Michael Luo
@michaelluo.bsky.social
New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.
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Michael Luo
@michaelluo.bsky.social
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Now on sale! “This is not just the story of the Chinese in America; it’s the story of any number of immigrant groups who have been treated as strangers. It’s the story of our diverse democracy. It’s the story of us.” www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704981...
David Haglund, senior editor @newyorker.com, takes on @mayor.nyc.gov on behalf of all NYC parents. Give the kids a real snow day! www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
David Haglund, senior editor @newyorker.com, takes on @mayor.nyc.gov on behalf of all NYC parents. Give the kids a real snow day! www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
"This is wild," he said. “This is wild.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
The Mayor of an Occupied City
Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis, is governing a city under siege by its own federal government.
www.newyorker.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"This is wild," he said. “This is wild.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
Incredibly harrowing report here. www.newyorker.com/news/as-told...
A Massacre in Mashhad
Under the cover of an internet blackout, Iranian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators. Only now are details of the carnage starting to emerge.
www.newyorker.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Incredibly harrowing report here. www.newyorker.com/news/as-told...
Since we’re looking back to 2016…”By the time Trump won the 2016 election, Weiss, who cried when she heard the result, was in something of a rut. She was recently divorced, editing book reviews, and occasionally doing video hits…” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Since we’re looking back to 2016…”By the time Trump won the 2016 election, Weiss, who cried when she heard the result, was in something of a rut. She was recently divorced, editing book reviews, and occasionally doing video hits…” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Jon Lee Anderson had a fascinating conversation in Bogota with Colombian president Gustavo Petro. “We’ve survived by moving and living clandestinely our whole lives,” he said. “A person like me has to know how to disguise himself.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How Colombia’s President Reached an Uneasy Détente with Donald Trump
After the attack in Venezuela, its neighbor state reckons with U.S. aggression.
www.newyorker.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Jon Lee Anderson had a fascinating conversation in Bogota with Colombian president Gustavo Petro. “We’ve survived by moving and living clandestinely our whole lives,” he said. “A person like me has to know how to disguise himself.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Since 9/11, Denmark has adhered to so-called Super-Atlanticism, which makes alignment with the U.S. its foreign-policy priority. By Margaret Talbot in @newyorker.com. Under Threat www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Denmark Is Sick of Being Bullied by Trump
The U.S., once Denmark’s closest ally, is threatening to steal Greenland and attacking the country’s wind-power industry. Is this a permanent breakup?
www.newyorker.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Since 9/11, Denmark has adhered to so-called Super-Atlanticism, which makes alignment with the U.S. its foreign-policy priority. By Margaret Talbot in @newyorker.com. Under Threat www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The wonders of @newyorker.com archives, which is now fully digitized. A 1960 Talk of the Town that featured a young Marty Supreme. www.newyorker.com/magazine/196...
Oasis
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January 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The wonders of @newyorker.com archives, which is now fully digitized. A 1960 Talk of the Town that featured a young Marty Supreme. www.newyorker.com/magazine/196...
Want to understand Nicolas Maduro and his rise to power? Worth reading Jon Lee Anderson's 2017 profile for @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Nicolás Maduro’s Accelerating Revolution
Venezuela’s President has outmaneuvered his opponents. Can he survive an economy in free fall?
www.newyorker.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Want to understand Nicolas Maduro and his rise to power? Worth reading Jon Lee Anderson's 2017 profile for @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Molly Fischer is writing a column on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s first 100 days. Here’s her first. www.newyorker.com/news/new-yor...
What Zohran Mamdani and Michael Bloomberg Have in Common
As mayors, the socialist and the plutocrat each embody outsized ideas of the city—and distinct forms of capital.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Molly Fischer is writing a column on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s first 100 days. Here’s her first. www.newyorker.com/news/new-yor...
So utterly heartbroken to hear the news that Tatiana Schlossberg has died. Here is her remarkable essay again. Prayers for her family. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So utterly heartbroken to hear the news that Tatiana Schlossberg has died. Here is her remarkable essay again. Prayers for her family. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The bell tolls for the metrocard! From 2004: my ode to the art of the metrocard swipe. www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/n...
Subway Riders Master The Art of the Swipe; Fewer MetroCard Glitches Reported As Public and Transit System Adapt (Published 2004)
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December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The bell tolls for the metrocard! From 2004: my ode to the art of the metrocard swipe. www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/n...
I reflect on the death of reading and @newyorker.com’s next 100 years, while delivering our annual top 25 stories list. Happy reading! www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2025
Consider this your personal year-end reading list, one that we hope provides hours of pleasure.
www.newyorker.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I reflect on the death of reading and @newyorker.com’s next 100 years, while delivering our annual top 25 stories list. Happy reading! www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
Remnick: “We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center
A memorial to John F. Kennedy and his respect for the freedom of the arts has been renamed for a man with authoritarian instincts.
www.newyorker.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Remnick: “We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
This is big and a very long time coming! Your TBR pile just got 100 years longer. www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...
The Entire New Yorker Archive Is Now Fully Digitized
For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
www.newyorker.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is big and a very long time coming! Your TBR pile just got 100 years longer. www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...
Happy 100th birthday to Tad Tomkins! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Becoming a Centenarian
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
www.newyorker.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Happy 100th birthday to Tad Tomkins! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Oh wow! Thrilled to make this list. Thanks @bookcritics.bsky.social!
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Nonfiction
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Oh wow! Thrilled to make this list. Thanks @bookcritics.bsky.social!
Remnick: "Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Remnick: "Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
I wrote Comment for this week’s issue of @newyorker.com a kind-of note to those still inside the Trump Administration, reminding them how history has treated those who go along. I look back at the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WW2. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I wrote Comment for this week’s issue of @newyorker.com a kind-of note to those still inside the Trump Administration, reminding them how history has treated those who go along. I look back at the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WW2. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Noël concert that Grenell ardently touted as early as February—“we are doing a big, huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas,” he said—is scheduled for December 17th. As of December 8th, it had sold just over 300 tickets, out of around 2300. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
How the Kennedy Center Has Been Transformed by Trumpism
The President was drawn to the institution for its cultural prestige. He and his allies made it radioactive.
www.newyorker.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A Noël concert that Grenell ardently touted as early as February—“we are doing a big, huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas,” he said—is scheduled for December 17th. As of December 8th, it had sold just over 300 tickets, out of around 2300. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
News from @newyorker.com! Welcome to Jason Zengerle, Ruby Cramer, and @jonallsop.bsky.social! New beat for @emilynussbaum.bsky.social!
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
News from @newyorker.com! Welcome to Jason Zengerle, Ruby Cramer, and @jonallsop.bsky.social! New beat for @emilynussbaum.bsky.social!
The new @netflix.com doc on @newyorker.com is out today! It’s a delight. Watch! Here’s some backstory. www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
How “The New Yorker at 100” Got to Netflix
The creators of the documentary, now streaming, on capturing the publication on film, why the magazine’s editing process is like a colonoscopy, and landing Taylor Swift’s O.K. for the soundtrack.
www.newyorker.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The new @netflix.com doc on @newyorker.com is out today! It’s a delight. Watch! Here’s some backstory. www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
Grateful that "Strangers in the Land" was included in @newyorker.com's Essential Reads of 2025 list, featuring 12 nonfiction and 12 fiction and poetry picks. www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Grateful that "Strangers in the Land" was included in @newyorker.com's Essential Reads of 2025 list, featuring 12 nonfiction and 12 fiction and poetry picks. www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
We’re starting a club on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/newyorke...
Yep, We’re on Substack, Toö
Your favorite 100-year-old magazine is crashing the party.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We’re starting a club on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/newyorke...
Molly Fischer reads the Nuzzi (and Hines) so you don’t have to. “…Nuzzi seems to have always understood herself to be playing a role.” www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Does Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?
Across social media, definitely. In her new memoir, “American Canto,” not so much.
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Molly Fischer reads the Nuzzi (and Hines) so you don’t have to. “…Nuzzi seems to have always understood herself to be playing a role.” www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
"America is a violent country. Nowhere else that is remotely as rich tolerates so many murders or so many weapons. But, sometime during the tumultuous decade of the Trump era, it began to seem that simply participating in the political process put you at risk." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
When Participating in Politics Puts Your Life at Risk
During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.
www.newyorker.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"America is a violent country. Nowhere else that is remotely as rich tolerates so many murders or so many weapons. But, sometime during the tumultuous decade of the Trump era, it began to seem that simply participating in the political process put you at risk." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...