Literary Review Of Canada – April 2026 Preview

Literary Review of Canada The latest issue features…

To Review, or Not to Review

Dwindling serendipity in the age of the algorithmKyle Wyatt

They Desire a Better System

Share the burden, perhaps?Aaron Wherry

House of Card

When the saints came marching inMichael Ledger-Lomas

Behind the Wire

The enemies we invented and internedJ.L. Granatstein

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE- MARCH 8, 2026

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 3.8.26 Issue features Matthieu Aikins and Wesley Morgan on the former Zero Unit soldiers who are now living in the U.S.; Sophie Haigney on love addiction; Robert Draper on his experience taking ibogaine; and more.

They Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In America, They’re Living in Fear.

A shooting in Washington, D.C., threw their immigration status into jeopardy — and brought attention to a long-hidden dimension of America’s war.

Renters Made Mamdani Mayor. Can He Remake the City for Them?

His call to ‘freeze the rent’ galvanized the 69 percent of New Yorkers who don’t own their homes. But the city’s landlords claim the math doesn’t add up. By Jonathan Mahler

In a World Order Defined by Trump, the Key to Europe’s Defense Is Germany

In the wake of the U.S. bombing of Iran and its dismissal of European allies, an anxious continent’s best chance at security runs through its largest economy. By Elisabeth Zerofsky

Maggie Gyllenhaal on Envy, Rage and Reaching Out to Her Brother

With a big budget and a lot to say, the filmmaker is unleashing her inner monster with “The Bride!” By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026

Israel Pummels Beirut, Intensifying Strikes on Hezbollah

Thousands Flee Bombardments; Israel Says It Is Also Hitting Tehran

The strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs were the heaviest Israeli attacks since a 2024 war with the militia. Israeli air defenses were battling new missile launches from Iran.

Visual Investigation Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

U.S. Employers Cut Jobs in Weaker Than Expected Report

The economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4 percent.

Big Revisions Are a Reason to Question Jobs Numbers, Not Dismiss Them

Economists say estimates from official agencies are reliable, but they worry the quality of data is eroding.

Bulletproof Vests and Rolex Watches: The Rise and Fall of Kristi Noem

As homeland security secretary, she helped fulfill President Trump’s border pledges, but she also drew negative attention to his administration.

Senate Democrat Pushes to Investigate Noem for Perjury

SCIENCE MAGAZINE —- MARCH 5, 2026

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Bottleneck Recovery’ – Population expansion and genetic reshuffling in koalas…

Stem cell therapies ‘come of age’ with two conditional approvals in Japan

Induced pluripotent stem cells could help treat diseased hearts and brains

AI and quantum now drive NSF grantmaking, officials say

Leaders acknowledge White House role in recent controversial moves

U.S. research agency moves to restrict foreign scientists

Proposed rule at National Institute of Standards and Technology would limit lab access to a few years

Why three scientists said no to Epstein

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – MARCH 7, 2026 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features A war without a strategy‘….

Donald Trump must stop soon

His ill-considered conflict risks descending into chaos

AI danger gets real

The squabble between America’s government and Anthropic makes an AI disaster more likely

China needs a more ambitious growth target

Otherwise a fourth year of deflation awaits

It’s time to unleash Europe’s pensions

One reform offers both security in old age and dynamism now

Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski: best of frenemies

Britain’s twin populists have a symbiotic relationship

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS – MARCH 26, 2026

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features Anne Enright on a day in Jeffrey Epstein’s life, Jacob Weisberg on the Great Crash, Ingrid D. Rowland on Giorgia Meloni alla fresco, Robert G. Kaiser on Citizen Bezos, Marilynne Robinson on two-party tyranny, Catherine Nicholson on the first diarist, Nathan Thrall on a lost Hebrew classic about the Nakba, David Cole on the fate of affirmative action, Aaron Matz on satire, Orville Schell on Chiang Kai-shek, Mark Lilla on a nineteenth-century protofascist, a poem by Patricia Lockwood, and much more.

‘The Devil Himself’

Sifting through a single day of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveals a surprising amount about the man and his many enablers.

Tick, Tick…Boom!

Andrew Ross Sorkin’s history of the 1929 stock market crash reminds us that financial bubbles are inevitable—and that another one may be about to pop.

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation by Andrew Ross Sorkin

Post Mortem

When Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013 and promised to find inventive ways to make journalism profitable in the digital age, he seemed like a godsend. He wasn’t.

Rembrandt’s DNA

The Leiden Collection—one of the largest private collections of Dutch art in the world—was conceived as a “lending library for Old Masters,” animated by the humanist spirit found in Rembrandt’s paintings.

Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from the Leiden Collection – an exhibition at the H’ART Museum, Amsterdam, April 9–August 24, 2025, and the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, October 25, 2025—March 29, 2026

The Leiden Collection Online Catalogue, Fourth Edition edited by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. and Elizabeth Nogrady

THE NEW YORK TIMES – THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026

Trump Wants a Quick Victory in Iran. But the War May Be Costly.

The opening days of the conflict are challenging the idea that President Trump can project force abroad while safeguarding American lives and the economy.

Iran Counts China and Russia as Friends. Where Are They?

Iran Crisis Spills Beyond Mideast as Europe Ramps Up Response

Iranian drones landed in Azerbaijan, a day after NATO shot down a missile headed to Turkish airspace. Italy pledged air defense weapons to help Gulf nations.

Pro-American Kurdish Forces Are Preparing Possible Iran Incursion

In a Riskier Era, China Builds a Tech Fortress Against U.S. Pressure

China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and unveiled a five-year plan to try to reduce its reliance on Western technology.

China Sets Economy’s Growth Target Below 5% for First Time in Decades

If You Liked the Texas Primaries, You’ll Love the Sequel

Texas voters will revisit the Republican Senate primary — and House races where no candidate captured more than 50 percent of the vote — in May.

PROSPECT MAGAZINE —— APRIL 2026 PREVIEW

PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘This Guilded Age’ – America has entered a new Gilded Age, in which a few individuals have immense wealth and apparently unaccountable power. David Aaronovitch warns us of the potential consequences of their carelessness

The new Gilded Age

The world is once again run by men with immense wealth. We should be frightened of their unaccountable power

The Modi cinematic universe

Imaan Irfan

To Arcadia or Transylvania? Theatre’s fork in the road

Kate Maltby

Epstein and the bodies in the pool

Could this idea save the Democrats?

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY – MARCH 6, 2026 PREVIEW

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘War On Iran’ – The global consequences of Trump’s big gamble. Plus Can the Louvre recover its joie de vivre?

Some weeks I head out of the office on a Friday afternoon with an uneasy feeling that our best-laid plans for next week’s Guardian Weekly might not look quite the same by Monday. This was one of those weeks.

While the scope and power of the US-Israel attack on Iran – not least the successful targeting of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other senior leaders – took many by surprise, the drums of war had been building for a while. With hindsight, last week’s failed nuclear talks may simply have been cover for what was to come.

As war unfurled dramatically across the Middle East, it was impossible to predict the consequences on a range of fronts, from the likelihood of regime change in Iran to the impact on America’s regional allies under attack, or the ripple effect on global energy prices and disruption to international travel.

Spotlight | Can the Louvre rediscover its joie de vivre?
After a heist and the departure of its boss, the famous Paris museum is wrestling with repairs, strikes and a criticised renovation plan, reports Jon Henley

Science | Do lizards hold the key to how nature works?
The emergence of a new group of common wall lizards offers an insight into how variety within nature can help conserve species, writes Roberto García-Roa

Interview | The world according to Gavin Newsom
He’s the Democratic politician with movie-star looks, dogged by accusations of being a smooth‑talking elitist. But Gavin Newsom may just win the most powerful office in the world. Jonathan Freedland finds out why

Opinion | Labour needs to wake up to the dawning of a new political era
After last week’s disastrous showing in a byelection, the government must accept voters no longer want two-party politics, argues John Harris

Culture | The wild and witty paintings of Rose Wylie
Roaring into her 90s, the rebellious artist is now sought after by galleries worldwide and her works fetch huge sums. Melissa Denes visited her studio

THE NEW YORK TIMES – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2026

Turkey Says NATO Shot Down Iranian Missile Heading to Turkish Airspace

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military campaign against Iran was accelerating, with more warplanes arriving in the region.

U.S. Torpedoed Iranian Warship Off Sri Lanka, With Dozens Missing

How the Iran War Is Choking Off the World’s Oil and Gas

One-fifth of the global oil supply and substantial amounts of natural gas travel through the Strait of Hormuz, which has become a no-go zone for many tankers as fighting continues.

Hegseth Says a U.S. Strike Killed an Iranian Who Plotted to Assassinate Trump

With Fuel Running Out, Cuba’s Tourism Is Collapsing

The Trump administration’s decision to cut off foreign oil to the island is devastating its tourism, a key source of income for the government.

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