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February 2026 Issue
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Editorial
The “Donroe” Doctrine Is Dangerous
Trump’s brazen violation of international law destabilizes global security.
Listen to Bad Bunny: Abolish Act 22
An egregious tax-evasion loophole is inflaming the displacement crisis in Puerto Rico.
Donald Trump’s Nuclear Delusions
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. Senator Edward Markey asks, “Is he a warmonger or just an idiot?’
On Cora Weiss (1934–2025) and Peace
Cora Weiss died in December at age 91. She never stopped campaigning to save the world from nuclear destruction.
Chile at the Crossroads
A dramatic shift to the extreme right threatens the future—and past—for human rights and accountability.
Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio.
A conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.
Column
The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead
It was always doomed to unravel, but the firms who lent their name to this folly should be held accountable.
The Farmland Revolt
America’s farmers are fuming over Trump’s tariffs. Democrats need to channel their anger.
Trump’s Slash-and-Burn Economy Is Devastating Black Women
His administration is hitting them with “discriminate harm.”
Feature
Hell Cats vs. Hegseth
Meet the military women who are fighting to win purple districts for the Democrats and put the defense secretary on notice.
What Black Youth Need to Feel Safe
Young people are facing a mental health crisis. This group of Cincinnati teens thinks they know how to solve it.
How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational
Parents’-rights crusaders seeking to impose their Christian nationalist vision on the United States took their playbook from South America.
The Future of the Fourth Estate
As major media capitulated to Trump this past year, student journalists held the powerful to account—both on campus and beyond.
Adelaide Parker and Fatimah Azeem and Tareq AlSourani and William Liang
How a French City Kept Its Soccer Team Working Class
Olympique de Marseille shows that if fans organize, a team can fight racism, keep its matches affordable, and maintain a deep connection to the city.
The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…”
In his celebrated mea culpa, the German pastor Martin Niemöller blamed his failure to speak out against the Nazis on indifference. Was that the whole reason?
Books & the Arts
John Updike, Letter Writer
A brilliant prose stylist, confident, amiable, and wonderfully lucid when talking about other people’s problems, Updike rarely confessed or confronted his own.
How Has the Idea of Revolution Changed?
A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept.
Is It Possible for Speech to Ever Be Too Free?
A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech.
How Taiwan Became the Chipmaker for the World
A new book tells the story of the island-nation’s transformation into a central hub for technological development and manufacturing.
The Endless Scoops of Seymour Hersh
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s Cover-Up explores the life and times of one of America’s greatest investigative reporters.
“The Paper” and the Return of the Cubicle Comedy
The new show from the creators of The Office reminds us that their comedic style does now work in every “workplace in the world.”
