November 2026: Notable

• Judge Richard A. Posner Has Died. His Influence in Law Was Beyond Compare. By Adam Liptak, The New York Times, Nov. 13, 2026
• Will Democrats pursue a national popular vote? by Alec Dent and  Dan Merica, The Washington Post, November 13, 2026
• Movement to end electoral college gets boost after Democratic wins By Patrick Marley and  Maegan Vazquez, The Washington Post, November 13, 2026
• Democrats Now Have a Path to Sidestep the Electoral College. Would It Work? By Ben Blatt, The New York Times, Nov. 8, 2026
• Polls Found Strength for Democrats, but Still Missed Badly By Caroline Soler and Ruth Igielnik, The New York Times, Nov. 12, 2026
• How Accurate Were Prediction Markets at Picking Midterm Winners? By Stuart A. Thompson, The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2026
• Democrats Can’t Whiff This. The Stakes Are Too High. By The Editorial Board, The New York Times, Nov. 7, 2026
• Trump Blew It By Christopher Caldwell, The New York Times, Nov. 4, 2026

October 2026: Notable

• Serbian Students, Victorious and Leaderless, Go After the Media By Andrew Higgins and Alisa Dogramadzieva, The New York Times, October 27, 2026
• I Teach at a Business School. It’s Time to Shut Them Down. By Chris Marquis, The New York Times, October 18, 2026
• Heat Waves Killed an Estimated 50,000 in European Cities, a Likely Record By Raymond Zhong, The New York Times, October 22, 2026
• Nearly All of the World’s Shallow Coral Reefs Are Now Critically Endangered By Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times, October 22, 2026
• A Great Moral Blind Spot of Our Age By Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times, October 17, 2026
• Why One of the World’s Greatest Mathematicians Is on a ‘War Footing’ By Elisabeth Bumiller, The New York Times, October 16, 2026

September 2026: Notable

• When the Weed Wars Came to Warren Street New money and age-old injustice in an American river town. By Andrea Elliot, The New York Times, September 26, 2026
• Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 By Adam Rasgon, Mark Mazzetti and Ronen Bergman, The New York Times, Sept. 25, 2026
• 5 movements physical therapists say every adult over 50 should do daily By Christa Sgobba, The Washington Post, September 11, 2026
• A 20-Minute Workout for Aging Well By Hannah Singleton, with Videos by Theodore Tae, The New York Times, Sept. 9, 2026
• A Weekly Workout to Protect Your Knees By Jen Murphy, The New York Times, September 1, 2026

August 2026

• This Masterpiece Is the Novel of the Decade, if Not the Century By Dwight Garner, The New York Times, August 30, 2026 [Review of THE DISAPPEARERS, by Marlon James]
• Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture By Carol Rosenberg, The New York Times, August 28, 2026
• 8 ways to eat healthier without overthinking it By Leana S. Wen, The Washington Post, August 25, 2026
• 6 Exercises Physical Therapists Wish Everyone Did to Age Well By Danielle Friedman, The New York Times, August 15, 2026
• A Coastal Path Fit for a King, Now Open to All By Paul Theroux, The New York Times, August 12, 2026
• Take 25 Minutes to Improve Your Balance and Strength By Jen Murphy, The New York Times, August 8, 2026
• Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse By Ezra Klein, The New York Times, August 2, 2026
• It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. By Anthony Conwright, The New York Times, August 2, 2026

July 2026

• ‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness By Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 25 Jul 2026
• ‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima By Kiyoshi Tanimoto, The Guardian, 25 Jul 2026
• How much forgetfulness is normal, and when you should see a doctor By Jennifer Fields, The Washington Post, July 25, 2026
• An American Politician is Blocked by Israeli Settlers in the West Bank By Lisa Lerer, The New York Times, July 11, 2026
• An Aging Assassin Was Caught by ICE. Will the U.S. Deport Him? By Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times, July 10, 2026
• From A.I. to the Deep State, Michel Foucault Foresaw It All By Emily Eakin, The New York Times, July 10, 2026
• 90 percent of U.S. adults have this syndrome — but most have never heard of it By Erica Sloan, The Washington Post, July 9, 2026
• There’s a new way to treat sprains and strains. Hint: Ice is out. By Gretchen Reynolds, The Washington Post, July 1, 2026

June 2026

• The War Forgotten by the World Is an Apocalypse Now By Hannah Beech, with visuals by Daniel Berehulak, The New York Times, June 24, 2026
• My Father’s Death Was the Start of My Life By Megan K. Stack, The New York Times, June 20, 2026
• Steve-O Has Beef With Father Time By Kathryn Shattuck, The New York Times, June 20, 2026 

May 2026: Notable

• 6 things a neurologist does to keep his brain healthy By Anahad O'Connor, The Washington Post, May 26, 2026
• 6 Expert Sleep Tips for Allergy Sufferers By Amanda Schupak, The New York Times, May 20, 2026
• One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible. By Gina Kolata, The New York Times, May 25, 2026
• The French Civil Servant Accused of Drugging More Than 100 Women By Ségolène Le Stradic, The New York Times, May 20, 2026
• Fall asleep faster using these science-backed tips By Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post, May 19, 2026
• Keir Starmer and the End of the Old Certainties By Tom McTague, The New York Times, May 15, 2026
• Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers, New Estimate Finds By Paul Sonne, The New York Times, May 9, 2026

April 2026: Notable

• This degree changed my life. And it’s essential to a changing America. By Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Washington Post, April 27, 2026 [Anthropology taught me how to translate human experience into knowledge institutions can act on.]
• I’m a gastroenterologist. Here are the IBS treatments that actually work. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, April 27, 2026
• Stressed? Just a couple minutes of meditation might help. By Ashley Abramson, The Washington Post, April 23, 2026
• 4 Drugs That May Increase Your Dementia Risk By Dana G. Smith, The New York Times, April 22, 2026
• Journalist From the Frontlines Responds to Israel’s Attempt to Assassinate Him on Camera  Tucker Carlson, YouTube, April 10, 2026

March 2026

• It’s Not Trump. It’s America. By Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times, March 26, 2026
• Exercise can lower Alzheimer’s risk. Scientists may have discovered why. By Gretchen Reynolds, The Washington Post, March 24, 2026
• No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing By Azam Ahmed and Matt Richtel, The New York Times Magazine, March 21, 2026
• What’s Behind the Historic Drop in U.S. Crime By Scott Calvert  and Josh Ulick, The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2026
• Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It By Clive Thompson, The New York Times Magazine, March 12, 2026
• Billionaires Are Swaying Elections in All Corners of America By Mike Baker and Steven Rich, The New York Times, March 9, 2026
• How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This? By Daryl Hannah, The New York Times,  March 6, 2026

February 2026

• Difficult people in your life might make you age faster, study suggests By Kathleen Felton, The Washington Post, March 8, 2026
• What high blood pressure does to your body By Kathleen Felton, The Washington Post, February 28, 2026
• 8 science-backed habits for a healthier heart By Anahad O'Connor, The Washington Post, February 19, 2026
• Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood By Derrick Bryson Taylor, The New York Times, February 16, 2026

January 2026

• Adding this much exercise to your daily routine may boost longevity By Taylor Dutch, The Washington Post, January 31, 2026
• 6 tips for shoveling snow from Post staff from the Midwest  By Dylan Moriarty and  William Neff, The Washington Post, January 24, 2026
• Are You Aging Well? Try These Simple Tests to Find Out. By Dana G. Smith, The New York Times, January 22, 2026
• Syria, in Ruins  By Carlotta Gall and Saad Alnassife with Visuals by Nicole Tung, The New York Times, January 19, 2026
• You can get stronger with gentle weight training, new study finds By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, January 21, 2026
• I’m a gastroenterologist. Here are some surprising GLP-1 gut benefits. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, January 19, 2026
• How Little Exercise Can You Get Away With? By Christie Aschwanden, The New York Times, January 15, 2026

April 2025: Notable

• As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening By Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat, The New York Times, April 3, 2025