The American Scholar Magazine – Winter 2026

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THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR: The latest issue features ‘The Chronicler of Harlem’ – Rudolph Fischer’s singular legacy…

Renaissance Man

Doctor, writer, musician, and orator: Rudolph Fisher was a scientist and an artist whose métier was Harlem By Harriet A. Washington

Acid Blues (Slight Return)

The music of Jimi Hendrix continues to strike a chord By James McManus

Netflix Goes to Vietnam

When a filmmaker wanted to understand the war that changed his father, he decided to make a documentary By Thomas A. Bass

Back to Bellevue

Two deaths nearly five decades apart and the hospital that felt like a nightmare By Natalie Angier

BARRON’S MAGAZINE – JANUARY 26, 2026

Meme Stocks Turn 5. Will There Ever Be Another GameStop?

BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘5 Years Later’ – How the meme-stock revolt changed investing forever.

GameStop’s Meme Stock Revolt Turns 5. How the Market Changed.

The meme stock revolution changed markets, but Wall Street adapted. How retail investors won some battles but may have still lost the war.

AIG Dropped Sharply in January. The Stock Is a Buy.

The insurer completed a major turnaround after the financial crisis and is now an inexpensive play.

BJ’s Stock Is a Bargain-Priced Alternative to Costco and Walmart

The stock trades at 20 times earnings, a deep discount to its big-box competitors. It’s time to buy this proven growth story.

Silver Has Gone Ballistic. How to Play the Metal’s Next Move.

Solid fundamentals don’t come close to explaining silver’s meteoric rise. Why it may not last.

Trump’s Stormy First Year Has Made Us Richer. But Will We Pay Someday?

Stocks are up. The 10-year Treasury yield is down. Oil is cheap. Still, there’s one asset that shows how stressed Americans really are.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2026

U.S. Winter Storm Starts Spreading East

Airlines, transit systems and schools have announced extensive cancellations as a mix of snow, ice and bitter cold heads for more than 180 million people.

Videos Showing Aggressive ICE Tactics in Minnesota Fuel a Backlash

For weeks, residents have documented the impact of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and captured many violent confrontations on camera.

Despite Trump’s Words, China and Russia Are Not Threatening Greenland

U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by NATO.

What Europe Learned From the Greenland Crisis

Territorial integrity is a core tenet of Europe that is at risk from Russian and American imperialism. The European Union has fought back.

As Trump Focuses Abroad, G.O.P. Toils to Hone Election Message

A new poll shows that voters who will decide control of Congress see a lack of presidential emphasis on critical domestic issues.

History Today Magazine – FEBRUARY 2026 Preview

History Today | The World's Leading Serious History Magazine

HISTORY TODAY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Life and Death in the Thirty Years War’ – Refugees in the Thirty Years War, the Trojan myths of medieval Wales, Russia in the 1990s, the godless students of London University, brothels of the British Empire, and more.

Fight and Flight in the Thirty Years War

The Thirty Years War devastated continental Europe, killing millions and creating as many refugees. How did they experience the conflict?

When Did the Reformation End?

From 1517, when Luther’s 95 Theses sparked schism and bloodshed, the Protestant Reformation divided Europe. Can we say when – or if – the conflict concluded?

‘Demosthenes’ by James Romm review

Demosthenes: Democracy’s Defender by James Romm looks for hope amid the sound and fury surrounding the great orator of ancient Athens.

NATIONAL REVIEW MAGAZINE – MARCH 2026 PREVIEW

NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘America At 250’

The Five Greatest Words in the Declaration

Gordon S. Wood

How the founding document made America.

America the Durable

Yuval Levin

How Americans underrate their achievement.

How Religious Liberty Sustained America

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

On the Founders’ first freedom.

What I Learned from the Founders

Richard Brookhiser

On politics, the people, and great men.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026

Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Are Set to Close in Protest Against ICE

Many business owners won’t open their doors today after protesters called for a pause on economic activity and work as part of a strike against the federal immigration crackdown.

D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests

Trump Rescinds Canada’s Invitation to Join His ‘Board of Peace’

President Trump appeared to be lashing out in response to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarks that rejected his efforts to dismantle the international order.

European Leaders to Propose Greenland Investment and Arctic Security Plans

The Final Indignities Inflicted on Iran’s Protest Victims

Witness testimony and videos from Tehran’s largest cemetery show disrespectful treatment of the dead after a brutal government crackdown.

TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga

The app’s Chinese parent company said it had reached a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new American TikTok to avoid a ban in the U.S.

After TikTok Deal, Chinese Companies Search for a New Global Path

Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States. Some are choosing to avoid the U.S. altogether.

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JANUARY 24, 2026 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features The true danger posed by Donald Trump

The true danger posed by Donald Trump

Despite a tactical retreat, great risks remain

The odd thing about Modi’s mojo

Constraints make India’s prime minister govern better

Trump’s Board of Peace is a distraction from the real work in Gaza

America’s president has unusual power to impose peace; he must continue to use it

Chinese AI is a risk for Europe. So is shunning it

Especially now that America is becoming a less reliable partner

Britain’s good idea for custom genetic medicines

A way to tackle the tricky economics of drugs designed for one person

BEJING REVIEW MAGAZINE – JANUARY 22, 2026

BEJING REVIEW MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Wheels Are Turning’ – Innovation shifts into motion, reshaping mindset, life and tomorrow….

When the ‘World’s Cop’ drops the rulebook

The end of an order and the scramble for what’s next?

China charts a new course for economic stability

China’s vision for an open world economy in a turbulent era

WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE – JAN. 21, 2026

WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE: ‘The Reality of Islamist Tyranny’ – The Iranian regime reveals its true nature with brutal crackdown.

Ending Iran’s regime won’t be easy

by Michael Rubin

✪ Iranian protesters expose the leftist-Islamist alliance

by Hugo Gurdon

✪ The problem with populism: Anger feels good but isn’t an effective way to govern

by Jay Caruso

✪ The Trump takeover at 10: The president is a year into his second term but captured the GOP a decade ago

by Peter Tonguette

✪ The officer and the activist: A perfect storm in Minnesota

by Peter Laffin

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS – FEBRUARY 12, 2026

Table of Contents - February 12, 2026 | The New York Review of Books

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features Alma Guillermoprieto on the US’s mad invasion of Venezuela; Fintan O’Toole on the nightmare of Trumpian imperialism; Hermione Lee on Gertrude Stein; Ian Frazier on the sea of chicken; Jérôme Tubiana on the crisis in Darfur; Jenny Uglow on precious stones; Beatrice Radden Keefe on Gothic fever; Aryeh Neier and Gara LaMarche on the dire state of philanthropy in Trump’s America; Regina Marler on Jane DeLynn; Laurence H. Tribe on Jill Lepore; poems by Fernando Pessoa, Ben Lerner, and Kathleen Ossip; and much more.

A More Pliant Chavista

President Trump’s decision to support Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela’s new leader makes clear that oil, not democracy, is his main concern.

Whose Hemisphere?

The US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro reinforces the Trump administration’s capacity to invent any pretext to justify the use of armed force.

Epic Ambitions

A new life of Gertrude Stein treats her as a philosopher of language to trust, not explain—and gathers force from archival discoveries and intriguing plots of her reception and reputation.

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife by Francesca Wade

Is the Constitution ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’?

The difficulty of amending the Constitution does not mean that it is a flawed and outdated relic of a distant past.

We the People: A History of the US Constitution by Jill Lepore