Tag Archives: August 2026

LITERARY REVIEW OF CANADA – JULY/AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

Literary Review of Canada The latest issue features…

For All to Hear

A collective wake-up call by Kyle Wyatt

Pitch Perfect?

On the promise and perils of global soccer by James Brooke-Smith

From the 500s with Love

Remember peanuts and Cracker Jack? by Stacey May Fowles

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – JULY/AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: The Engineering issue features ‘Go big or go home’. That may be true—sometimes. But, just as often, solving engineering challenges means thinking small. From the tiny transistors powering the AI boom to the machines digging the world’s longest tunnels, human ingenuity is tackling problems at every scale. Plus: A fresh spin on air conditioning, stratospheric cell service, and more.

The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking

The AI era needs ever faster chips. ASML has a monopoly on the expensive contraptions needed to pattern them. Can anyone catch up?

Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check

Researchers are starting to explore the tools and systems we need to develop to cool down the planet.

Want to get a data center online quickly? Give it some flex.

As the data-center boom puts pressure on the grid, some companies say the answer isn’t just more power plants but software that dials down centers’ energy-guzzling ways when demand spikes.

The search for dark matter has been blown wide open

After decades of hunting, physicists still don’t know what makes up most of the universe’s matter. Now they need to cast a wider net.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Who Will Win the Next War’….

Losing the War of the Future

How New Technologies Threaten America’s Military Advantage by Paul Scharre

The Mirage of China’s Military Edge

Panic Is Misguided—and Counterproductive by Dennis Blair

The Next Russia Threat

Moscow’s Military Power After Ukraine by Michael Kofman

The Middle East Power Paradox

How the Iran War Will Transform America’s Military Role by Dana Stroul

The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence

And the Coming Crisis in Strategic Stability by Rose Gottemoeller

REASON MAGAZINE – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2026

Reason magazine, August/September 2026 cover image

REASON MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘9/11 at 25 Years’….

9/11 and the Surveillance Ratchet

The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them. by Abigail R. Hall

9/11 Turbocharged America’s Worst Foreign Policy Impulses—but Didn’t Change Its Direction

The United States’ shift toward aggressive interventionism was well underway before the 2001 attacks. Emma Ashford

Samurai vs. Squatters: On the Street With the Hired Swords Reclaiming California Property Owners’ Stolen Homes

California has failed to protect private property from squatters. Desperate owners are turning to katana-wielding enforcers to reclaim their homes. Christian Britschgi

AI Is Already Beating Human Doctors in Medical Tests

Robo-docs are not likely to take over healthcare anytime soon, but they could do more to assist human doctors—if we let them. Elizabeth Nolan Brown

NATIONAL REVIEW MAGAZINE – AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘The Fights on the Right’….

The Fights on the Right

Where ‘freedom conservatives’ and ‘national conservatives’ can, and can’t, find common ground. By Ramesh Ponnuru

Why Americans Fear the AI Future

Tech titans would be foolish to think they can resolve the public’s unease by PR alone. By Christine Rosen

Club Dread: On the Ground in NATO’s Nervous Eastern Flank

Will Trump really try to withdraw the U.S. from the alliance as Putin menaces the region? By Jim Geraghty

THE NATION MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2026

THE NATION MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Amy Goodman on press freedom, Bernie Sanders on fighting oligarchy, Elie Mystal on our rights, Zohran Mamdani on patriotism, and more!

On “The Nation” and Empire

Our magazine has refused to accept what contributor Gore Vidal once described as the “cozy unremitting war” that puts this country in a state of conflict, year after year. Katrina vanden Heuvel for The Nation

Tom Paine’s Fight

The pamphleteer’s insistence that America live up to its revolutionary vows still rings true 250 years later. John Nichols

Can America Experience a New Birth of Freedom?

Five progressive leaders offer a powerful reminder of the country’s unfinished journey.

Bernie Sanders’s Revolution

The senator may be remembered as a bridge between the promise of America and the fulfillment of that promise. Jeet Heer