The Nation Magazine

Founded by anti-slavery abolitionists in 1865, The Nation is America's oldest weekly magazine and has long been regarded as one of the country's definitive journalistic voices. The Nation's editorial mission is to bring a "critical spirit to reporting and analysis of politics, social issues, economics and the arts, while remaining "independent from any parties or organizations." For more than 137 years of writing on politics, culture, books and the arts, The Nation has remained true to its original commitment to be the critical, independent voice in American journalism. Regular contributors have included Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Emma Goldman and Jean-Paul Sartre, and, in the contemporary period, Naomi Klein, Katha Pollitt, Gore Vidal, Arthur Miller, Calvin Trillin and Eric Alterman.