The Atlantic Announces Marc Novicoff and Nancy Walecki as Staff Writers, Michael Zelenko as Senior Editor, and James Kirchick as Contributing Writer (www.theatlantic.com)
Nike May Soon Be Booted From the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and This Trillion-Dollar Stock That''s Rallied 6,100,000% Is the Ideal Replacement (finance.yahoo.com)
Israel learned from Iran''s missile attacks that it needs far more interceptors than expected. ''It''s a race,'' missile chief says. (www.businessinsider.com)
The A.I. Gender Gap Meets the Parenting Gender Gap - Women use A.I. less than men and do more of the cognitive work at home. The A.I. “family assistant” promises to bridge both divides. (www.newyorker.com)
An Idea for Democrats to Keep It Together in 2028 - What if a candidate picked a running mate from another faction of the Party right away, and they ran on a unified vision? (www.newyorker.com)
Who Owns the Odyssey? - The director Christopher Nolan has been accused of “woke-ifying” Homer’s epic. But finding new resonance in ancient texts is part of the art of translation itself. (www.newyorker.com)
The Odyssey 3: IMAXimum Impact - Speak now, muse, of the ministrations of Damon, friend of Affleck and foe of Kimmel, who bravely grew out his beard for a year. (www.newyorker.com)
Can California Actually Make Billionaires Pay? - The architect behind a new initiative saw no path to passing a wealth tax through the legislature. Instead, he’s taking it to California voters, sparking an expensive political fight. (www.newyorker.com)
How Mary Kay Built an Empire Out of Other Women’s Dreams - The founder of the global cosmetics empire feminized the sale of cure-all lotions and potions—and gave the girlboss her first shot of good press. (www.newyorker.com)
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Leaves the Gods in the Outtakes - The director’s Homer adaptation presents a modern, relatable Odysseus, rather than trying to understand the ancient world on its own terms. (www.newyorker.com)
Graham Platner’s Very Online Undoing - He rose to prominence partly through selfie videos that allowed him to provide confessional-style, improvisational-seeming direct addresses to his base—and he ended his campaign with one, too. (www.newyorker.com)
How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia - Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end it? (www.newyorker.com)
An Unbeliever’s View of the Jonestown Massacre - Shiva Naipaul’s newly reissued book of reportage, “Journey to Nowhere,” from 1980, is far less interested in the trope of the charismatic cult leader than in the mechanisms of belief. (www.newyorker.com)
V.A.R. and the Rise of Our New Tech Overlords - The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines. (www.newyorker.com)
How to Write When You’re Feeling Stuck - If you focus on writing a thousand words a day, you won’t feel overwhelmed by the fact that you’ve been trapped in a submarine for the past year and a half. (www.newyorker.com)
Democratic Schadenfreude and the Latino Vote - Trump’s once strong approval rating among Latinos has collapsed, but Democrats can’t count on their support. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump’s Needless War with Iran Is His Biggest Economic Blunder - As the midterm elections approach, gas prices have started to rise again, and the President’s poll ratings are in the cellar. (www.newyorker.com)
Meet the Minion-Maker - Off the release of “Minions & Monsters,” the director Pierre Coffin reflects on creating the language of Minionese, partly inspired by Indian food. (www.newyorker.com)
Madonna Wants to Take You There - The pop star launched her new album, “Confessions II,” at a party in London, complete with watery drinks and nostalgic hits. Her co-host for the evening? Grindr. (www.newyorker.com)