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September 23, 2024

Cover Story

‘It’s Not Complicated’

America’s preeminent writer on race breaks with the Establishment on Palestine. By Ryu Spaeth

On the Cover: Ta-Nehisi Coates. Photograph by Andres Serrano for New York Magazine.

features

Drowning in Slop

AI is clogging our feeds — and our brains — with garbage.

By Max Read
The Truths and Distortions of Ruby Franke

When a philosophy of control turns to child abuse.

By Caitlin Moscatello

Intelligencer

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Matt Gaffney’s latest puzzle.
Comments: Week of September 23, 2024

Readers sound off on Kamala Harris’s campaign and a family’s long-kept secrets.
The Approval Matrix: Week of September 23, 2024

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Wants to Change How We Think About Israel and Palestine

Coates’s writing fueled a racial reckoning in America. Ryu Spaeth profiles him as his work expands on a global scale.

Strategist

The Culture Pages