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Archaeology, History, Magazines, Previews, Reviews

Preview: Archaeology Magazine – MAY/JUNE 2026

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Archaeology Magazine: The latest issue features ‘Exploring the World of the Odyssey.

The Unexpected World of the Odyssey

Discovering the surprising inspirations behind Homer’s great tales of the Trojan War. By The Editors

Pioneers of Lakefront Living

Why Neolithic and Bronze Age farmers in the Alps built their villages on stilts

The Last Maya Kingdom

On the shores of a lake in Guatemala, the Itzá people defied the Spanish for nearly 200 years

Art for the Ages

A surreal style of painting endured for 4,000 years in the canyonlands of West Texas

Bridge to the Past

The Yellow River brought both prosperity and calamity to China’s dazzling medieval capital By Ling Xin

Culture, Magazines, Nature, Science, Wildlife

ORION MAGAZINE – WINTER 2026 – Nature & Culture

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ORION MAGAZINE: The Spring 2026 issue, Working the Land: Lessons in Labor and Collective Action, explores the relationship between labor and the environment and calls for solidarity at a time when that value is under attack. Contributors address various ways that humanity has put the planet to work—by extracting resources, expanding the reaches of capitalism, or using other creatures as helpmeets. But they also venture to imagine what an alternative version of this relationship might look like; one where the channel between labor and the land is driven not by division or profit but by coalition and repair. Inside:

Labor journalist Kim Kelly explores what climate activism can learn from union organizing
Camrin Dengel photographs the practice of regenerative farming as it pushes back against big agriculture
Emma Pattee interviews legendary activist Sarah Schulman and labor scholar Naomi R. Williams about what true solidarity looks like
Daniel Naawenkangua Abukuri investigates the epidemic of stolen donkeys—an essential human workmate—in Ghana

Chloé Cooper Jones debuts as Orion’s new travel columnist.

Arts & Literature, Culture, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – APRIL 13, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features ‘Christoph Niemann’s “New Horizons” – Technology and the future.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s Warped Vision of the Iran War

The two men might wish that they lived in a world where whoever dropped the most bombs got whatever he wanted. But the war has shown that this isn’t true. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?

Health and wellness influencers are hawking unapproved treatments on the gray market. The future of the F.D.A.—and the health of consumers—is at stake. By Dhruv Khullar

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?

New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

By Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz

Culture, Lifestyle, Magazines, Reviews, Society

THE OBSERVER MAGAZINE – SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2026

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The Observer Magazine: The latest issue features – Coverage centers on the ongoing Middle East crisis, featuring a dramatic account of a mission to rescue the crew of a downed U.S. F-15 fighter jet. Reports also detail Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and Iranian drone attacks on energy facilities in Kuwait. Also, the Economic Impact: Analysts warn that soaring energy costs triggered by the conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could threaten the global AI boom and lead to higher taxes and mortgage rates in the UK.

A picture of home

Nasa’s moon mission has captured a view immortalised by Apollo astronauts in 1968, but its quest to beat China to the lunar surface is now under threat from Trump By Giles Whittell

White House chaos intensifies after Iran downs two US warplanes

Desperate search for missing US pilot caps a week of confusion for the president as he loses his grip on the conflict

‘Forty-eight hours before all hell will rain down’: Trump warns Iran over Hormuz

As the US president ups the ante, allies discuss using minesweepers to clear the strait and Tehran imposes new transit fees on shipping

Analysis, Foreign Affairs, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE WEEK MAGAZINE —– APRIL 10, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE WEEK MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘IRAN’S ADVANTAGE’ – Controlling the Strait of Hormuz with drones and mines.

Has Trump’s unpredictability broken the oil market?

How could rising gas prices affect the EV market?

Just because gas is up doesn’t mean EVs will take over

Trump’s White House Makeover Halted: A federal judge ordered a work stoppage on a $400 million ballroom project intended to replace the demolished East Wing, ruling the project lacked Congressional approval.
The Reinvention of War: The editor’s letter and lead features examine how cheap, deadly drones in Ukraine and Iran have transformed combat, turning sophisticated hardware into “knights in shining armor” vulnerable to modern technology.
Supreme Court Blocks Conversion Therapy Ban: The Court overturned a Colorado law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors, focusing on freedom of speech for mental health professionals.
Social Media Liability Inflection Point: Coverage of landmark jury awards in Los Angeles and New Mexico against Meta and Google for failing to protect children from psychological harm and online predators.
The Cicada Covid Variant: A new variant of Covid-19, dubbed “Cicada,” is reported to be spreading across the United States.
The German Deepfake Scandal: An investigative look into a scandal in Germany that has brought the issue of “virtual rape” and deepfake technology into the international spotlight. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Business, Finance, Investing, Magazines, Retirement

BARRON’S MAGAZINE —— APRIL 6, 2026 PREVIEW

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Vegas Plays A Tough Hand’ – The city faces intense competition from online gambling. How it’s fighting back.

Who Needs Las Vegas When You Have a Casino in Your Pocket?

Las Vegas is hoping that rapid growth in high-tech businesses and logistics will offset its stagnant gaming industry.

The Stock Market Is More Expensive Than It Looks. Tread Carefully.

Corporate profits have been wonderful, but they seem puffed up by an accounting quirk and more.

Alternative Assets Are Coming for Your 401(k). Do They Deserve the Hype?

They offer diversification and the potential—but no guarantees—for higher returns than publicly traded stocks and bonds. A final rule is expected later this year.

Smart Glasses Might One Day Replace Your Phone. These Stocks Can Benefit.

Investors looking to play the trend can focus on retailers and suppliers set to benefit from the wave of demand.

Why the Stock Market Has Held Up So Well Despite the Spike in Oil Prices

By Randall W. Forsyth

The AI Trade Is Steaming Ahead, at Least in Private Markets

By Adam Levine

Culture, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE- APRIL 5, 2026

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How the generation raised on smartphones is imagining life without them” by Matthew Shaer

The Novel Will Never Die. Ben Lerner’s Latest Book Shows Us Why.

With “Transcription,” the writer makes a case for the vitality of the form.

The Unlikely TV Show Restoring Everyone’s Faith in Dating

Without exploitation, “Love on the Spectrum” captures the triumphs and travails of dating. It has become one of Netflix’s most popular shows. By Anna Peele

Worried About A.I. Taking Your Job? That’s Not Very ‘Agentic’ of You.

Today’s spin on the idea of personal agency is convenient for tech C.E.O.s, who boast that their models work just fine without us. By Nitsuh Abebe

What Is YouTube’s Dominance Doing to Us? We Asked Its C.E.O.

Business, Finance, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – APRIL 4, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How China hopes to win from the war‘

How China hopes to win from the war

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake

The perils of a ground war in Iran

Donald Trump may send in troops. Does he know what to do with them?

Lessons for the world from tiny Hungary

A regime loved by MAGA may soon lose power. That matters

How worried should you be about private credit?

Its humbling could raise borrowing costs

Index providers should not bend the rules for Elon Musk

They will only expose ordinary investors to unnecessary risks

Arts & Literature, Books, History, Magazines, Opinion, Reviews

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS – APRIL 23, 2026

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THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features a dispatch from Tehran, Jed Perl on Morgan Meis’s funky kind of art criticism, Francine Prose on MAGA fiction, Caroline Fraser on the dump, Michael Gorra on Civil War diaries, David Cole on the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, Hermione Lee on Virginia Woolf’s letters, Trevor Jackson on American “retirement,” Kathryn Hughes on Tennyson’s cosmos, Colm Tóibín on Irish reunification, a collage by Lucy Sante, poems by Andrea Cohen and Timmy Straw, and much more.

From the Rooftops of Tehran

We in Iran own our grief, mourning all by ourselves.

Living Through the Civil War

George Templeton Strong’s diaries provide the North’s best record of daily passions and woes during its struggle against the South.

George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries edited by Geoff Wisner

‘A Vast Symphony of Stone’

In his renovation of Notre-Dame, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc projected his own Romantic vision of the Middle Ages onto the Gothic cathedral.

Viollet-le-Duc: Drawing Worlds an exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York City, January 28–May 24, 2026

The Aging Class

Retirement, like so much of the American economy, is a broken system that benefits private interests and exploits the most vulnerable people.

Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age by James Chappel

Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy by Teresa Ghilarducci, with a foreword by E. J. Dionne Jr.

Arts & Literature, Books, History, Literature, Magazines, Reviews

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – APRIL 3, 2026 PREVIEW

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TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features Claude Rawson on the British Imagination; ‘Trump’s Whisperers; Hardy’s breakthrough novel; Thomas Mann today…

Cultural superpower?

An argument for ‘British is best’

The argument of Peter Watson’s hugely ambitious The British Imagination: A history of ideas from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II is that “The essential arc of British history – intellectual and creative history, just as much as political, economic and military history – is of a small, indeed tiny, country sequestered on the north-west coast of Europe that over the centuries would forge the largest and most unlikely empire the world has seen”. It may seem odd to be reading this in the present depressed state of the nation, although Watson stresses from the outset that the concept of “the British imagination” embraces its hospitality to foreign influences and eventually to the power of a wider “Anglosphere”.