# magazine / books (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover magazine / books. Page: Feed: --- ## [Trump and Carney Face Off](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/blitts-kvetchbook/trump-and-carney-face-off) _2026-08-25 · Barry Blitt · Everything_ Don’t discount the underdog. ## [South Carolina Republican Senate-Primary-Runoff Map: Live Results](https://www.newyorker.com/news/election-2026/south-carolina-republican-senate-primary-runoff-map-live-results) _2026-08-25 · Everything_ Darline Graham and Ralph Norman compete for the G.O.P. nomination in November’s general election. ## [Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 25th](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/tuesday-august-25th-ai-trolley) _2026-08-25 · Paul Noth · Everything_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [Is R.F.K., Jr., Winning or Losing?](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/is-rfk-jr-winning-or-losing) _2026-08-25 · Dhruv Khullar · Everything_ A case for cautious optimism about the Trump Administration’s war on vaccines. ## [Stumped by a Medical Mystery? Try Metagenomics](https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/stumped-by-a-medical-mystery-try-metagenomics) _2026-08-25 · Jason Liebowitz · Everything_ When doctors can’t figure out what’s ailing us, they can search our bodies for snippets of genetic material from viruses, bacteria, and fungi. ## [The Least-Wanted Items at My Parents’ Estate Sale](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/the-least-wanted-items-at-my-parents-estate-sale) _2026-08-25 · Brian Braiker · Everything_ Seventeen years’ worth of National Geographics, stacked by my father in order of “least to most erotic.” Price: $400. ## [How the Job Market Will Shape the Next Generation](https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/how-the-job-market-will-shape-the-next-generation) _2026-08-25 · Jay Caspian Kang · Everything_ Young people are already discontented. It’s not going to get better anytime soon. ## [On Jackie the Eagle and the Nature of the Soul](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/on-jackie-the-eagle-and-the-nature-of-the-soul) _2026-08-24 · Alex Ross · Everything_ Live-streaming tragedy and seduction from a nest in the San Bernardino Mountains. ## [Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians](https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-israeli-authorities-are-encouraging-settler-violence-against-palestinians) _2026-08-24 · Isaac Chotiner · Everything_ The retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy in the run-up to October’s election. ## [Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 24th](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/monday-august-24th-back-to-school) _2026-08-24 · P. C. Vey · Everything_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GP2M13quXHb4) _2026-08-24 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [A Passage](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-passage) _2026-08-22 · Ledio Cakaj · Everything_ Crossing into England, at twenty, with a false story. ## [Melissa Auf der Maur’s Chronicle of Nineties Rock](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/melissa-auf-der-maurs-chronicle-of-nineties-rock) _2026-08-22 · Kelefa Sanneh · Everything_ The photographer, who played bass for Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, captured a moment in which one generation’s subculture became the next generation’s mainstream. ## [What Natalie Harp Carries](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/what-natalie-harp-carries) _2026-08-22 · Doreen St. Félix · Everything_ Trump’s devoted aide, who is said to follow the President around with a printer, does not seem to be driven by the conventional desires for wealth and power. ## [Why People Want to Believe the Lindsay Clancy Conspiracy Theories](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-people-want-to-believe-the-lindsay-clancy-conspiracy-theories) _2026-08-22 · Jessica Winter · Everything_ Mistrust about the case stems from understandable anger and sorrow at the ways women in extremis aren’t believed. ## [A Passage](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-passage) _2026-08-22 · Ledio Cakaj · Culture: TV, Movies, Music, Art, and Theatre News and Reviews_ Crossing into England, at twenty, with a false story. ## [What Natalie Harp Carries](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/what-natalie-harp-carries) _2026-08-22 · Doreen St. Félix · Culture: TV, Movies, Music, Art, and Theatre News and Reviews_ Trump’s devoted aide, who is said to follow the President around with a printer, does not seem to be driven by the conventional desires for wealth and power. ## [General David Petraeus on the New Rules of War](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/general-david-petraeus-on-the-new-rules-of-war) _2026-08-22 · Everything_ How drones and asymmetric warfare are upending the battlefield and what the U.S. military can do to adapt. ## [Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five”](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jessica-tarlov-a-lonely-liberal-on-fox-news-the-five) _2026-08-21 · Everything_ Tarlov occupies the hot seat on a panel of diehard conservatives, arguing for liberal values and rousing the ire of the President, who has encouraged Fox to fire her. ## [Jon Lovett Answers Your Questions](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jon-lovett-answers-your-questions) _2026-08-21 · Everything_ The “Pod Save America” host answers listeners’ questions about the 2026 midterm elections and what they tell us about the 2028 Presidential race. ## [Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 21st](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/friday-august-21st-food-pyramid) _2026-08-21 · Ellis Rosen · Everything_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eg6ZR6rGg3sS) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [Get a Tech Job, Babies!](https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/get-a-tech-job-babies) _2026-08-21 · Elise Broach · Everything_ The puzzling rise in high-level science books for infants and toddlers. ## [The Boom of the Sex-Recession Movie](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-boom-of-the-sex-recession-movie) _2026-08-21 · Alexandra Schwartz · Everything_ In films like “One Night Only” and “I Want Your Sex,” our prudish age becomes the scene of a crime. ## [Late Summertime Idylls by the Water](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/late-summertime-idylls-by-the-water) _2026-08-21 · Taran Dugal · Everything_ A roundup of bars on boats and at the beach. ## [Should You Believe in Fate?](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/should-you-believe-in-fate) _2026-08-21 · Joshua Rothman · Everything_ We’d be happier, perhaps, if we found meaning not through abstractions but through the physical things around us. ## [A Political Awakening in Arab America](https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-activism/a-political-awakening-in-arab-america) _2026-08-21 · Rozina Ali · Everything_ A Midwestern Muslim family’s story of immigration, assimilation, and how one year changed the life of its youngest son. ## [The Coming (and Not Coming) of the Sex-Recession Movie](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-boom-of-the-sex-recession-movie) _2026-08-21 · Alexandra Schwartz · Culture: TV, Movies, Music, Art, and Theatre News and Reviews_ In films like “One Night Only” and “I Want Your Sex,” our prudish age becomes the scene of a crime. ## [Is the Smithsonian Really Trying to Destroy America?](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/is-the-smithsonian-really-trying-to-destroy-america) _2026-08-20 · Julian Lucas · Everything_ Trump claims that the institution has fallen into the hands of Marxist radicals. A stroll through the exhibitions suggests otherwise. ## [Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 20th](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/thursday-august-20th-last-two-weeks) _2026-08-20 · David Sipress · Everything_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [Critics’ Cult Classics: Emily Nussbaum on “Slings & Arrows”](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/critics-cult-classics-emily-nussbaum-on-slings-and-arrows) _2026-08-20 · Everything_ The New Yorker writer sings the praises of a little-known Canadian television series set at a Shakespeare festival—which happens to be her favorite show of all time. ## [What Your Swimwear Says About You](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/what-your-swimwear-says-about-you) _2026-08-20 · Madeline Goetz, Viktoria Shulevich · Everything_ Yellow polka-dot bikini: you were deeply affected by a Yoplait Light commercial as a youth and consider this suit to be the physical manifestation of confidence. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BknoPqd6Npix) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [“Every Weekday at 4:45 P.M.,” by Libby Flores](https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/every-weekday-at-445-pm-libby-flores) _2026-08-20 · Libby Flores · Everything_ In the delicious heat, a summer breeze came and they fought as the woman sucked her ice cream through the bottom of her cone. ## [A “12 Inch Pianist” Walks Into a Bar](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shorts-and-murmurs/a-12-inch-pianist-walks-into-a-bar) _2026-08-20 · Everything_ Lucas Ansel’s stop-motion short reveals a few fellow-drinkers’ deepest desires in this reimagined Shouts & Murmurs classic. ## [The Podcast That’s Charting a Post-Trump Future](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/the-show-thats-charting-a-post-trump-future) _2026-08-20 · Jon Allsop · Culture: TV, Movies, Music, Art, and Theatre News and Reviews_ “America, Actually,” a new offering from Vox, is trying to talk about politics without talking about the President. Is that even possible? ## [Can Head Start Be Deregulated Out of Existence?](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/progress-report/can-head-start-be-deregulated-out-of-existence) _2026-08-20 · Jessica Winter · Culture: TV, Movies, Music, Art, and Theatre News and Reviews_ The early-childhood program faces a renewed assault by the Trump Administration. ## [The Shifting Meaning of “Moderate”](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-shifting-meaning-of-moderate) _2026-08-19 · Everything_ Political labels can be useful shorthand. But some doubt how much they tell us about what draws voters to candidates. ## [The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-real-meaning-of-the-jason-arday-scandal) _2026-08-19 · Lauren Michele Jackson · Everything_ In a young Black professor’s academic misconduct, a “race-realist” found a “hook for a story.” ## [Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 19th](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/wednesday-august-19th-embattled-ship) _2026-08-19 · Matt Reuter · Everything_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [The Glorious Disorder of Michael Ondaatje’s Early Work](https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-glorious-disorder-of-michael-ondaatjes-early-work) _2026-08-19 · Amitava Kumar · Everything_ For writers like me, who had crossed borders to arrive in the West, Ondaatje’s disregard for established boundaries taught us how to spell out our own liberation. ## [Three Books that Will Transport You](https://www.newyorker.com/books/what-were-reading/three-books-that-will-transport-you) _2026-08-19 · Katy Waldman · Everything_ Be moved the old-fashioned way. ## [First-Date Montage](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/first-date-montage) _2026-08-19 · Mads Horwath · Everything_ Yes, I am odd, but I am still multifaceted. ## [“Dreams in Nightmares” Turns the Art Life Political](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/dreams-in-nightmares-turns-the-art-life-political) _2026-08-19 · Richard Brody · Everything_ Struggles for personal and creative freedom fuel Shatara Michelle Ford’s second feature, about three women’s search for a friend gone missing. ## [The Mark of the Machine](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-mark-of-the-machine) _2026-08-19 · Brady Brickner-Wood · Everything_ Few forces have proved as powerful at tempering A.I. use as public shaming has. Now Anthropic is making it even easier to determine if text was generated by Claude. ## [The Mark of the Machine](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-mark-of-the-machine) _2026-08-19 · Brady Brickner-Wood · Culture: TV, Movies, Music, Art, and Theatre News and Reviews_ Few forces have proved as powerful at tempering A.I. use as public shaming has. Now Anthropic is making it even easier to determine if text was generated by Claude. ## [Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 18th](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/tuesday-august-18th-mama-sleep) _2026-08-18 · Jon Adams · Everything_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [Everything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie Theatre](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/everything-that-will-happen-after-i-silence-my-phone-at-the-movie-theatre) _2026-08-18 · Meg Reid · Everything_ The customer-service representative from whom I’ve been waiting for a callback for fifty-three hours will call me back one minute before I turn my phone back on. ## [Usher and Chris Brown’s Audacious Joint Tour](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/pop-music/usher-and-chris-browns-audacious-joint-tour) _2026-08-18 · Doreen St. Félix · Everything_ The R. & B. megastars seem to think their genre needs saving. But from what? ## [Nayib Bukele’s Content Machine Is Reshaping Latin America](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/nayib-bukeles-content-machine-is-reshaping-latin-america) _2026-08-18 · Daniel Castro · Everything_ How El Salvador’s authoritarian leader loomed over Colombia’s Presidential race. ## [How I Became a Subaru Socialist](https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/how-i-became-a-subaru-socialist) _2026-08-18 · Jay Caspian Kang · Everything_ By the time Bernie Sanders ran for President, in 2015, I was financially secure. But the previous decade had left a mark. ## [“The End of Oak Street” Is a Weirdly Alienated Jurassic Lark](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-current-cinema/the-end-of-oak-street-is-a-weirdly-alienated-jurassic-lark) _2026-08-17 · Justin Chang · Everything_ In David Robert Mitchell’s film, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, a family is endangered not only by dinosaurs but also by the director’s penchant for Spielbergian nostalgia. ## [Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 17th](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/monday-august-17th-beach-rocks) _2026-08-17 · Sadie Levine · Everything_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.