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Underestimate Kamala Harris at Your Peril
Why Team Trump is scrambling as the veep has come out swinging.
By Mark McKinnon
Hundreds in the Stark Red Villages Rally for Kamala Harris
The Florida enclave hasn’t voted for a Democrat since 2000, but even registered Republicans turned out to show their excitement for the VP.
By Bess Levin
PHOTOGRAPHY
Zanele Muholi’s Self-Portraits Take a New Form
For more than two decades, the artist has been using photography to educate audiences about the LGBTQ+ community. Now, they say, “I needed to challenge myself.”
By Madison Reid
TRENDING
The Archive
Bogart & Bacall
The dazzling, tempestuous start of a legendary Hollywood romance.
THE FIGHT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
2024 Election
How Trumpworld Is Coping With the Kamala Harris Boom
In just days, the vice president has raked in more than $100 million, scored countless endorsements, started a social media phenomenon, and secured enough delegates for the nomination. “She has been totally dominating,” marveled one GOP strategist.
By Gabriel Sherman
2024 ELECTION
Can Nancy Pelosi Rally the Democrats to Victory in November?
Though the former House Speaker has had a tepid relationship with Harris, she offered a full-throated endorsement on Monday. “My enthusiastic support,” she said, “is official, personal, and political.”
By Chris Smith
politics
The Ominous Echoes of Grant Park’s Past
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Grant Park’s past provides ominous echoes.
By Douglas Brinkley
2024 Election
Every Terrible Thing J.D. Vance Said About Trump Before Becoming His Running Mate
“America’s Hitler,” anyone?
By Bess Levin
THE HIVE
Politics, Power, and Personality. Read more »
I DISSENT
The Supreme Court is “Actively Undermining” Democracy: Elizabeth Warren
By Katie Herchenroeder
IT WAS A JOKE
J.D. Vance Says Remarks on Kamala Harris and “Childless Cat Ladies” Were “Sarcasm” In Interview with Megyn Kelly
By Katie Herchenroeder
I DISSENT
The Supreme Court is “Actively Undermining” Democracy: Elizabeth Warren
By Katie Herchenroeder
IT WAS A JOKE
J.D. Vance Says Remarks on Kamala Harris and “Childless Cat Ladies” Were “Sarcasm” In Interview with Megyn Kelly
By Katie Herchenroeder
2024 Election
The Mainstream Media Strikes Back
2024 Election
Can Kamala Harris Make Joe Biden’s Campaign Her Own?
PARIS OLYMPICS
Could Global Tensions Puncture the Olympic Bubble?
HOLLYWOOD
TV, Film, and Awards. Read more »
in the loveseat
John Oliver Called JD Vance’s Campaign to Ask If He’d Ever Had Sex With a Couch
By Chris Murphy
in the loveseat
John Oliver Called JD Vance’s Campaign to Ask If He’d Ever Had Sex With a Couch
By Chris Murphy
the springfield vote
How Simpsons “Superfan” Kamala Harris Stunned Crowds at Comic-Con
Still Watching
House of the Dragon's Army of Bastards Takes Flight
Same Actor, Different Mask
Robert Downey Jr. Returns to The Avengers, But Not as Iron Man
VANITIES
Culture, Style, Celebrity, and Royals. Read more »
DYNASTY Podcast
The Truth About Meghan, Harry, and Their California Dream
media power couples
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King: “If We Were Gay, We’d Tell You”
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IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Photo Essay
The Global Crisis That No Border Crackdown Can Fix
At America’s southern border, arrivals from Mexico to Morocco, China to Chad, are caught in a no-man’s-land between the danger they’ve fled and the paralyzed system that awaits them.
By Dara LindPhotography by Go Nakamura