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Turning Points 2026 The New York Times

Bonisiwe Shabane
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turning points 2026 the new york times

Canada’s annexation, news presented on screens and personal airplanes were among the many predictions reported in The Times a century ago. As the line between real life and fiction blurs, cinema and television can help us understand a changing world. We’ve done more this year to protect children from the harms of smartphones and social media. Is it enough? Preserving tangible human connections is essential in a digital era that sweeps us toward the superficial. In an uncertain and often frightening world, more people are searching for meaning in communities of faith.

In an uncertain and often frightening world, more people are searching for meaning in communities of faith. First, we knocked on wood. Then we asked a visual artist, a designer, a psychic medium, a makeup artist and a conductor to each reveal their biggest superstitions. To help us understand the growing problem of adolescent male rage, let’s start a conversation about the power of what we consume online. America’s recent flirtation with kingship is unsettling, but history has shown us that monarchy is much more than power grabs and gilded rooms. Quiet luxury is in the past, and being loud is now.

The 7-foot tall “2026" numerals are displayed at an illumination ceremony in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File) NEW YORK (AP) — It’s that time — December’s waning days, when we prepare to turn the calendar page. Many Americans take stock, review goals accomplished and unmet, ponder hopes and plans. How’s our health?

What’s up with our money? What about the country? Will the coming year look like the departing one year, or be something entirely different? It can be an overwhelming period. So The Associated Press reached out to professionals with varying expertises — home organization, risk management, personal training, personal finance, and political science — to talk about their perspectives on changes and transitions. And for something a little different, we gave each interviewee a chance to ask a question of one of the others.

Girls film their dance at a Christmas fair opened prior to Christmas and New Year festivities in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) The New York Times asked Esteban to illustrate the new Turning Points 2026. It’s an annual trivia quiz in which the questions cover the most viral and talked about topics of the year.

Esteban approached it in a playful, game like way, where most of the questions are represented by objects that the character has woven into their hair. Turning Points is the original year-ahead licensed magazine from The New York Times featuring exclusive content from globally recognized voices who share their unique perspectives on how our world and our lives may change... Global trends are analyzed by a series of experts on a range of topics including culture, science, technology and more. Rights: Print and digital. May be published as a standalone title or as an insert. Languages: Available in English and Spanish.

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