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The Atlantic, 1 May 2026

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The Atlantic is a US magazine produced by The Atlantic Monthly Group, a division of the Emerson Collective. Published monthly since 1857, the magazine is renowned for its rigorous journalism, in-depth analysis and thought-provoking commentary on politics, culture, technology and global affairs. It has long served as a platform for the influential voices shaping American thought and public debate. Each issue blends investigative reporting with essays, interviews and literary features that explore pressing issues and emerging ideas from every corner of society. In 2022, 2023 and 2024 The Atlantic won the award for general excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors. In 2022, its writer, Jennifer Senior, also won a Pulitzer Prize for a feature covering a family’s experience of loss and grief since 9/11. With its signature blend of intellectual curiosity and clarity, the magazine challenges and inspires readers worldwide every month. Available on PressReader, The Atlantic magazine illuminates the ideas and people shaping our world.

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ArticleSomeday in Tehran

Like Don­ald Trump, I, too, once under­es­tim­ated the Islamic Repub­lic of Iran. In the fall of 2004, as an under­em­ployed freel­ance journ­al­ist drawn to heady stor­ies about inter­na­tional polit­ics, I had the bright idea of trav­el­ing to the...

Someday in Tehran

ArticleThe Incred­ible Story of the Car­tel Olympics

They arrived sud­denly—five white vans, identical and unmarked, block­ing the street. It was Feb­ru­ary 9, 2023, and Maur­i­cio Mor­ales was lead­ing a group of migrants he had found at a bus sta­tion through Mex­ico City’s San Rafael neigh­bor­hood....

The Incred­ible Story of the Car­tel Olympics

ArticleI Found It: The Best Free Res­taur­ant Bread in Amer­ica

Here is the prom­ise you and I must cling to across the thou­sands of words that fol­low: At some point within this text, I will reveal to you what—after 555 responses, 13,000 miles of travel, and months of mono­ma­ni­acal research—i have determ­ined...

I Found It: The Best Free Res­taur­ant Bread in Amer­ica

ArticleHis­tory Is Run­ning Back­wards

Maybe you’ve seen pho­tos of Tehran in the 1970s, just before the Islamic Revolu­tion: images of young women going to work in miniskirts, of couples mak­ing out in parks while wear­ing bell-bot­toms, of people at pools in bikinis. It looks like Paris...

His­tory Is Run­ning Back­wards