Jake Barton, of the media-design firm Local Projects, and data artist Jer Thorp discuss the computer algorithm they designed which helps arrange victims’ names on the National September 11 Memorial—a project that Nick Paumgarten writes about in this week’s issue of the magazine.
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Cover Story
Klaas Verplancke’s “On the Grid”
The artist blends the preferred pastimes and stylish attire of New York’s commuters.
By Françoise Mouly
Critics at Large
Why We Love an Office Drama
From Adelle Waldman’s novel “Help Wanted” to the sci-fi-inflected Apple TV+ show “Severance,” fictional depictions of work are getting darker, or at least stranger. What can the state of the workplace in art tell us about the workplace in life?
News Desk
What It Takes to Give Palestinians a Voice
A new poll conducted during war in Gaza and escalating tensions in the West Bank allows Palestinians to tell the world what they want for their future.
By Robin Wright
Poetry Podcast
Ada Limón Reads Carrie Fountain
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “You Belong to the World,” by Carrie Fountain, and her own poem “Hell or High Water.”