HARPER’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Why Don’t We Trust The Media?’
Anatomy of a credibility crisis by Jelani Cobb, Taylor Lorenz, Jack Shafer, Max Tani
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation by Daniel Kolitz
On the last days of Gene Hackman by Joy Williams
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The New Tools of Power’
And the End of Rising Powers by Michael Beckley
How to Build an Economic and Security Order That Works for America by Oren Cass
Fortress America Is Not a Safer America by Shannon K. O’Neil
An Old Tool Creating New Dangers Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Fire That Fueled The American Revolution‘
Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed
Scientists and community members in Altadena are testing ways that California species can assist efforts to rebuild
The temporary structures will return next month—but in the meantime, visitors will enjoy rare unobstructed views of the ancient hilltop temple in Athens
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features Christoph Niemann’s “Market Shift” – How the wealthy sleep at night.
As a long-overdue ceasefire takes hold amid the ruins of Gaza, the President’s visit to Jerusalem is more about transactional politics than transformative peace. By David Remnick
With its standout deals and generous employment practices, the warehouse chain became a feel-good American institution. In a fraught time, it can be hard to remain beloved. By Molly Fischer
Russell Vought is using the White House budget office to lay waste to the federal bureaucracy—firing workers, decimating agencies, and testing the rule of law. By Andy Kroll
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.19.25 Issue features Astead W. Herndon on the mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; Emily Bazelon on the state of the rule of law in the U.S. under Trump; Andrew Ross Sorkin on 1929 and the rise of crypto investing; Parul Sehgal on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel; and more.
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.
At a moment when other pop stars are flirting with dark spectacle, Gaga’s “Mayhem” tour shows that she has perfected it. By Wesley Morris
A movement born in churches to help vulnerable immigrants has become a constitutional battleground in Chicago and Portland, Ore.
The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.
THE NEW CRITERION: The latest issue features…
Great genes by David Dubal
SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Advanced Nanoscopy’ – 3D rendering of photochemically sectioned brain tissue.
Museum specimens reveal loss of genetic diversity in marine fishes of the Philippines
“Bold” hypothesis suggests tolerance for lead allowed Homo sapiens to outlive Neanderthals
Spongelike materials called metal-organic frameworks can separate and store gases
Mass layoffs, and subsequent reversals, have added to research spending woes
THE NEW REPUBLIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How I Became A Populist’ – My time at the Federal Trade Commission – before Donald Trump fired me – totally changed the way I see our political divide.
All things being equal, sure, Democrats ought to lean toward younger candidates. But there are many times when all things aren’t equal.
Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court. by Lincoln Caplan
David Liu has pioneered breakthroughs in gene editing, creating new therapies that may lead to cures. by Veronique Greenwood
Harvard professor Christina Cross debunks the myth of the two-parent Black family.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Life’s Big Bangs’ – Did complex life emerge more than once?
Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once
Your brain gets used to wrongdoing. It can also get used to doing good
Experts say the strongest scientific studies identify three compounds that fight disease and inflammation
How a space rock vanished from Africa and showed up for sale across an ocean
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