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The Atlantic, 1 Nov 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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ArticleThe Babies Left Behind in Amer­ica

The United States is deport­ing par­ents without their chil­dren, cre­at­ing a whole new fam­ily-sep­ar­a­tion crisis. Estela Gar­cia and 2-year-old Eber repeat their routine every morn­ing: Around 8 a.m., he rustles her awake in the bed they share....

The Babies Left Behind in Amer­ica

ArticleCon­fes­sions of a Bad Tex­ter

Why you may never hear back from me Whenever I receive a text, this is what hap­pens. I pick up my phone. So far, so good. I exper­i­ence whatever emo­tion the mes­sage eli­cits—the pleas­ant warmth of being reached out to, pos­sibly the annoy­ance of...

Con­fes­sions of a Bad Tex­ter

ArticleGoing Under

A mother’s quest to under­stand what anes­thesia did to her son When Freddy Mar­quez was 12, he was hit by a motor­cycle while bik­ing and smashed his face into the pave­ment. He healed fast, but as adoles­cence reshaped his boy­ish fea­tures, the...

Going Under

ArticleThe Next Front

The Balt­ics are get­ting ready for a Rus­sian attack. OOne even­ing this sum­mer, in the vil­lage of Bezdonys, in east­ern Lithuania, I watched as a pla­toon of rifle­men arrived at a train sta­tion occu­pied by enemy forces. Some of the Lithuani­ans...

The Next Front