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Obstacle Avoidance: The Challenge for Drone Package Delivery
Renting Out Fashion Could Prove a Cure for Ailing Department Stores
How to Accept Packages and Protect Your Home During Holiday Travel
21 Cocktails for Christmas and Other Winter Celebrations
The Badass: Sigourney Weaver Still Larger Than Life
Classic Women’s Watches Are Safe Bets for Holiday Gifting

Top Stories

So... many... mysteries. I'm...just...so...mysterious

‘The OA’ is So, So Bad. So Why Can’t I Stop Watching It?

By Dana Schwartz

Álvaro Serrano

A Letter From the Dean of Safe Spaces

By Annabelle Gurwitch

The sun rises behind the skyline as temperatures hovered around -10 degrees January 28, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.

Illinois Is a Failed State

By Keith Liscio

Holiday Dresses

9 Dresses for Holiday Parties

By Observer Content Studio

A Bernie Sanders supporter hold up a signs during an improvised protest in front of the media tents on Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 26, 2016.

Michigan Dem Meeting Breaks Into Violence as Clinton Fans Repel Sanders Partisans

By Michael Sainato

Former chair of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz listens to the biographical film presentation of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wealthy Donor Redefines Pay-to-Play, Buys Himself Top Dem Position

By Michael Sainato

Arts & Entertainment

Russian dance with Katrina Crawford and Anderson Souza.

A Pair of ‘Nutcrackers,’ From Lincoln Center to Dumbo

By Robert Gottlieb

Channel 4's Dead Set, now streaming on Netflix.

Charlie Brooker’s ‘Dead Set’ on Netflix: ‘Big Brother’ Meets Zombie Apocalypse

Please don't ruin Christmas, Justin Bieber.

All Mariah Carey Wants for Christmas Is to Have More YouTube Views Than Justin Bieber

By John Bonazzo

Chris Messina

With ‘Live By Night,’ Chris Messina Escapes the Bubble of Hollywood Nice Guys

By Dana Schwartz

Greta Gerwig at a screening of 20th Century Woman at Gould Hall, NYC.

Glorious Greta: Gerwig on Female Co-stars, Sexual Role Play in ’20th Century Women’

By Thelma Adams

Style & Design

Avoid this.

Spend New Year’s Eve in a Helicopter Above Times Square

By Margaret Abrams

Rachel Roy (Fashion Designer)
"I would love for someone to school a child for a year in our names - such a precious gift."

December Influencers Share Their Most Wanted Holiday Gifts

By Neesha Arter

Bret Easton Ellis has held on to the East Village apartment since 1987.

Live in the Loft Where Bret Easton Ellis Wrote ‘American Psycho’

By Morgan Halberg

In New York, a single class is $34 (plus the shoes).

How Much Did People Spend on Fitness in 2016?

By Margaret Abrams

We did a blind taste test of Sam Adams winter beers.

We Did a Blind Taste Test to See Which of Sam Adams’ Crazy Winter Beers Is the Best

By Sage Lazzaro

Business & Technology

John Legend performs at the AXE Collective + Crew Powered by SPIN event in Austin.

Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Acquires 4 Sites, Becomes ‘World’s Largest Music Brand’

By John Bonazzo

In this handout provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), Ariane Flight VA233 carrying four European Galileo navigation satellites launches November 15, 2016 in Kourou, French Guiana.

European Space Agency Failed to Allocate Funds for Asteroid Impact Mission

By Michael Sainato

Research shows being motivated predicts career success better than intelligence, ability, or salary.

Three Proven Rituals That Will Make You Motivated

This is what "music curation" used to look like.

The Business of Music Curation in the Garden of Infinite Choice

By Ari Rosenschein

We value individualism, not for its own sake.

OK Google: What Should I Do in 2017?

Features

Georgia Just Might Be the Fashion Capital of Eastern Europe
Art’s Not Always Safe: The Fate of Arts Education in the Age of the Microaggression
Cashing in the New York Way
‘Made in America’ Versus Fast Fashion
Ulay Remembers the Crime of a Lifetime 40 Years Later
Born Again Christian: Slater2.0 Inspires New Generation of Rebels With a Cause
Anxious Man: Rashid Johnson on Navigating Worry, Violence and Parenthood
Josh Groban Finally Treads the Boards on Broadway
The 30 Most Influential Women in NJ Politics, Elected and Non-Elected
Pedro Pascal: From ‘Game of Thrones’ to Game of Blow
What Jerry Lewis Talks About When He Talks About Love
Aaron Eckhart: The Hero With at Least Two Faces
‘Doctor Who’ Actress Michelle Gomez Is Both Master and Missy
Keep Kyle MacLachlan Weird: David Lynch’s Muse Happily Returns Home
Anna Get Your Gunn

Videos

250 Mercer Street

This Mercer Street Duplex Has a Private Yoga Studio

By Morgan Halberg

Tom Cruise in The Mummy.

Tom Cruise’s ‘Mummy’ Scream Is Now Your New Favorite Ringtone

By John Bonazzo

Gnarly 'Ol Saint Nick.

Greetings From Bethlemayhem: Part One of the Endless Christmas Playlist

Tamar Korn.

Two of the Best NYC Jazz Vocalists of 2016

By Molly McQuade

Divya Alter, owner of Divya's Kitchen. PHOTO: Emily Assiran for Observer

The Ayurvedic Food at Divya’s Kitchen Isn’t Just for Yogis

By Margaret Abrams

Power Lists

The New York Observer's annual ranking of political power.

New York City’s Political Power 50

By Observer Politics Team

(Illustration: Victor Juhasz)

The Observer’s 2015 PR Power 50

By Michael Kaminer and John Bonazzo

L.A. Power 25

Observer’s LA Power 25

By Oliver Jones

Illustration by Victor Juhasz

Observer’s New York Political Power List

By Ross Barkan, Will Bredderman and Jillian Jorgensen

Politics

MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney enter the 96th Street Station of the long-awaited Second Avenue Subway line.

‘Making the Impossible Happen’—100 Years Later, Second Avenue Subway On a Roll

By Madina Toure

PNJ Year in Review

PolitickerNJ Observer’s (Full!) 2016 Year in Review

A recent Empire Report front page.

Mitt Romney’s Campaign Finance Director Is Changing How New Yorkers Get Political News

By Will Bredderman

Melissa Mark-Viverito speaks on stage at the World AIDS Day 2015: From Vision To Reality on December 1, 2015 in New York City.

NYC Council Speaker Wants Immigrant Safe Space Bill Passed in Albany Special Session

By Madina Toure

Assemblyman Michael Blake.

Bronx Pol’s Bid for DNC Vice Chair Breeds Division at Home

By Madina Toure

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