Mining for rare-earth metals has severe environmental consequences. Speaking with Elizabeth Kolbert, the journalist Vince Beiser says that the U.S. needs more of it.

Alexis reads and discusses "Before the Change," by Munro, which was published in The New Yorker in 1998. Alexis's works of fiction include "Fifteen Dogs," which won the Giller Prize, "Days by ...

“Look, I totally get it. But it’s been two days now—maybe it’s time to get out of the bath?” ...

Adam Douglas Thompson’s one-panel comics are proof that you don’t need much to deliver a punchline. With minimalistic drawings and sharp, clever humor, these comics make the most out of every ...

I conceived of the situation and wrote the caption of this cartoon ... There was one other New Yorker moment I cherish. The magazine’s longtime fixture, Adam Gopnik, was visiting Chicago.

The first issue of The New Yorker was cover dated February 21, 1925. cover of first issue of The New Yorker by Rea Irvin But as we all know periodicals are on the newsstands, and newsstands were ...

The opening marked the debut of The New Yorker, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this week at a moment that is not propitious for either magazines or movies. Magazines have been folding at ...

he laughed. The New Yorker is known for its reporting, and for its idiosyncrasies. Each issue also includes cartoons, a short story, and a few poems. The front cover features not a photograph ...