THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE- JULY 26, 2026

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 7.26.26 Issue features Matthew Shaer on the American car industry and E.V.s; Billy Brennan on dementia patients recovering mental faculties right before dying; Yudhijit Bhattacharjee on the hunt for counterfeiters; and more.

The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.

Voters Think All Politicians Are a Little Corrupt, but Trump Might Be Pushing It

There’s a difference between ordinary influence peddling and the first family’s outright self-enrichment.

My (Crazy, Heartbreaking, Glorious) World Cup Adventure

Soccer is perfect for screens. But being there in person showed me a side of the sport — and of my fellow human beings — that I’ll never forget. By Sam Anderson and Sara Messinger

Saying ‘Google It’ Makes You Sound Old. ‘Search It Up’ Instead.

As online research evolves, so has the language we use to describe it. By Sophie Haigney

Bill Maher Feuded With Trump. Did He Get the Last Laugh?

How the late-night host won comedy’s biggest prize — despite the White House’s objections.

BARRON’S MAGAZINE ———- JULY 27, 2026 PREVIEW

BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Global Building Boom’ – Ports, bridges, factories, and more: A worldwide burst of construction is just getting started. Ten ways to invest.

Beyond AI: How to Cash in on the Global Building Boom

Artificial intelligence and data centers are in the spotlight, but investors should pay attention to a less-noticed boom in global manufacturing. Ten ways to play the new wave.

6 Medical-Device Stocks to Buy After a Massive Selloff

Device makers with cash flow yields of 5% to 6% now trade at a 20% to 30% discount to the S&P 500 index.

Musk Is Losing His Magic—and Tesla Is Paying the Price

Whether to buy or sell the stock has never been about fundamentals. It has always been a bet on the future and Musk’s ability to see it more clearly than anyone else.

Adam Smith’s ‘Wealth of Nations’ Helped Create the World’s Wealthiest Nation

Smith’s classic book helped unleash the market forces that took root first and deepest in America.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2026

Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One

A New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.

How a Housing Bill Trump Spurned Became Law

Despite partisan differences, intraparty feuds and the president’s lack of interest, Congress delivered the first major housing bill in a generation.

U.S. Strikes Abate, Even as Trump Considers Escalation in Iran

While the U.S. did not announce new overnight strikes on southern Iran, tensions remained high, with Saudi-led forces striking Houthi targets over the Red Sea.

Trump’s Threats of a New Front in the War Could Strain U.S. Forces

Some Attacks and U-Turns, but Ships Sail Red Sea Despite Houthi Blockade

Hundreds of Thousands Flee as Fires Rage in Spain and France

Firefighters were racing to contain blazes that were moving closer to Madrid and Bordeaux.

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – JULY 24, 2026 PREVIEW

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Emily Brontë’s mysterious power’….

Uncloistered

Oxbridge in the postwar world By Richard Vinen

Freeing life from facts

The awesome, mysterious work of Emily Brontë By Claire Harman

All very hush-hush

Silence in literature By Daniel Karlin

Feel good philosophy

Should human life have a purpose? By Crispin Sartwell

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2026

Strikes Persist After Iran Is Said to Reject U.S. Cease-Fire Proposal

American forces conducted another round of attacks on Iran, which launched drone strikes at U.S. targets in the Gulf.

War and Tariffs Threaten a Resilient U.S. Economy Again

As renewed fighting with Iran sends oil and gas prices soaring, President Trump has imposed new global tariffs that could push up prices further.

New U.S. Tariffs Aimed at Over 80 Countries Go Into Effect

Phones in Hand, India’s Young Protesters Blast Through Modi’s Media Control

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tightly constructed image is being punctured as a Gen Z-led protest movement uses videos and memes to seize the digital narrative.

SCIENCE MAGAZINE ———– JULY 23, 2026 PREVIEW

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Strands of DNA-like thread coil, loop, and spill upward, evoking the genome’s dynamic three-dimensional architecture within the nucleus of a living cell.

Ebola’s rapid spread spurs new drug and vaccine trials

Pioneering studies are underway amid difficult conditions to address Bundibugyo’s threat

Contagious fish cancer overruns New England lake

Genetic studies reveal rare example of identical transmissible tumors

Climate scientists sharpen tools for linking global warming to extreme weather

National Academies report says more rigorous results will boost confidence in fast-growing field

Oldest known Mars rock offers glimpse of planet’s watery youth

Teghaza meteorite hints at surprisingly Earth-like crust and shows Mars was already losing its water 4.1 billion years ago

HISTORY TODAY MAGAZINE – AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

History Today August 2026
HISTORY TODAY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Caesar and Cicero’s War of Words’

How Inevitable Was the Rise of the Chinese Communist Party?

It is the most powerful political party in the world, controlling China’s future as well as its past, but was the young CCP in control of its imperial destiny?

Charles Darwin’s Sexual Revolution

The potential implications of Charles Darwin’s theory of sexual selection did not sit well with Victorian gender mores – or with Darwin himself.

‘Empress Matilda’ by Elisabeth van Houts review

Empress Matilda: Queen of the Romans, Ruler of the English by Elisabeth van Houts is a sympathetic biography of the woman who would be king.

Caesar and Cicero’s War of Words

As ancient Rome was divided by civil war Cicero found himself torn. Caesar was his old adversary, but he was also powerful, and it was politically and personally expedient to support him.

Making Crusading Great Again?

Would St Augustine have considered the US attack on Iran a just war? The pope and the vice president are split on the matter.

The Free Brazilian Press

Brazil’s first newspaper was published from London by an exiled Freemason on first-name terms with British royalty. Who was Hipólito da Costa and what was his news?

1936’s Promise of Peace: Roosevelt on Campaign

In August 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a boldly pacifist campaign speech, promising no American would have to go to war. It had seemed a realistic promise.

THE HUDSON REVIEW MAGAZINE – SUMMER 2026

THE HUDSON REVIEW: The latest issue features….

2025 SHORT FICTION CONTEST

First Prize: The Unmeasurable by Pegah Ouji
Second Prize: The Nearer Realm by Rebecca Kilroy

ESSAYS

Remembering Emily Grosholz (1950–2026) by David Mason
Turn, Turn, Tumble: Similes, and Shipwrecks, and the Sea by Carol Dougherty

MEMOIR

Journey to a Novel by Antonio Muñoz MolinaGuillermo Bleichmar, trans.

FICTION

Restos by Mark Jacobs

POETRY

Citizens of the Wind; The Salt Waking; A Drawn-Out Anxious Sense; The Extinction of the Dinosaurs by David Mason
Trying to Write a First Love Poem at Seventy; For the Earth Dwellers by Brian Culhane
At the Grave of Tiem Duc Bui; Woman Raking Leaves in Barry Park; Late Bedtime Story; Camden, 1969 (After Borges) by Charles Martin
In Wilkins’ by Daniel Tobin
Ascension; Tongue-Tie by Ines P. Rivera Prosdocimi
The Deer Mouse Berates Me; Sox in the Underworld by Joan Murray

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 25, 2026 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Should You Be Afraid Of Elon Musk?’…

Should you be afraid of Elon Musk?

Artificial intelligence is charging ahead. Not even its creators know how to keep up

Lebanon has a chance to break free of Hizbullah

With better government, it could become a business hub once again

Prediction markets need better rules

Their capricious settlement mechanisms are putting off serious investors

Britain’s troublingly nostalgic new prime minister

In an era of change, Andy Burnham promises to rewind the clock

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 24, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Take Over’ – Inside Andy Burnham’s first days in No. 10….

The take over

In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently By Ailbhe Rea

No laughing matter

Jim Davidson and Nigel Farage represent an England that will not go quietly By Nicholas Harris

Gabriel Zucman: “There is an extreme wealth curse”

The French economist on the lies the rich tell us about wealth tax By Will Dunn

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