HARPER’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The End of Public School as We Know It’
A new frontier in American education By Chandler Fritz
A swamp-rat slaughter on the bayou By Nathaniel Rich
Why Congress must impeach Trump By Chris Lehmann
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Weaponized World Economy’
Surviving the New Age of Economic Coercion by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman
Who Profits in a Post-American World? Adam S. Posen
Beijing’s Enduring Formula for Wealth and Power by Dan Wang and Arthur Kroeber
Remaking Rules From the Ruins of the Rules-Based System by Michael B. G. Froman
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features Lawrence Durrell, “so many towns” that could “become Alexandria” – “founded”, as indeed so many were, “At the doors of Africa”, “Upon a parting”. Yet what other town could boast of anything to compare with that “last pale / Lighthouse”, the Pharos of Alexandria, “like a Samson blinded”?
Literary myth-making, from Alexandria to Corfu By Jonathan Keates
The pleasures and challenges of making – and describing – great wines By George Berridge
Investigating the deathbed conversion of Oscar Wilde By Richard A. Kaye
To what extent are addicts responsible for their actions? By Crispin Sartwell
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The End of Food Allergies?’ – Life-changing therapies for peanut reactions are already here.
Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia BY Lydia Denworth
Charles C. Mann
Richard Panek
Philip Ball
HISTORY TODAY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Greek World At War’….
For the ancient Greeks, the Peloponnesian War was a conflict involving the entire world. For Thucydides, it was a lesson in the realities of human nature. Robin Waterfield
Against the odds, the Third Anglo-Afghan War led to Afghanistan’s independence from the British Empire. Heather Campbell
The Invention of the Eastern Question: Sir Robert Liston and Ottoman Diplomacy in the Age of Revolutions by Ozan Ozavcı offers the ‘sick man of Europe’ a second opinion.
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features ‘Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral’s “Artist in Training”
Donald Trump now has the Attorney General he always wanted—an ally willing to harness the law to enable his agenda. By Ruth Marcus
Is the President’s takeover of D.C. a dry run for other cities? By Margaret Talbot
Can the legendary former Patriots coach transform U.N.C. football? By Paige Williams
Through genetic testing, millions of Americans are estimated to have discovered that their parents aren’t who they thought. The news has upended relationships and created a community looking for answers. By Jennifer Wilson
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 8.17.25 Issue features Trevor Quirk on how Hurricane Helene disconnected his community around Asheville, North Carolina from modern communication; Ben Austen on how Trump’s war on higher education is hitting community colleges; Bruce Schoenfeld on Stu Sternberg, the owner of the Tampa Bay Rays; and more.
When it comes to mass-participation events, would-be record setters are finding it harder than ever to draw a crowd. But it’s still fun to try.
On TikTok Live, workers stream video of themselves doing manual labor, providing glimpses of the human effort that powers our world. By J Wortham
When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t. By Trevor Quirk
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will offer an economic outlook at the central bank’s annual symposium. The subtext of this year’s speech is more important.
Amid pressure from the White House, U.S. drug companies are experimenting with direct-to-consumer sales models that cut out the middlemen.
The inventor of the “4% rule” has revised his math. What to know about giving yourself a pay hike.
Before Paul Volcker became an all-powerful Fed chief in 1979, the agency frequently deferred to the White House.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How to win at foreign policy‘
Donald Trump’s capricious dealmaking destabilizes the world
How the West can break China’s grip on these vital minerals
It should be a two-way street
When climate change poses a strategic threat, it needs a strategic response
The ruling party’s flagship policy is a cause of the country’s problems, not a solution
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