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The National Interest: Jonathan Chait • Are Young People Actually Progressive? The mistaken assumptions of Democrats have put the party in peril.

Neighborhood News: Weed City • How pot stores colonized the Lower East Side.

75 MINUTES WITH … Rachel Bloom • The writer-comedian is reliving the lows of the pandemic on a never-ending loop. She swears it’s good for you.

The Schoolyard: Gail Cornwall • Not Rich or Poor Enough for the Ivy League Why do the pretty well off have the worst college acceptance rates?

JORDAN NEELY WAS HERE • HE HAD PLACES HE BELONGED AND PEOPLE LOOKING OUT FOR HIM. HOW DID HE END UP DYING, ALONE, AT THE HANDS OF A STRANGER ON THE SUBWAY?

I had my health. I had a job. And then, abruptly, I didn’t. My Unraveling By Tom Scocca

A MAUI LOVE STORY • When 18-year-olds Lanz Aguinaldo and Isabella Lynch’s hometown went up in flames, they turned toward each other to survive.

2024 WHERE TO EAT • ➸ Our comprehensive guide to the most ambitious openings, the best burger nobody knows about, and the omakase feasts people can actually afford.

The Best PLUMBERS • → TO FIND THE SPOTS on this list, we polled dozens of savvy New Yorkers—architects and contractors among them. For more obsessively sourced recommendations, including the best cake shops and cobblers, visit curbed.com.

A Boxing Gym • We spoke to early-morning boxers at H.I.I.T. the Deck, a Financial District gym with an unusually dedicated clientele.

Living at the Club • Michael Shane Neal is just the third artist in 117 years to occupy this studio at the National Arts Club.

WE ARE SO BACK • Ambition, personality, and creative vigor have returned to the city’s restaurants.

Sushi, Sandwiches, and Squab We Ate This Year • Our food team visited approximately 5 million restaurants. Here’s what stuck with us.

And Finally… The Ten Best New Restaurants

Kali Uchis Had a Vision • The industry didn’t want the bilingual artist to sing in Spanish, but she did it anyway.

46 Things We Can’t Wait to Watch, Read, and Listen to in 2024 • It’s the year of switching it up: Park Chan-wook is doing TV, Annie Baker is doing film, and Percival Everett is doing Twain. Who ever heard of staying in your lane?

The Evolutions of Emma Stone • The star of Poor Things is a master at playing characters who are only halfway out of the cocoon.

CRITICS • Bilge Ebiri on Ferrari … Craig Jenkins on Nicki Minaj … Kathryn VanArendonk on Gary Gulman.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.JANUARY 3–17

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THE 2023 APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified retrospective of the year that was.