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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

THE NEW YORK TIMES – THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026

China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy

President Trump used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order.

Trump Promotes Gaza Plan and Meets With Zelensky at Davos

Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds

Trump’s Rift With Europe Is Clear. Europe Must Decide What to Do About It.

After President Trump aired his disdain for Europe, its leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday to take stock of what comes next.5h agoBy Steven Erlanger and Jeanna Smialek

NATURE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 22, 2026

Volume 649 Issue 8098

NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Lost Science’ – The fragile reality of US research today.

Ancient pottery reveals early evidence of mathematical thinking

Symmetrical arrangements of botanical motifs indicate a grasp of spatial division long before the advent of formal written numbers.

HPV vaccine could help to protect the unvaccinated against cervical cancer

A drop in precancerous growths in women who hadn’t received the jab suggests the existence of a ‘herd effect’ against the virus.

Climate trends influence transatlantic flight times

Better understanding of multi-year global weather cycles could help airlines to reduce fuel consumption and cost.

Gifted dogs learn new words by overhearing humans

Particularly talented canines have sociolinguistic skills akin to those of young toddlers.

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – JANUARY 23, 2026 PREVIEW

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TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘The state of British poetry’ by Tristram Fane Saunders…

Anon and on

The forward march of British poetry

By Tristram Fane Saunders

First class delivery?

A history of childbirth and a defence of the C-section

By Leah Hazard

Portraits of the ‘Black Venus’

Newly discovered photographs of Baudelaire’s muse

By Maria C. Scott

Fathoms deep

The thrill of marine archaeology

By Alan Jenkins

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