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Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2013, 07:18 PM Dec 2013

What magazines do people read for politics? [View all]

I am inspired by perusing the latest issue of the New Yorker, which has a fascinating article on women now being able to work as lingerie sales ladies in Saudi Arabia and another article on this open source DIY-industry guy on a farm in Missouri, both of which might be edifying for segments of DU.

The New Yorker isn't a political journal, but it covers politics, both directly (as in election coverage and profiles of political figures) and indirectly (as in the Saudi Arabia story, or its reports from various conflictive lands).

I also pick stuff up in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books.

And sometimes Wired.

But I haven't looked at Mother Jones in years. Or the Progressive. Or In These Times.

I guess there's the Nation and the New Republic and the Atlantic, too.

And those more journal-like things, like Dissent and New Left Review. I haven't looked at those for ages, either.

What are people reading?

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What magazines do people read for politics? [View all] Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 OP

Or are you doing your reading online (like right now)? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #1

you mentioned my favorite NJCher Dec 2013 #2

Horse & Hound Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #3

The first entry of The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" is usually a sharp political analysis. I read ancianita Dec 2013 #4

Ah, the Baffler! I didn't even realize it was still around. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #9

Many good indie bookstores carry The Baffler. True about FP, but it's a more international frame for ancianita Dec 2013 #12

Rolling Stone and the Nation. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #5

Utne is pretty good, as well Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #6

I'm glad to hear that Utne is still around. aikoaiko Dec 2013 #25

Bought an issue in 1994 Jimbo S Dec 2013 #35

the progressive and harpers dembotoz Dec 2013 #7

Oh, all of them, Katie. jazzimov Dec 2013 #8

Rolling Stone, number one. mountain grammy Dec 2013 #10

Foreign Policy is one of my all time favs nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #11

Agreed. ancianita Dec 2013 #13

agreed...nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #17

Rolling Stone, hands down the best Nevernose Dec 2013 #14

Salon, Propublica, and Democracyjournal.org are three of my favorites. nt octoberlib Dec 2013 #15

The Nation, until the subscription dies. Trying to save $$. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #16

People still read magazines? Initech Dec 2013 #18

I do. I was wondering if anyone else does. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #20

Absolutely. WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2013 #21

I subscribe to the New Yorker PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #19

Actually I like Vanity Fair although not all their articles Cleita Dec 2013 #22

The Economist. Insightful, intelligent, and opinionated (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #23

London review of books grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #24

I used to read the economist. I also used applegrove Dec 2013 #26

After the last few years of the internet the only answer is DJ13 Dec 2013 #27

None bhikkhu Dec 2013 #28

Mother Jones and the Nation. BainsBane Dec 2013 #29

NACLA! An oldie but a goodie. And still going strong. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #30

I liked the Nation back when they had Cockburn and Hitchens. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #31

I love "The Week" Agschmid Dec 2013 #32

The only printed magazine I read is the Vegas Weekly on occasion. Freebie that lists Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #33

Private Eye for a good dose of cynicism, occasionally New Statesman intaglio Dec 2013 #34