President Biden’s long-serving Secretary of State discusses the challenges of the last four years, and his reason for optimism that lasting peace in the Middle East remains possible.

The California representative discusses the potential impact of Silicon Valley’s influence on policy. Plus, how an environmentalist makes the case for more mining in the U.S. 

Sara Bareilles broke out as a pop-music star in the late two-thousands. But she’s gone on to have a very different kind of career, writing music for Broadway and eventually performing...

The food guru on learning to love dinnertime; plus, Pick Three: Erotic Thrillers, and Moore on Almodóvar’s new film and why she hates when people call actors “brave.”

The actor discusses Robert Eggers’s film, which aims to make vampires scary again. Plus, a minister travels to Iran to celebrate Christmas during the 1979 hostage crisis.

The historian discusses events that have weakened supposed allies of the Palestinians, and the idea of settler colonialism that has taken hold on the left. Critic Adam Kirsch responds.

The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer on the rhetoric and the reality of deporting “millions.” Plus, McDonald talks about Stephen Sondheim and “Gypsy.”

The first transgender person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from other House members, including Speaker Mike Johnson.

The Supreme Court Justice talks with David Remnick about the Court’s ethical code, and more. Plus, Ayelet Waldman on why quilting relieves stress.