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money The Strong, Empowered, Secretly Broke Divorcée The stigma of divorce has all but vanished, but recent reforms to marital law have rendered the financial cost more punishing for women. podcast By Melinda Wenner Moyer
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Elon Musk Rewarded for DOGE Debacle With ‘Warfare’ Gig

The world’s richest man will advise the Pentagon on the future of war. By Bess Levin

games These Yankees Might Actually Be Something Special The team that just demolished the Red Sox is hungry, exciting, and — unusually for this franchise — young. By Will Leitch
2026 midterms The Biggest Sign Yet That Democrats Will Flip the House The very cautious Cook Political Report is pointing to a Democratic House win, while most election forecasters flat out predict a House-Senate sweep. By Ed Kilgore
tremendous content ‘Super Intelligence,’ Trump’s Dopey AI Rebrand, Explained Trump is trying to shut down AI doomerism by giving “artificial intelligence” a friendlier name. But he may have a hard time making “SI” happen. By Margaret Hartmann
feminism What Makes a Tradwife Quit? As the movement loses women, the right’s lonely idea of family has come into focus. By Sarah Jones

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Evan Gershkovich’s New Normal Two years after his stint in a Russian prison, the Wall Street Journal reporter is still fighting for a regular life. By Matt Stieb

2026 midterms Trump’s Midterms Convention Blew Up in Ken Paxton’s Face The GOP’s big bash in Texas was supposed to boost the state’s embattled Senate candidate. He privately told donors it actually hurt him. By Ed Kilgore

aviation The FlyDubai Near Miss Was a Nightmare and a Miracle Similar incidents from aviation history have not ended well. Wednesday’s flight did. By Jeff Wise

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self

The Pleasure of Reading About Sex When You Aren’t Having Any

Spicy romance gives some readers the joy and safety they aren’t finding off the page. By Andrea González-Ramírez

advice ‘Help! I’m Losing Attraction to My Fiancé!’ Desire is fickle and mysterious, but not all hope is lost here.
power What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
fiction The Woman in Love With Her Divorce Mediator Romance author Regina Black writes today’s “Spice Diary.”

celebrity Jim Carrey Is Married? To his longtime girlfriend Min Ah, apparently. By Kathleen Walsh
culture Ashley Tisdale French Says PPD Wasn’t Great for Her Marriage “I tried to divorce you so many times.” By Kathleen Walsh
taking care of business Anne Hathaway Should Be Organizing Every Red Carpet The actress did not have to apologize for going into “mom mode” at the Verity premiere. By Jaharia Knowles

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Yes, It’s Tough to Be a Playwright: creation stories

Mfoniso Udofia’s play spends a lot of its time agonizing over whether it should be one—which doesn’t make for great theater. By Sara Holdren

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

coming soon Fast & Furious Will See You Again on Television A new series is coming to Peacock in 2028. By Alejandra Gularte
streaming Netflix Hosts Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Final Season of Chicken Shop Date You can now watch that Andrew Garfield on your TV. By Alejandra Gularte
book review Ayad Akhtar’s Campus Problem The author’s portrayal of Gen-Z college students in The Radiance is too familiar. But when he writes about the body, it gets brilliantly weird. By Zain Khalid
fight fight fight Nicolas Cage Calls the MCU a ‘Well-Funded and Glorified WWE’ “I do say this with love.” By Alejandra Gularte

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East of Eden’s Ambition Wins Out Netflix’s miniseries is the sort of sweeping intergenerational saga contemporary TV rarely attempts and even more rarely achieves. By Kathryn VanArendonk

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strategist investigates The Rise of the Beauty Super Dupe A beauty dupe used to be a happy discovery — a lower-priced product that performs similarly to an expensive one. But now we’re seeing all-out copies. By Krista Bennett DeMaio and Tembe Denton-Hurst
prime day The 21 Best Early Prime Day Deals, According to Our Deals Editor Prime Big Deal Days — a.k.a. October Prime Day — begins next week, but discounts are already afoot. By Sam Daly
style The Best Fashion and Jewelry Advent Calendars (So Far) Including customizable charm bracelets that you assemble day by day and silk lingerie. By Brenley Goertzen
strategist hunt My Hunt for Handsome Nonbinary Flats To wear with socks on a crisp autumn night or dress up for a wedding. By Erin Schwartz
your shopping cart What Strategist Readers Bought This Month: It’s Advent Calendar Season Plus perfect scissors, penny loafers, facial cleansers, and simmer sauces. By Katherine Gillespie

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Curbed

street view

A Times Square Icon Becomes an Immersive Playpen

One Times Square, the largely vacant ball-drop tower covered in billboards, has filled its floors with candy, screens, and wedding chapels. By Justin Davidson

who’s buying Andrew Cuomo Just Bought a $9.6 Million Southampton Mansion The disgraced ex-governor and failed mayoral candidate paid all cash. By Matthew Sedacca
public spaces Is Herald Square Becoming Times Square? With the request for amusement-park rides, a merging in spirit, not just street space. By Christopher Bonanos
why this looks like that Back to the Studio with Fernando Mastrangelo The designer streamlined his 20-person operation and returned to making things by hand. By Adrian Madlener

buy it for the architecture An East Village Factory Conversion by an Architectural Scholar and Artist An East 13th Street building housed the final version of a communal life experiment that began in London. By Adriane Quinlan
on set Why Is Bravo So Obsessed With Fidi? The network’s reality stars — especially on Next Gen NYC — have given the neighborhood an outsize share of screen time. By Adriane Quinlan
who’s selling Anna Weyant Is Selling Her Classic Six for $3.5 Million The Gagosian artist bought the upper Fifth Avenue apartment two years ago. By Kim Velsey

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guides

5 Things to Eat This Weekend

Coconut canalés, Oktoberfest tacos, steak that doesn’t require a reservation, and more.

perks New York Subscribers Can Get Free Food This Month Our latest perk is here. By Grub Street
restaurant review Ugly Baby Is Still the Best Place For Tongue-Incinerating Thai The space is bigger. The spice is as intense as ever. By Matthew Schneier
groceries The Case for Cooking (Almost) Everything From Scratch We’re living through a golden age of convenience eating. I’m still schlepping groceries and turning on my oven. Here’s why. By Isabel Cristo
guides Where to Eat in October The best restaurants for right now. By Grub Street

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Where to Eat in October The best restaurants for right now. By Grub Street

convenience All of Our Restaurant Recommendations, Mapped The best restaurants, the best new restaurants, and the best affordable restaurants — together in one spot! By Grub Street

restaurant review A Food-Court Star Moves on From the Mall After years as a popup and food stall, Burmese Bites has moved into a permanent location. Our critic loves it. By Matthew Schneier

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