When “Gender Deception” Is a Crime
A new book revisits a notorious British sexual-assault trial in which a woman was convicted of posing as a man in bed.
Reviews
The New Yorker
Reviews and critics’ notes from the weekly
2026
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Why America Looks the Way It Does
From vast grids to winding suburbs, Americans have spent two centuries remaking the landscape around property.
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How America Became Antifascist
Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around.
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Anti-Zionism
“Reminds Jewish Americans that another tradition is available, one that opposes Israel’s existence rather than merely seeks to curb its worst impulses ... But Moser does not detail what a future resolution might entail ... Has an unfortunate tendency to misrepresent the authorities he enlists ... No patience for complexity ... Moser’s biggest failure, though, may be his inability to escape the very”
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