Vedant Patel has no soul. Always reminds me of the brilliant Aamer Rahman calling him ‘a little genocide defending gulab jamun’

.Parul Sehgal shares her favorite books of the year so far. See more reading recommendations from our editors and critics: nyer.cm/nuzjerH

The New Yorker Festival approaches! I'll be in conversation with Ayad Akhtar and Mohsin Hamid. Get your tickets here: nyer.cm/zCmbo30

We were sent this photo from a worker laboring in the pistachio harvest in Lost Hills CA. It was 101°. This machine shakes the trees. The pistachios are then caught in a separate sweeper. Farm workers go behind it and pick up any remaining pistachios. #HeatJustice #WeFeedYou

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino made $139 million in 2022. The next year, when asked about high ticket prices, he claimed artists and "low-income people" should accept that live music is now a luxury good like... "a Gucci bag."

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my amma is so mad supportive of me being a lesbian. she sends me random songs by gay artists. she rolls her eyes at our homophobic family. she asks me about every date i go on. i had something not work out with a girl recently & she was the first to comfort me. god i love my mom!

'Attacks against #womenjournalists should be taken seriously by everyone.' Our founding director @KiranNazish shares, in this profile of her and our work in the @Guardian. Also featuring Brandi Morin and others impacted by the rising threats to press freedom worldwide. Read the

Also this is the most affirming moment of my decade of research on these issues. Please pay attention. It’s coming for you next.

I’ll never forget travelling to Israel for work, on an official U.S. Government passport, with a Jewish colleague. They asked his father’s name. He passed. They asked my father’s name. I said “Mohamed.” And off I went to be humiliated for 45 mins. As a Pentagon official.

The large scale works of art by Chitra Ganesh and Eirini Linardaki are going to make you stop in your tracks, pun intended. timeout.com/newyork/news/t…

RIP James Earl Jones. Today I learned that he's lived in Dutchess County for decades, volunteering locally and narrating free voiceovers whenever he could.

RIP James Earl Jones. A voice that shaped a generation. Glad I saw him on stage and felt his charismatic force 🙏🏽

RIP to one of the Greatest and Legendary Actors of our Generation, James Earl Jones We remember his brilliant work in Field of Dreams, Star Wars, The Lion King, The Great White Hope, Coming to America, and more. James Earl Jones January 17, 1931 - September 9, 2024

"He was abandoned as a child by his parents, raised by a racist grandmother and mute for years in his stutterer’s shame, but he learned to speak again with a herculean will." I didn't think he could be more amazing. No voice or talent will fill this void. nytimes.com/2024/09/09/art…

Really feeling solidarity with my South Asian siblings who have to watch this putz yammer on. We got Dershowitz. I feel your pain.

Since Queen Priyanka won Canada's Drag Race in 2020, her career has been unstoppable. Last month, she released her debut album, #DEVASTATIA. Writer andre menchavez ⚡️ talked to the icon about how it feels to represent the South Asian community all over the world. joysauce.com/queen-priyanka…

my 70 year old uncle has to work for uber every day out of desperate poverty and he talks about this all the time. drivers know, but have no power and no choice.

A fantastic, eye-opening, and jaw-dropping exposé of how Uber & Lyft use algorithmic pricing to pay different workers different rates. Based in part on Veena Dubal 's research.