More scholarly journals than magazines are indexed. Emphasis on journals rather than magazines. Host's Academic Search also index the most recent six months of the NY Times. USA Today Searchpage . A weekly magazine that covers one topic per issue, including statistics, background, chronology and bibliography of other sources.
Topics are social or political issues like violence in schools, drugs in sports, etc.
The index is at the back of each volume. Reprints editorials from various sources. Good for finding argumentative sources. Each volume has an index in the back. A weekly digest of world news and a good source for background information about news events.