Benjamin Hart, New York Magazine

Benjamin Hart

New York Magazine

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Past:
  • New York Magazine
  • The Cut
  • Vulture
  • Grub Street
  • The Awl
  • HuffPost
  • GQ

Past articles by Benjamin:

Titanic Submarine Debris Brought Ashore

The remains of the Titan submarine that imploded last week during an expedition have been recovered. → Read More

What the Wagner Group Revolt Means for Vladimir Putin

Russia scholar Aaron Schwartzbaum on the dramatic fallout from an aborted mutiny. → Read More

Why Pedestrian Deaths Are Skyrocketing in America

Why are pedestrian deaths skyrocketing in America? Transportation expert Yonah Freemark on all the reasons the U.S. is such a deadly road-safety outlier. → Read More

Hunter Biden Strikes a Deal to Avoid Prison

Hunter Biden struck a deal with the federal government to avoid prison, in which he will plead guilty to two misdemeanors and a “diversion program” over a felony gun charge. → Read More

How Fast Could We Get a Verdict in the Trump Documents Case?

How fast could we get a verdict in the Trump classified documents case? Mueller prosecutor Brandon Van Grack says there’s no reason this can’t end quickly. → Read More

Vivek Ramaswamy Is the Best Tennis Player in the GOP Primary

Vivek Ramaswamy, once a nationally ranked junior tennis player and now a highly self-motivated candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential primary, may not win the nomination, but Donald Trump sure seems to like him. → Read More

Bill de Blasio on All His Mistakes (Including the Groundhog)

The candid ex-mayor stands firmly by his record — but wishes he hadn’t been so stubborn while in office. → Read More

Ukraine War: Who’s Behind the Drone Attacks Inside Russia?

Dr. Stephen Hall on how the war has come home to Moscow. → Read More

Bud Light, Target, and a New Era of Corporate Caution

Management scholar Daniel Dearmier on the unusually effective boycotts of touchstone American brands. → Read More

Is Utah’s Anti-Porn Law Turning the Tide Against Pornhub?

Utah state senator Todd Weiler on Pornhub’s retreat from his state, why he thinks pornography is so damaging, and its relationship to Gen Z’s high anxiety levels. → Read More

Mickey Mouse Is Starting to Get Revenge on Ron DeSantis

On Thursday, Disney announced that it would be nixing a $1 billion development plan near Orlando, marking another front in the bitter battle between the corporate behemoth and Governor DeSantis. → Read More

The Grim New Consensus on Social Media and Teen Depression

Psychologist Jean Twenge discusses all the evidence that Instagram and TikTok are making kids miserable. → Read More

Why Did Fox News Fire Tucker Carlson? What We Know.

Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox News on Monday, sending shock waves through the media. Revelations from recent lawsuits, such as the Dominion defamation suit and producer Abby Grossberg’s discrimination suit, might have led to his shocking exit. → Read More

The Texts Tucker Carlson, Fox News Didn’t Want You to Read

Court filings in the now-settled case brought by Dominion reveal messages from Rupert Murdoch, recently departed Tucker Carlson, and others. → Read More

Don Lemon Fired From CNN After Guests Revolt

Don Lemon announced Monday morning that he had been fired from CNN, in the wake of a series of on and off-screen incidents that had damaged the longtime host’s reputation. → Read More

Trump’s Short Trip to New York Is Getting the O.J. Treatment

As Donald Trump makes his way from Mar-a-Lago to New York City to be arraigned (and mug-shotted) on Tuesday, his brief journey is, unsurprisingly, drawing breathless, door-to-door coverage. → Read More

How Trump’s Allies and GOP Rivals Are Reacting to His Indictment

On Thursday, a Manhattan jury voted to indict Donald Trump, making him the first ex-president to face criminal charges. Many of his allies in Congress (and within his family) reacted with anger. Here’s a running list of the most notable responses. → Read More

All the Texts Fox News Didn’t Want You to Read

The texts Fox News didn’t want you to read. Newly unsealed documents from Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News show executives casting doubt on election-fraud claims, the Arizona call, and Tucker Carlson saying he hates Trump “passionately.” → Read More

DeSantis Briefly, Awkwardly Acknowledges Trump’s Existence

The governor attempted to defend and attack his rival simultaneously. → Read More

DeSantis Asks Biden If Djokovic Can Enter U.S. by Boat

The Florida governor is using the unvaccinated tennis star’s ban from America as a political cudgel. → Read More