In the Apr. 15–28 issue: Olivia Nuzzi on “wonder boy” Pete Buttigieg. Plus: Art & Design, by Wendy Goodman; the half-billion dollar “Leonardo”; Natasha Lyonne, Annette Bening, and more.
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The National Interest : Jonathan Chait • Schooling the Left Biden’s first big break with his allies is over classroom reopenings.
Movements: A Protest of All Ages • A mother and daughter attend the rally.
Christian Walker • A rising conservative star on TikTok.
The Group Portrait: Balthazar, Reunited • Setting the table for reopening night.
The City Politic : David Freedlander • Yang vs. Everybody With three months to go, Andrew Yang is still, improbably, looking like New York’s next mayor.
SECRETARY SWELL ON A PISSED-OFF PLANET • Groomed on Park Avenue and in the 16th Arrondissement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confronts a world that just might be post-diplomacy.
AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING HAS SPAWNED SLICKLY MARKETED COMPANIES PROMISING A SERVICE THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY PROVIDE.
The Collective That’s Trying to Make Therapy Affordable for Everyone
THE EXPANDING SHRINK LANDSCAPE • A guide to the newest players, both earnest and cynical.
The New York Social Clubs Bringing Mental-Health Care to People of Color
The King of the Geezer Teasers • Inside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many of Hollywood’s most bankable stars have found lucrative early retirement.
The Best FLORISTS
FOR LATE-NIGHT ALLIUMS
FOR INEXPENSIVE MARIGOLDS
FOR BODEGA ROSES THAT WILL LAST TWO WEEKS
FOR AFFORDABLE SPARRING SESSIONS
The Best FITNESS INSTRUCTORS
FOR BOOT-CAMP-INSPIRED INTERVAL TRAINING
FOR NOT-TOO-GENTLE PRENATAL YOGA • NEELU SHRUTI Love Child Yoga, 1 Horatio St.; lovechildyoga.com
The Best EXTERMINATORS
FOR RATS
The Best PSYCHICS
FOR A PALM READING
FOR A NO-HOLDS-BARRED TAROT READING
The Best CUSTOM WOODWORKERS
For Unusually Inexpensive Cabinets
FOR A HIGH-DESIGN IRONING BOARD
For “Natural and Rooty Color”
For a Shiny Jet-Black Bob
The Best COLORISTS
FOR WHOLE HOUSEFULS OF STATEN ISLAND STUFF
The Best HOMEWARE STORES
For an Erwin Lambeth Slipper Chair
FOR 18th-CENTURY CERAMIC PARROT LAMPS
FOR EMBROIDERED TABLECLOTHS
FOR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING
The Best TOY STORES
FOR PUPPETS, PUZZLES, AND GRANDMA DAWN
The Best HOUSEPAINTERS
FOR UPTOWN TYPES
The Best CATERERS
FOR “MEXICAN MASALA NIGHT”
FOR CIRCUS-COMMUNITY-APPROVED HUMMUS
FOR INCLUSIVITY
FOR RIVER VIEWS
The Best PLAYGROUNDS
FOR A 14-FOOT SLIDE
FOR A LAMP, TABLE LEGS, OR EVEN A BEDROOM DOOR
The Best UPHOLSTERERS
FOR RESTORING MID-CENTURY CHAIRS
STEPHANIE SCHAEFFER, PH.D.
The Best THERAPISTS • Though recommending a therapist should be as common as passing on an excellent upholsterer, there is still a stigma to tending to one’s mental health. Another complication: Sometimes the person you most trust for a recommendation isn’t someone with whom you want to share a therapist. So we decided to ask 31 notable New Yorkers about their therapists and are publishing their referrals in their own words. (A note: Pricing and insurance vary from patient to patient, so it’s best to be in touch directly.)
BRIAN JACOBSON, Psy.D.
Ellen Barz, M.A.
VENITA ALSTON, L.C.M.H.C.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION: FOOTSTEPS
The Queen of Fractured Fairy Tales • Helen Oyeyemi writes magical, unsettling novels in which nothing remains fixed. She has lived her life that way, too.
Belinda Carlisle on the...