HARPER’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The End of Public School as We Know It’
A new frontier in American education By Chandler Fritz
A swamp-rat slaughter on the bayou By Nathaniel Rich
Why Congress must impeach Trump By Chris Lehmann
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Weaponized World Economy’
Surviving the New Age of Economic Coercion by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman
Who Profits in a Post-American World? Adam S. Posen
Beijing’s Enduring Formula for Wealth and Power by Dan Wang and Arthur Kroeber
Remaking Rules From the Ruins of the Rules-Based System by Michael B. G. Froman
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The End of Food Allergies?’ – Life-changing therapies for peanut reactions are already here.
Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia BY Lydia Denworth
Charles C. Mann
Richard Panek
Philip Ball
HISTORY TODAY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Greek World At War’….
For the ancient Greeks, the Peloponnesian War was a conflict involving the entire world. For Thucydides, it was a lesson in the realities of human nature. Robin Waterfield
Against the odds, the Third Anglo-Afghan War led to Afghanistan’s independence from the British Empire. Heather Campbell
The Invention of the Eastern Question: Sir Robert Liston and Ottoman Diplomacy in the Age of Revolutions by Ozan Ozavcı offers the ‘sick man of Europe’ a second opinion.
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features ‘Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral’s “Artist in Training”
Donald Trump now has the Attorney General he always wanted—an ally willing to harness the law to enable his agenda. By Ruth Marcus
Is the President’s takeover of D.C. a dry run for other cities? By Margaret Talbot
Can the legendary former Patriots coach transform U.N.C. football? By Paige Williams
Through genetic testing, millions of Americans are estimated to have discovered that their parents aren’t who they thought. The news has upended relationships and created a community looking for answers. By Jennifer Wilson
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 8.17.25 Issue features Trevor Quirk on how Hurricane Helene disconnected his community around Asheville, North Carolina from modern communication; Ben Austen on how Trump’s war on higher education is hitting community colleges; Bruce Schoenfeld on Stu Sternberg, the owner of the Tampa Bay Rays; and more.
When it comes to mass-participation events, would-be record setters are finding it harder than ever to draw a crowd. But it’s still fun to try.
On TikTok Live, workers stream video of themselves doing manual labor, providing glimpses of the human effort that powers our world. By J Wortham
When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t. By Trevor Quirk
While the wars raging in Ukraine and Gaza have dominated global news agendas for months turning into years, relatively little attention has been paid to the ongoing civil war in Sudan – which for many western media outlets remains out of sight and largely out of mind.
This can’t be said of the Guardian’s Mark Townsend, who has reported tirelessly on the effects of the war between the Arab-led Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese military since it broke out in April 2023. It’s a conflict that has been characterised by repeated atrocities, forcing millions from their homes and causing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
In April this year, just as a British-led conference was being held in London to explore how to end the war, one such atrocity was unfolding in Zamzam refugee camp in North Darfur. Details were at first sketchy, but only now – thanks to the piecing together of intelligence reports and witness testimony – can it be revealed what happened during the attack on the camp by RSF forces and why it was not stopped.
As Mark’s remarkable account reveals, the 72-hour rampage in April may have taken the lives of more than 1,500 civilians in one of the most notorious war crimes of Sudan’s catastrophic conflict.
The big story | The ruins of Gaza, as seen from above
Guardian international correspondent Lorenzo Tondo joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive. With photography by Alessio Mamo
Science | The truth about sunscreen
Too much exposure to the sun has traditionally been seen as a danger. Now claims that sunscreen is toxic flood the internet. Our science editor, Ian Sample, weighs up the evidence
Interview | Demis Hassabis, the cautious AI optimist
The head of Google’s DeepMind tells Steve Rose how artificial intelligence could usher in an era of ‘incredible productivity’ and ‘radical abundance’. But who will it benefit?
Opinion | The world is in flames. But I’ve found some hope amid the gloom
Columnist Jonathan Freedland makes a moral case for escapism, as a means of retaining the ability to see the world – and the people – around us
Culture | The films that capture a nation’s soul
What single film best represents a nation? Twelve writers choose the one work they believe most captures their home’s culture and cinema – from a bold cricket musical to a nine-hour documentary, gritty crime dramas to frothy tales of revenge
THE NATION MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Zohran Mamdani’s New York’ – “To fight for working people must also mean fighting for their quality of life”
New York’s political establishment threw the whole post-9/11 playbook against the Democratic nominee for mayor, and came up empty. By Spencer Ackerman
We need justice for the survivors of his predations, and we need to restore public trust in our institutions. By Rep. Ro Khanna
At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile, there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back. By Elie Mystal
Fantasies of national unity drive the bipartisan push for a new cold war. By Jeet Heer
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features ‘Lorenzo Mattotti’s “Summer Rays” – The art of wandering.
Fleeing lawmakers in Texas are unlikely to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, but their effort has offered a rallying cry—and a reminder of the Democratic Party’s weaknesses. By Jonathan Blitzer
Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old. By Dhruv Khullar
An honest accounting of our Executive-in-Chief’s runaway self-enrichment. By David D. Kirkpatrick
