The New Yorker, February 16 & 23, 2026

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

In this Issue: February 16 & 23, 2026

• The Baby Collectors: A mysterious family obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family or something darker? Ava Kofman reports
• Can Ozempic cure addiction? Dhruv Khullar on how the drug could curb substance abuse
• Joe Rogan's Empire: David Remnick on the podcaster and his politics
• What do Chatbots thinks?: Gideon Lewis-Kraus on anthropic's quest to understand A.I minds

New York, USA; 210 x 29cm; 73 pages