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The Atlantic, 1 Oct 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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ArticleWill Taiwan Just Give Up?

Chinese Pres­id­ent Xi Jin­ping does not often look like he’s hav­ing a good time. His rest­ing face at pub­lic events exudes a mix­ture of bore­dom and annoy­ance, as though he has more inter­est­ing busi­ness else­where. His dis­plays of good humor...

Will Taiwan Just Give Up?

ArticleThe Wrong Kind of Amer­ican

At the CIA, they’d star­ted an office pool on when I’d be fired. Pres­id­ent Trump would be sworn in for his second term at noon; the smart money had me gone by 12:15. But the smart money hadn’t coun­ted on Trump’s first pick to run intel­li­gence for...

The Wrong Kind of Amer­ican

ArticleEmpire of Grift

In the sum­mer of 2025, the gov­ern­ment of Brazil sud­denly found itself in a deep crisis. The Trump admin­is­tra­tion had unex­pec­tedly imposed 50 per­cent tar­iffs on the coun­try’s products, threat­en­ing every­one from cof­fee plant­ers to shoe...

Empire of Grift

ArticleMoth­ers for Sale

When Shoshan­nah Roberts talks about the four babies she’s given away, she glows. “When I think about it now, it still feels emo­tional,” she told me. “Those moments are so magical.” For many women, the thought of hand­ing over a new­born to someone...

Moth­ers for Sale