Magazines and newspapers that publish pieces on controversial topics usually have a point of view. Vanesa Otero's Media Bias Chart is a comprehensive and reasonably accurate source for determining the ideological orientation and quality of news sources.
Below are prominent, high quality magazines and newspapers grouped according to their political orientation.
Clearly left-of-center
Dissent
Mother Jones
Nation
New Statesman
Liberal/progressive
Atlantic
American Prospect
Harpers
New Republic
New York Review of Books
New Yorker
Rolling Stone
Slate
Vox
Towards the middle
Economist
Conservative
Commentary
National Review
Spectator
Weekly Standard
No clear political orientation
Times Literary Supplement (TLS)
Newspapers
Left
Guardian
Liberal
New York Times
Washington Post
Center-right
Wall Street Journal
