The Nation. Unconventional wisdom since 1865

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The Nation.Unconventional wisdom since 1865

• The Nation will not be the organ of any party,
  sect, or body. It will, on the contrary, make an
  earnest effort to bring to the discussion of
  political and social questions a really critical
  spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of
  violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by
  which so much of the political writing of the day
  is marred. -- from The Nation's founding
  prospectus, 1865

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Early History

• The Nation is Americas oldest weekly magazine.
  Established in 1865 by abolitionists, it has
  featured some of the most celebrated writers,
  poets, statesmen and thinkers of their time for
  139 years of writing on politics, culture, books
  and the arts.

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Recent History

• In 1994, The Nation was purchased by its former
  editor and current publisher Victor Navasky and a
  group of limited partners including actor Paul
  Newman. Proud of being a wholly owned
  subsidiary of our own conscience, The Nation
  continues its original commitment to be a
  critical, independent voice in American
  journalism.

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Open The Nation to find

• Columns
• Beat the Devil Alexander Cockburn
• Subject to Debate Katha Pollit
• Diary of a Mad Law Professor Patricia J.
  Williams
• The Liberal Media Eric Alterman
• Lookout Naomi Klein

• Letters
• Editorials Comments
• Deadline Poet Calvin Trillin
• Columns
• Articles
• Books the Arts
• Crossword Puzzle
• Classified Advertisements

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A Sampling of Recent Articles

• Who Rules Afganistan, Christian Parenti
• Single-Payer Good for Business, Morton Minz
• The Costs of War Letters from the Home Front,
  various contributors
• When Presidents Lie, Eric Alterman
• A World Neglected, Sherle R. Schwenninger
• In Full Bloom, Alice Walker

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Noted Contributors to 139 Years of The Nation

• James Baldwin Albert Einstein Langston
  Hughes Eleanor Roosevelt Jean-Paul Sartre
  Sylvia Plath Henry James Willa Cather
  Thomas Mann Noam Chomsky William Styron
  E.L. Doctorow W.H. Auden Martin Luther King
  Jr. Hunter S. Thompson George Bernard Shaw
  Emily Dickinson James Thurber W.B. Yeats
  Lawrence Ferlinghetti Kurt Vonnegut Henry
  Miller John Kenneth Galbraith Arthur Miller
  Carlos Fuentes Margaret Atwood Gore Vidal
  Studs Terkel Jesse Jackson Tom Hayden
  W.E.B. Du Bois James Agee Eugene McCarthy
  Molly Ivins Ralph Nader Emma Goldman
  Margaret Bourke-White Russell Banks George
  McGovern Hannah Arendt

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Heres What Ulrichs Has To Say About The Nation.

• A valuable resource for any library
• Writing is crisp and concise, a joy to read
• Unabashedly liberal, but not afraid to chide the
  Left
• Multiple short editorials cover a wide range of
  issues

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Who Reads The Nationand Who Doesnt

• Paul Newman considers it Americas smartest
  magazine.
• Gloria Steinem calls it a rare treasure.
• Mike Wallace regards it as the provocative voice
  of dissent in print.
• Robert Redford finds it extremely interesting
  food and fact for thought.
• Gore Vidal declares it provides fire and light
  for the liberal community.
• Rush Limbaugh decrees, I wouldnt recommend The
  Nation.

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Reader Profile

• Median age 56
• Sex M 61 F 39
• Household income Median 69,599 Mean 90,000
• Educ College 96, College degree 83, Graduate
  degree 52
• Political orientation Liberal 62

• Average paid circulation 164,795

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A Portion of The Nations Masthead

• Publisher and Editorial Director Victor Navasky
• Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel
• Washington, DC Editor David Corn
  Correspondent John Nichols
• National Affairs Correspondent William Greider
• Columnists Eric Alterman, Alexander Cockburn,
  Naomi Klein, Katha Pollitt, Patricia J. Williams
• Departments Architecture Jane Holtz Kay Art
  Arthur C. Danto Corporations Robert Sherrill
  Defense Michael T. Klare Films Stuart Klawans
  Legal Affairs David Cole Music Jody Rosen
  National Affairs William Greider Peace and
  Disarmament Jonathan Schell Poetry Grace
  Schulman United Nations Ian Williams Deadline
  Poet Calvin Trillin
• Contributing Editors Kai Bird, George Black,
  Robert L. Borosage, Stephen F. Cohen, Marc
  Cooper, Mike Davis, Slavenka Drakulic, Susan
  Faludi, Thomas Ferguson, Doug Henwood, Max
  Holland, Molly Ivins, John Leonard, Michael
  Moore, Richard Pollak, Joel Rogers, Kirkpatrick
  Sale, Robert Scheer, Herman Schwartz, Andrew L.
  Shapiro, Ted Solotaroff, Edward Sorel, Gore
  Vidal, Jon Wiener, Amy Wilentz, Art Winslow
• Bureaus Budapest Miklós Vámos LondonD.D.
  Guttenplan and Maria Margaronis Southern Africa
  Mark Gevisser
• Editorial Board Norman Birnbaum, Richard Falk,
  Frances FitzGerald, Eric Foner, Philip Green,
  Lani Guinier, Tom Hayden, Randall Kennedy, Tony
  Kushner, Elinor Langer, Deborah W. Meier, Toni
  Morrison, Richard Parker, Michael Pertschuk,
  Elizabeth Pochoda, Marcus G. Raskin, David Weir,
  Roger Wilkins
• President Teresa Stack

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Citation information from Ulrichs

• ISSN 0027-8378
• Title The Nation
• Publishing Body The Nation Company, L.P.
• Start Year 1865
• Frequency Weekly
• Document type Magazine Consumer
• Price USD 29.97 per year
• Subject Literary and Political Reviews Art

• Circulation 127, 712 paid
• Special Features Includes advertising,
  illustrations, book reviews, film reviews, music
  reviews, theater reviews
• Article Index S-a. index
• Publisher Victor Navatsky
• URL http//www.thenation.com
• Description Covers foreign affairs, local and
  national politics, education and law

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The Nations Companion Websitehttp//www.thenatio
n.com

• WhereYou Will Find

• Full-text articles from the current issue
• Links for background related information
• Web-only articles
• Searchable archives
• Crossword puzzle hints
• Bios of contributors

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Nation Programs

• The Nation Institute has a fundamental commitment
  to the values of free speech and open discourse.
• NationBooks is dedicated to continuing
  progressive, independent, critical thought.
• The Nation Classroom offers student subscriptions
  and a weekly teaching guide.
• RadioNation is hosted by award-winning journalist
  Marc Cooper.
• NationMart offers one-stop shopping for
  everything Nation.

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Awards Sponsored by The Nation and The Nation
Institute

• The Ron Ridenhour Awards for acts of
  truth-telling to protect the public interest
• The Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
  (The 2004 recipient was Barbara Ehrenreich,
  author of Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting by
  in America)
• The Nation Institute /I.F. Stone Award for
  independent, investigative student journalism
• The Robert Maseur Fellowship in Civil Liberties
  granted to a distinguished first-year law student
  
• The Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, (sponsored
  together with the Academy of American Poets)
• The Discovery/The Nation Joan Leiman Jacobson
  Poetry Prizes

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The Nations Locations

• The Nation Company, L.P.
• 33 Irving Place
• New York, NY 10003
• For subscriptions The Nation
• P.O. Box 55149
• Boulder, CO 80322-5149
• Internet
• http//www.thenation.com

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Food for Thought from Founding Father Thomas
Jefferson

• Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press,
  and that cannot be limited without being lost.
• If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a
  state of civilization, it expects what never was
  and never will be.
• whenever the people are well-informed, they can
  be trusted with their own government, that,
  whenever things get so far wrong as to attract
  their notice, they may be relied on to set them
  right.