The Nation

The Nation is a weekly leftist periodical devoted to politics and culture. Founded on July 6, 1865 as a classical liberal publication, it is the oldest weekly in the United States. It is published by the Nation Company, L.P. at 33 Irving Place, New York City. The Nation has bureaus in Budapest, London, and Southern Africa and departments covering Architecture, Art, Corporations, Defense, Environment, Films, Legal Affairs, Music, Peace and Disarmament, Poetry, and the United Nations. The circulation of The Nation is rising and was last placed at 184,296 (2004), surpassing the neoliberal The New Republic, the neoconservative The Weekly Standard, and the conservative National Review (circulation 155,584). The Nation magazine has lost money in all but three or four years of operation and is sustained by a group of over 25,000 donors called the Nation Associates who donate funds to the periodical above and beyond their annual subscription fees.

Notable Recent Events

The Nation Washington Editor, David Corn broke the Valerie Plame leak scandal in the summer of 2003 in the pages of The Nation after noting that journalist Robert Novak's blowing of the spy's cover in a newspaper column could be a possible felony.

Related Topics:
David Corn - Valerie Plame - Robert Novak - Newspaper - Felony

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In a widely publicized and vocal break with the magazine, former columnist Christopher Hitchens left The Nation when it published a large number of letters from readers, who, Hitchens claimed, blamed America for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Related Topics:
Christopher Hitchens - America - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

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In 1997, MacArthur Foundation money was contributed to the media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting through a MacArthur "genius grant" program, which was then headed by Catharine Stimpson, a member of The Nation magazine's Nation Institute Board.

Related Topics:
1997 - Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - Catharine Stimpson - Nation Institute

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