MOMENT MAGAZINE – FALL 2026 ISSUE PREVIEW
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TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Philip Zelikow and Anchit Sathi on progress, AI and the death of the author…..
A matter of life and death
When doctors and families fall out over medical intervention By Charles Foster
Ways of living
Looking at John Berger By Margaret Drabble
AI and the crisis of the author
Can literary culture survive in the era of machine intelligence? By Anchit Sathi
Letting go
Why nations win or lose the technological race By Philip Zelikow
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS – SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 PREVIEW
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features…
Good Weird or Bad Weird
By Colin Burrow
Inhabit the Poem: Last Essays by Helen Vendler.
What’s the point of literary criticism? In June the University of Exeter announced plans that might make roughly a third of its English department – one of the best in the country – redundant. Other institutions, including Canterbury Christ Church University, have stopped offering English degrees altogether. Most mainstream publishers now wouldn’t dream of publishing a work of literary criticism, as they happily did in the 1970s and 1980s. Even literary biography, literary criticism’s previously marketable stepsister, no longer brings a gleam to a publisher’s eye. The grassroots of the subject are also suffering badly. Since 2000 the number of people taking A-level English literature in England has dropped by around a third, to around 36,000, with an even higher drop among male students.
A Sicilian Man: Leonardo Sciascia, the Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul by Caroline Moorehead
The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers’ Deadly Quest to Find the Mythic Giant Panda by Nathalia Holt
The Twitnam Summer: Friendship, Satire and the Writing of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Hester Grant
THE NEW YORK TIMES – WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 2026
Allies Grumble That U.S. Is Hindering Global Economic Growth
At a summit meant to showcase President Trump’s economic policies as a model for the world, Europeans complained about tariffs and the war with Iran.
What Rising Global Bond Rates Mean for Your Money
Employer Health Costs in U.S. Are Expected to Spike in 2027
The Logistics Nightmare Facing U.S. Warships
Iranian attacks have upended the Navy’s supply chain, causing a strain on the aircraft carriers, ships and destroyers that are being kept in the Middle East indefinitely.
U.S. and Iran Survey the Damage After a Night of Intense Strikes
MONTHLY REVIEW MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2026 PREVIEW
MONTHLY REVIEW MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘India’s Ruling Class and the Global Crisis’….
India’s Ruling Classes and the Global Crisis
In recent years, India’s ruling classes claimed—and perhaps came to believe—that their time had come on the world stage. India was the fastest-growing major economy, due soon to be the third largest, constituting a new global power. India’s biggest tycoons figured among the world’s top twenty billionaires, part of the transnational elite. Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India would be a “developed country” by 2047, the centenary of the end of colonial rule.
Radical Jewish Tradition
The Economics of Destruction
Beyond Scarcity: Thomas Sowell and the Limits of Neoclassical Economics
José Carlos Mariátegui and Local Traditions of Struggle: The Vitality of Global South Marxism
THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
China and the U.S. Offer Competing Showcases of Global Power
As Xi Jinping gathered with the leaders of Russia and Iran, Europe challenged the Trump administration at the G20, a split-screen view of a changing world.
Global Bond Sell-Off Puts Investors on Edge
Government borrowing costs are hitting multi-decade highs around the world, reflecting anxiety about debt levels, deficits and inflation.
Punishment and Silence: China Pulls Out the Disaster Playbook in Tibet
While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.
How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump
A Defense Department office, created by the Biden administration to bolster the U.S defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal.
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots.
THE NEW YORK TIMES – MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2026
Millions of Dollars in Secret Spending Could Upend the 2026 Midterms
At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest.
U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes Overnight After Monthlong Calm
The renewed attacks were the latest sign that the war that began six months ago appears far from over.
G20 Finance Officials Gather in U.S. as Iran War Grips Global Economy
These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat.
A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society behaves this way,” one said, “that society is doomed.”
Russia Torments Kyiv With New Tactic of Nonstop Waves of Drones
The nearly constant air raids, a shift from years of largely overnight attacks, have left residents exhausted and on edge.
THE NEW YORK TIMES – SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2026
How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas
For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.
Long Lines for Gas in Iran Show War and U.S. Blockade Squeezing Supply
The government is struggling to meet a shortfall in fuel and is wary that higher prices at the pump could stir unrest.
China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood
The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where the authorities have released few details.
Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows
Ten deportees who described violent treatment by ICE said they spent months in detention before being sent to countries where they had no ties.
Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE- AUGUST 30, 2026
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 8.30.26 Issue features Charles Homans on Democratic Socialists; Chien-Chi Chang on civil-defense drills in Taiwan; Jon Ronson on Greg Chism’s strange journey with YouTube; and more.
Rachel Cusk Tried to Caricature Natalie Portman. She Only Caricatured Herself.
Her latest novel appears to savage a celebrity. But Cusk has, once again, managed to turn herself into the victim.
In ‘9 to 5,’ Dolly Parton Put a Friendly Face on Feminism
In 1980, feminists were often stereotyped as man-hating or out of touch. Then Parton gave the movement a boost — and an anthem. By Susan Dominus
It’s One of Our Greatest and Most Controversial Novels. How Should It Be Taught?
I traveled around the country to find out if “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” still has a place in the classroom. By Ruth Franklin
‘Cult’ Used to Mean Something. Now It Applies to Taylor Swift and Trader Joe’s.
The word today applies to more than religious sects, but it says something about our worshipful attitude toward consumption. By Sophie Haigney
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 7, 2026
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features “Nicole Rifkin’s “Pure Gold” – We will always love you.
Dolly Parton, Honky-Tonk Angel
Dolly Parton belonged to a beloved category: the outlaw Christian, who loved Jesus and refused to hate anyone else.
Cinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie Auteur
Why do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference.
The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause
Flash floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed little to climate change but is disproportionately affected by it. By Ishaan Tharoor
How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet
Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children. By Nathaniel Lubin
New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State
The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant.
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