The Atlantic was always establishment and elitist. Harper's had a run in the 2000s as leftist, but became tamer after Roger Hodges left as editor in 2009. But I learned a lot from its writers during that decade. I remember one article in particular, "Everyone Loses When Politics is a Game." instead of looking at what works like the satisfaction of a plumber fixing your toilet and pushing that plunger down. There was another one about the Usury laws being voted out too in 1979 by a Democratic congress.