The Nation

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America's oldest continuously-published magazine, The Nation Magazine is devoted to politics and culture. Established in 1865, the publication has been providing readers with political information and causes throughout our country's history. The magazine prides itself on the First Amendment right of freedom of speech and welcomes all points of view, including those different from the editors' own.

In addition to current events pieces, The Nation Magazine features regular columns like Sister Citizen, Beneath the Radar, and Diary of a Mad Law Professor. The magazine has been a nonprofit organization since 1943 and tends to lean to the Left, although many different perspectives are shared. Inside each issue you will find a variety of views on different news affecting our nation.

From human interest pieces to political battles, The Nation Magazine covers all the events of the day. The pages of this magazine cover politics, world events, books, art, the economy, the environment, activism, and society. You can enjoy well-written articles on a wide variety of topics when you subscribe to this magazine, which is printed forty-seven times per year.

This publication currently has over 150,000 subscribers and is the self-described flagship of the Left. With the many issues facing our nation today, this magazine can provide perspective to make you a more informed citizen. The Nation Magazine continues to be at the forefront of political publishing, having endured three wars, two presidential assassinations, and many other trying times that have faced our country. Subscribe today to have this magazine delivered right to your door.

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Founded in 1865, The Nation is America's oldest weekly magazine, the flagship of the Left, and now the country's most widely read journal of opinion. Published to inform the national debate on critical issues of the day, The Nation seeks to enlighten and empower a community of concerned citizens and influential readers.

The Nation has long served as an early-warning system, exposing prejudice, discrimination, and abuse of power through investigative reporting, analysis, commentary, and cultural reviews. Proudly independent of political parties and corporate interests, The Nation exposes, in print and online, issues often ignored by the mainstream media.

Championing civil liberties, human rights, economic justice, and peace, The Nation challenges the status quo, encourages dissent, and presents ideas from a variety of voices, always seeking a more tolerant and just future.

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• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Nation
• ASIN: B000CNEFRE
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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33 of 39 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A PLAUSIBLE INSTITUTION December 26, 2007

By JON STRICKLAND VINE™ VOICE

Subscription Term Name:1 year

The Nation is a great publication that has featured the works of scholarly writers such as Eric Alterman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Noam Chomsky and Norman Mailer. Though the issues addressed and the opinions expressed are often labeled as leftist, this magazine nonetheless contains some very thought-provoking nuances and propositions for a better America that sound intelligent.

Though many are outraged about some of the stances that the editors and contributors of The Nation have taken, their retorts often fall short of being strong, tangible, clearly expressed responses. From what I see and hear, too many discussions from them center around using diatribes and trying with no success to portray or effectively deconstruct the perceived merits and flaws of this work or the like.

It was from reading nonfiction books by Ayn Rand that I was perpetually presented the term straw man, an argument approach that was, according to Rand, used by those of altruistic and socialistic agendas that stripped mankind of its individual freedoms. With The Nation, there are bits and pieces of anecdotal evidence that might oppose any laissez-faire capitalistic themes championed by Rand, but I cannot say that they are mere straw man commentaries.

I concur that the magazine might be somewhat slanted, as are all other publications. But global and domestic complexities, I believe, are abounding at a rate that not even the most sophisticated philosophies or ideologies from years past can focus upon in adequate context. To me, The Nation is one of those rare, bold sources that unequivocally acknowledge this disturbance.

Among the recurring themes in this publication is that in this twenty-first century, despite the technological advances that have come to fruition, our nation and world are as divided as ever and that economic globalization seems to have married or melded the worst elements of opposing political platforms. To many contributors, it was decades ago that very few envisioned that the powerful from the freest of societies would be expanding their businesses and increasing their wealth by overtly banking upon productivity levels from geographical areas where human rights are minimized or obliterated.

In The Nation, very interesting columns and analyses are provided regarding the living conditions that working class Americans are either embracing or enduring. Suggestions are intermittently proposed regarding higher pay, better health care, and improved living standards through government reforms, often where the efforts from hard-working individuals and the private sector fall short.

As a reader, I do not necessarily agree with the views espoused, and the level to which I do so is not what I find to be the value of The Nation. What is priceless about this publication is that regardless of what school you are from or what think tank you highly esteem, it will either perpetually reinforce your cherished ideals or will make you use introspection, perhaps re-examine what you thought were sound resolutions for a progressive society.

67 of 84 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An Insightful, Well-Researched Journal of America and the World Today October 25, 2006

By Greg Robertson VINE™ VOICE

Subscription Term Name:1 year

While many mainstream publications have been shying away from calling members of the current American government into account for their transgressions - from bribery and theft to misinformation and cover-ups of sexual escapades - "The Nation" has done its job and reported the facts. For its trouble, many of those who lean the same way as the current administration lambast the magazine as "too liberal" and "naively progressive."

So let's put it this way: If you value truth over lies and think the rights of "the little guy" are just as important as the rights of fat cats, you will like "The Nation." But be warned -- "The Nation" is rife with page after thorough page of intense reporters' writings, and even some clever poetry, but only rarely has pictures. Which may be the real reason why right wingers don't like it.

24 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars the real nation January 5, 2007

By Janice A. Pelzer

Subscription Term Name:1 year

This publication owes nothing to no one. It tackles complex subjects with the assumption that the reader is intelligent enough to follow the text. It is such a joy to read thoughtful indepth articles about the big story--and all the little stories underneath. I read The Nation when I was young and I am still reading it in my middle age. What a pleasure to hear news without catch phrase or the latest missused hyperpole. I donate to this publication and I would think that anyone who discovers it ( or re-discovers it) would do the same. I am so pleased to be part of The Nation's continuing quest to enlighten and challenge.