The New Yorker, January 26, 2026

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

In this Issue: January 26, 2026

• What Makes a Good Mom?: Rebecca Mead on society's many revision of the parental ideal
• The Price of Bearing Witness: Jonathon Blitzer on the congresswoman facing seventeen years in prison after visiting ICE detainees
• The Streets of Caracas: Armando Ledezma on living through the U.S seizure of Venezuela's leader
• A New Arctic Chill: Ian Fraser on an Alaskan town navigating severed relations with Russia 

New York, USA; 210 x 29cm; 66 pages