The New Yorker, August 24 & 31, 2026

The New Yorker is a weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

In this issue: 

• The Scientist's Children: Carleton Gajdusek became famous for his work on a disease in Pap New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the wards he brought to the U.D Rachel Aviv reports
• Trump's Wet Hot American Summer: Rachel Monroe on attending the nation's Semiquincentennial celebrations
• The Trials of Mahmoud Khalil: Andrew Marantz on the activist's struggle for First Amendment protections 
• The Scramble to Cool Down Europe: Eric Klinenberg on how cities are remaking themselves to endure relentless heat waves 

New York, USA, 21x29cm, 61 pages, Weekly