO • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

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