Ursula Sommer appears in the following:
Alan Cumming on “The Traitors” and His Brush with Reality Television
Friday, February 28, 2025
The actor talks with Emily Nussbaum about his role on “The Traitors,” why he had always been “judgy” toward reality shows, and the perils of fame.
John Fetterman on Trump’s “Raw Sewage,” and What the Democrats Get Wrong
Friday, February 21, 2025
The Pennsylvania senator says the Administration is dumping “three feet of raw sewage” on America, “and we have a Dixie cup” to bail it out. But Democrats have to work with Trump.
Celebrating 100 Years: Jia Tolentino and Roz Chast Pick Favorites from the Archive
Friday, February 14, 2025
The staff writer and the cartoonist share their picks from the archive—an essay by Joan Didion, and a caveman cartoon by George Booth—to celebrate The New Yorker’s centennial.
Trump’s Boogeyman: D.E.I.
Friday, February 07, 2025
The staff writer Jelani Cobb talks about the Trump Administration’s attempts to root out policies of diversity, equity, and inclusion—which it describes as discriminatory.
“No Other Land”: The Collective Behind the Oscar-Nominated Documentary
Friday, February 07, 2025
Two of the filmmakers, Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham, discuss the challenges and the threat of violence they faced making a film about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
Bill Gates on His New Memoir and Dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Friday, January 31, 2025
The Microsoft co-founder and public-health philanthropist discusses the future of A.I., vaccine skepticism, and the politics of technology in 2025.
Antony Blinken’s Exit Interview
Friday, January 17, 2025
President Biden’s long-serving Secretary of State on the crisis in Gaza, and his reason for optimism about a lasting peace in the region.
One Environmental Journalist Thinks that the U.S. Needs More Mining
Friday, January 10, 2025
Mining for rare-earth metals has severe environmental consequences. Speaking with Elizabeth Kolbert, the journalist Vince Beiser says that the U.S. needs more of it.
Julianne Moore Explains What She Needs in a Film Director
Friday, December 27, 2024
The actress talks with Michael Schulman about her time on “As the World Turns,” starring in Pedro Almodóvar’s first film in English, and why she hates when people call actors “brave.”
Rashid Khalidi on the Palestinian Cause in a Volatile Middle East, and the Meaning of Settler Colonialism
Friday, December 13, 2024
The historian discusses events that have weakened supposed allies of the Palestinians, and the idea of settler colonialism that has taken hold on the left. Critic Adam Kirsch responds.
Inside Donald Trump’s Mass-Deportation Plans
Friday, December 06, 2024
The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer on the rhetoric and the reality of deporting “millions”—and why immigrants in the country legally are likely to be targeted.
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
Friday, December 06, 2024
The actress stars as Rose in a Broadway revival of “Gypsy.” She shares that, throughout her career, some people have been upset when she plays characters conceived for white actors.
Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The first transgender person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from other House members, including Speaker Mike Johnson.
The Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority
Friday, November 15, 2024
Two leading political scientists explain why voters failed to defend democracy: We never do.
Danielle Deadwyler on August Wilson and Denzel Washington
Friday, November 15, 2024
The actress discusses starring in the new film adaptation of “The Piano Lesson,” Wilson’s play about the Great Migration and a family torn apart by inheritance.
The Stakes for Abortion Rights, from the Head of Planned Parenthood
Friday, October 18, 2024
Alexis McGill Johnson discusses lobbying for a Democratic “trifecta” in Washington—and what a second Trump Administration would do on abortion rights in America.
With “The Warriors,” Lin-Manuel Miranda Takes on Another New York Story
Friday, October 18, 2024
A concept album based on a 1979 gang film is no big stretch for the creator of “Hamilton,” a rap musical based on a biography of a Founding Father.
Bon Iver on “SABLE,” His First New Record in Five Years
Friday, October 11, 2024
The musician talks with Amanda Petrusich about his three-song EP. “I was getting a lot of positive feedback for . . . having heartache . . . maybe I’m pressing the bruise.”
Newt Gingrich on What Trump Could Accomplish in a Second Term
Friday, October 04, 2024
A second Trump Administration would be “dramatically more managerial and practical,” the former Speaker of the House claims. Trump “has a much deeper grasp of what has to be done.”
Young Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Dark Arts of Power
Friday, September 27, 2024
Gabriel Sherman on “The Apprentice,” his coming-of-age film about Trump. There are “parts of the film that I could imagine Donald Trump liking,” Sherman says.
