Letters From the March 2026 Issue Letters From the March 2026 Issue
Basement books… Kate Wagner replies… Reading Pirandello (online only)… Gus O’Connor replies…
Feb 10, 2026 / Our Readers, Kate Wagner, and Gus O’Connor
How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left
The co-leader of Die Linke helped rescue the party and make it into a political force. But can she beat back Germany’s ascendant far right?
Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Carol Schaeffer
Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York
Constructing new residential buildings, let alone those with rental units that New Yorkers can afford, is never an easy task.
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs
Gaza Is Still Here Gaza Is Still Here
Despite a “ceasefire,” Israel’s killing has not ended. Neither has the determination of the Palestinian people to survive.
Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Rayan El Amine, Lizzy Ratner, and Jack Mirkinson
Mayor Mamdani Offers a Progressive Vision for Small Businesses Mayor Mamdani Offers a Progressive Vision for Small Businesses
If successful, his policies might offer a new nationwide playbook.
Feb 10, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere
Trump keeps targeting Minnesota’s Somali community. But as one organizer says, “What we’ve built here, we’re not going to let it be easy for people to take that away from us.”
Feb 10, 2026 / Iliana Hagenah
The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries
With its cobalt and lithium mines, Congo is powering a new energy revolution. It contains both the worst horrors of modern metal extraction—and the seeds of a more moral economics...
Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Nicolas Niarchos
The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon
From “The Crying Lot of 49” to his latest noirs, the American novelist has always proceeded along a track strangely parallel to our own.
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
Rome, take your amethyst back Rome, take your amethyst back
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Maldonado
How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Aimee Nezhukumatathil