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Nike’s Greatest Tennis Shoe Ever Is Finally Returning This Week
The Air Tech Challenge 2, made famous by Andre Agassi, re-releases tomorrow—with a minor 2024 twist.
What’s Better: Heavy Weights or High Reps?
Either way, for success, you will need to approach failure.
The Best Labor Day Menswear Deals to Snag Before They're Gone
Your weekend plans? Sleeping in and saving big.
These James Baldwin Portraits Paint a True Picture of a Complex Icon
GQ speaks with the artist-curators behind a traveling exhibition that honors the legacy of the great American writer and public intellectual, who would have turned 100 this year.
Spike Lee Emailed Us These Incredible Backstage Photos From Inside the DNC
The iconic writer-director-actor, who was on the ground in Chicago this week documenting an historic convention for GQ, talks about Kamala and “Dougy Doug,” Barack and Michelle, and the importance of balancing hope with vigilance: "Until there's three outs in the bottom of the ninth, until the whistle blows, it's not over.”
Inside the DNC: Hook-Up Vibes, Caramel Dress Shoes, ‘Fight Song’ Fallout, Influencer Mullets, and More
A media reporter checks in from the floor in Chicago, where the energy is high, but few can appreciate a good fit.
Barack Obama Has Never Looked Cooler In a Suit
At the DNC, the retired president finally found his fashion zone.
Tim Walz Makes Carhartt and Camo Look Natural
Here's what the Minnesota governor's workwear-heavy wardrobe tells us about his candidacy.
Robert Lipsyte: Joe Biden Broke the Ultimate Old-Man Rule
“I have mixed feelings about Biden stepping aside,” Lipsyte, 86, writes. “I sympathized with Joe even though I wouldn’t want him as a crossing guard.”
Will Kamala Harris’s ‘Brat Summer’ Translate Into Actual Votes?
In 2020, the KHive was just another fandom, susceptible to flame wars and infighting, writes Ryan Broderick. Now it has helped deliver one of the most impressive weeks in recent political history. How long will the good times last?
Joe Biden Stands Down: Now That It’s Joever, Are the Democrats Back?
GQ columnist Chris Black on Joe Biden’s era-ending Sunday-afternoon tweet and a rebranding opportunity for a party suddenly unburdened by what came before.
Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the Movie That Became J.D. Vance's Joker Moment
Before he became Donald Trump’s running mate, Vance got the Hollywood treatment in a Ron Howard docudrama that strained to paint him as an aspirational hero—but as one critic notes, the movie still does him no favors.
Trump Finally Made His Defining Meme
The internet responded to Saturday’s assassination attempt with jokes. But, GQ columnist Chris Black writes, Donald Trump had already taken control of the narrative.
What’s Going on With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Skinny Ties?
On the campaign trail, the controversial independent is trying—and failing—to conjure the legacy of his father and uncles through his choice in neckwear.
Even Politicians Are Wearing Sambas Now
Is British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak preparing for re-election, or auditioning for a job at Fanelli?
How ‘Do Your Own Research’ Might Have Doomed Democracy
Author Tom Nichols warns that America’s growing distrust of experts could usher in a new authoritarian age: “I think a lot of people, particularly in the Trump cult, have just become cats that are so far up a tree, they don’t know how to get down.”
Three Living Presidents, Zero Neckties
President Biden was joined by his presidential predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at a fundraiser in Manhattan last night. None of them wore ties.
Farewell George Santos, Congress’s Truest Fashionista
The checkered Republican representative has left the House—and a hole in our glamor-starved hearts.
LeVar Burton Wants You to Read Banned Books
“What they’re trying to do offends me at the root of who I am and what I’m about.”
New York City’s Mayor Is Something of a Wellness Influencer
Eric Adams is a big believer in veganism, breath work, and his previous existence as an ancient Sumerian.
Thinking That Working Out is 'Far-Right' Is a Reading Comprehension Issue
Deadlifting won’t drive you to the Capitol steps.