Laila Petrie, Jen Christiansen, Amanda Hobbs
Maia Szalavitz
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 6.15.25 Issue features Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the ancestry of Pope Leo XIV; Nicholas Casey on how the MAGA right became obsessed with the Romanian presidential election; Irina Aleksander on how Jon Bernthal became Hollywood’s most dependable tough guy; David Marchese interviews Misty Copeland about her retirement; and more.
Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals. By Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Each age has its own way of drawing the arc of a human life. Ours is concerned with its unpredictability. By Parul Sehgal
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Who won the war?’ We did, say the Americans, the British and the Russians. Each nation has a long history of claiming a unique role in defeating the Axis powers and diminishing the contribution of its allies. By Martin Ivens
The wartime alliances that could not survive the peace By Omer Bartov
Capers and wallpaper: a new film from Wes Anderson By Keith Miller
What Americans understand by greatness By Andrew Stark
A practical and literary guide to modern magic By Russell Williams
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (June 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘American disorder’
Donald Trump’s troop deployment in LA could yet backfire
Governments’ obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating
Ecuador is a test case in the fight against global gangs
An intimate look at a puffy exoplanet and its nearest star has revealed its tragic destiny.
Some birds master the fine art of manoeuvring beak, feet and body weight to turn on a tap.
Mutation in an enzyme leads to resistance to chronic and acute pain, according to research in mice.
Discrepancy between models and measurements is resolved by peering into plumes emitted from power plants and other industrial facilities.
Fintech may be generating unintended consequences for consumers and the industry.
Regulating new financial products and platforms requires understanding their risks and vulnerabilities.
Researchers gave AI a way to evaluate and calibrate its own uncertainty.
Labor’s share of national income has fallen, and competition for workers may have something to do with it.
THE WALRUS MAGAZINE (June 10, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Summer Reading’…
by Soraya Amiri
Afghans worry their children are doomed under new curriculum enforced at gunpoint
The culture war’s favourite prophet can’t finish a straight thoughtby Luke Savage
Leslie Perlow and Salvatore Affinito
Julian Birkinshaw
Chris Carr and Dave Christy
PHILOSOPHY NOW MAGAZINE (June 6, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Digital Philosophy’…
Mahmoud Khatami asks, can machines make good moral decisions?
Vincent J. Carchidi agrees with Descartes and friends that our ability to use language creatively distinguishes our minds from computers.
Max Gottschlich on sense and nonsense when using AI in academia.
Jimmy Alfonso Licon asks, when should we prioritise android rights?
Amir Haj-Bolouri enquires into possible meaning through technology.
by Rick Lewis
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 6.8.25 Issue features Sarah Viren on the declining protections of academic freedom; Robert Draper on the D.C. restaurant that’s become a hotspot for Trump administration insiders; Carlo Rotella on how roots music is thriving in the age of the algorithm; and more.
Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer holding.
sScreening can now determine their risk for an ever-growing list of conditions — including ones we can’t do much about .By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn
How one of the N.B.A.’s scrappiest teams came to dominate the league. By Sam Anderson
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