The Atlantic, October 2026
200 x 265 mm, 128 pages
Washington, US
Monthly
Founded in 1857
Editor-in-chief: Jeffrey Goldberg
Creative director: Peter Mendelsund
The Atlantic covers a broad range of culturally relevant current affairs, from politics and business to art and the economy. Expect intelligent, engaging deep-dives and creative covers and layouts.
Leading this month’s issue is a cover story by staff writer Anne Applebaum, who examines how, under Trump, American foreign policy has been remade into ‘a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.‘ Also in this edition, as the surrogacy industry booms across the United States, Helen Lewis asks how much risk individuals should be expected to take on in the name of a commercial transaction.
On the Journal:
At Work With Peter Mendelsund, creative director: ‘I’m sincerely hoping that my ignorance of the magazine medium might allow me (and my partner in crime, Oliver Munday, also a book person), to make something truly unusual. And perhaps, it will help us to make a readerly magazine, which is what I imagine is called for here. I’m hoping.‘
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