The acclaimed music producer returns with a record of his own. Plus, John Kerry on trying to get the world to tackle climate change; and an evangelical scholar breaks from her church.

New York’s likely next mayor was once a victim of police violence and is now an advocate for the N.Y.P.D. Plus, how Iran plotted to kidnap an American citizen from her home in Brooklyn.

The food-and-drink writer picks three cocktails to toast the reopening world, and mixes them on a very hot roof. Plus, the perilous future of girls’ education in Afghanistan.

Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino speak with David Remnick about the pop star’s legal fight to regain control of nearly all aspects of her life.

Two live conversations—and one musical performance—at The New Yorker Festival.

A company offers a novel—and morally complicated—way for those in need to find shelter. Plus, a family grapples with vaccine denial.

A. J. Smitherman documented Greenwood at its height, and tried to prevent its destruction in the Tulsa massacre. Plus, David Remnick on what a new Prime Minister will mean for Israel.

The director talks about his film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical. Plus, the politics of race drives a wedge deep into America’s largest Protestant denomination.

Patricia Marx reviews the new vaccinated seating sections at New York’s baseball stadiums. And the activist talks about the AIDS action group, and its transformative impact on America.