Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 16th
Peter Kuper, the 2020-21 Jean Strouse Fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center, has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1993.
Daily Humor
The Daily Cartoon, Shouts, and other funny stuff from our Dept. of Hoopla.
The Current Cinema
Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Triumph Sends a Warning to Authoritarians Everywhere
The Iranian director’s Palme d’Or-winning thriller, “It Was Just an Accident,” set the tone for a festival defined by dramas of political resistance.
By Justin Chang
The Lede
Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government
By forcing rigid definitions of sex across all federal agencies, Republicans are undermining the administrative state’s capacity to protect public health and safety.
By Paisley Currah
Humor
Bonus Daily Cartoon: Unrehearsed
“Is Nathan Fielder in the room with us right now?”
By Jason Adam Katzenstein
Humor
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 27th
“Sure, baseball is boring, but if you learn how to keep score it’s also math.”
By Asher Perlman
Crossword
The Crossword: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
“One of Them Days” producer Rae: four letters.
By Paolo Pasco
Humor
Everything My iPhoto Memories Has Chosen to Resurface
A three-minute slide show of my cat, titled “Your closest friends.”
By Ginny Hogan
Open Questions
Two Paths for A.I.
The technology is complicated, but our choices are simple: we can remain passive, or assert control.
By Joshua Rothman