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December 25, 2017

Cover Story

Maria’s Bodies

The hurricane in Puerto Rico has become a man-made disaster, with a death toll threatening to eclipse Katrina’s. Photographs by Matt Black By Mattathias Schwartz

On the Cover: A body in the morgue of the Casanova Funeral Home in Manatí, photographed on December 3. Owner Edwin Casanova typically receives one or two requests for mortuary services a day. Since the hurricane, that number has risen sharply, to as many as 12. Photographs by Matt Black/Magnum Photos for New York Magazine

Features

Intelligencer

Culture

The Cut

New Scene

The “Slaysians” of Bubble_T, New York’s queer Asian dance party.

Departments

The Approval Matrix: Week of December 25, 2017

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies. Mouse over or tap the image for related links.

The Strategist

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