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Guernica Magazine – March 2025 Preview

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GUERNICA MAGAZINE (March 17, 2025): The March Issue features Olivia Cheng’s short story Bathhouse Gossip…

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“Indeed, growing up, moving between the United States and Palestine made me feel as if I shed one self and inhabited another, over and over again… But today, instead of observing the gaps in my knowledge and experience in either culture, I focus on my access to other languages and understandings.”By Jenine Abboushi

Bathhouse Gossip

“They’ve swung in the opposite direction and they’re all done with democracy and liberalism.”By Olivia Cheng

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“Trinidad was brewing with a sense of premonition, that time was either running out or coming to a head.”By Eskor David Johnson

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Literature: The Paris Review – Spring 2025

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THE PARIS REVIEW (MARCH 18, 2025): The Spring 2025 issue features

Ludmilla Petrushevskaya on the Art of Fiction: “Don’t you know my life story by now? I don’t experience fear.”

Margo Jefferson on the Art of Criticism: “I’m a lousy reporter. If I’m not interested in the person—and sometimes you’re not if you’re just on assignment for a magazine—I’ll think, Well, why aren’t you interviewing me?”

Prose by Amie Barrodale, A. M. Homes, Marie NDiaye, Domenico Starnone, Miriam Toews, and Zheng Zhi.

Poetry by Abigail Dembo, Nora Fulton, Susan Howe, D. A. Powell, Nasser Rabah, Edward Salem, and Nanna Storr-Hansen.

Art by Em Kettner, Agosto Machado, and Lady Shalamar Montague; cover by Anna Weyant.

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The New York Times – Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts

Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration amid a major effort to upgrade America’s nuclear arsenal. Critics say it shows the consequences of heedlessly cutting the federal work force.

Justice Department Stonewalls Federal Judge Over Deportation Flights

The Trump administration tried to have the hearing canceled and sought to remove the judge overseeing it, as White House officials took a confrontational stance.

Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox

Nary a Critical Word: Bill Gates’s Close Bond With Narendra Modi

The relationship between the billionaire philanthropist and the Indian leader helps both men meet their missions. But it also papers over the erosion of rights under Mr. Modi.

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The New Republic Magazine – April 2025

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THE NEW REPUBLIC MAGAZINE (March 17, 2025): The April 2025 issue features ‘Democrats must become the Workers Party Again’

Democrats, This Is the Worst Possible Time for a Civil War

The party’s base is right to be angry at Chuck Schumer, but the country’s fate hinges on the fight against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Michael Tomasky

Is the American Electric Car Already Dead?

Trump is cutting power to the EV industry. It’s unclear if it can recover.

Trump Is Fighting His Court Losses With a Surprising Legal Tactic

Legal skirmishes between the administration and lower court judges have highlighted the way the federal court system itself has become a thorn in the president’s side.

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The New Yorker Magazine – March 24, 2025 Preview

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A young woman holds an oversized teacup.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE (March 17, 2025): Amy Sherald’s “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)” – The artist adds some whimsy to her thought-provoking techniques.

The Battle for the Bros

Young men have gone MAGA. Can the left win them back? By Andrew Marantz

How an American Radical Reinvented Back-Yard Gardening

Ruth Stout didn’t plow, dig, water, or weed—and now her “no-work” method is everywhere. But her secrets went beyond the garden plot. By Jill Lepore

Graydon Carter’s Wild Ride Through a Golden Age of Magazines

The former Vanity Fair editor recalls a time when the expense accounts were limitless, the photo shoots were lavish, and the stakes seemed high. What else has been lost? By Nathan Heller

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The New York Times – Monday, March 17, 2025

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How Ukraine’s Offensive in Russia’s Kursk Region Unraveled

At the height of the campaign, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian territory. Now they hold just a small sliver of land along the border.

One Devastating Storm System: What to Know About the Havoc

The tornadoes, dust storms and wind-fanned wildfires have led to at least 40 deaths across the United States this past week.

It Fought to Save the Whales. Can Greenpeace Save Itself?

The storied group has a remarkable history of daring protests and high-profile blunders. It faces a reckoning in North Dakota.

Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region

Merchants worried that a trade war could wreak financial havoc in a region that has a robust business exporting the world’s finest bubbly to the United States.

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Sunday Morning: Stories And News From London, Oslo And Marbella

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MONOCLE RADIO (March 16, 2025): Emma Nelson is joined by Nina dos Santos and David Bodanis to break down the week’s biggest stories. Plus: Iona Craig on US airstrikes in Yemen, Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins from Marbella and Monocle’s Oslo correspondent, Lars Bevanger, brings the latest from the region.

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The New York Times – Sunday, March 16, 2025

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How New York’s Mayor Wooed Donald Trump

Mayor Eric Adams’s charm campaign involved phone calls to the Trumps and a meeting with Steve Bannon. Mr. Trump showed sympathy for the mayor, as his administration moved to drop charges against Mr. Adams.

Why China Is Worried About Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico

China’s exports to developing markets have soared, opening indirect routes to the U.S. market that officials in Beijing worry may be closed under pressure from President Trump.

Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia

East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.

Young Democrats’ Anger Boils Over as Schumer Retreats on Shutdown

A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party.

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The New Criterion ——- April 2025 Preview

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THE NEW CRITERION (March 15, 2025): The April issue features

The hard Frost by Brenda Wineapple

Vicar’s vision by Micah Mattix

Ambassador of dreams by Gary Saul Morson

The lush fields of allusion by Rachel Hadas

Ezra Pound & the mystery of the calling cards by William Logan

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The New York Times Magazine – March 16, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (March 15, 2025): The 3.16.25 Issue features Extreme Voyages Issue, Evgenia Abrugaeva on the Ice Age bone hunters of Siberia; J Wortham on a 10-day crash course for surviving the Apocalypse; Doug Bock Clark on adventure racing through a hurricane; Sam Anderson on following the path of The Old Leatherman; Sara Benincasa on a trip to the grocery store as an agoraphobe; and more.