| | '''''The Nation''''' is a weekly [[magazine]] of opinion and reviews, first published in 1865. | | '''''The Nation''''' is a weekly [[magazine]] of opinion and reviews, first published in 1865. |
| − | ''The Nation'' has always been a bastion of liberal and socialist thought and is unashamedly left-leaning. ''The Nation'' has had writers identified as Soviet spies in the [[Venona project]]. Unsurprisingly, Victor Navasky, editor and publisher of The Nation, has criticised the Venona analysis, claiming the material is being used to "distort our understanding of the cold war". He has also referred to the files as potential "time bombs of misinformation."<ref>Navasky, Victor (July 16, 2001). ''Cold War Ghosts''. The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20010716&s=navasky. </ref> | + | ''The Nation'' has always been a bastion of liberal and socialist thought and is unashamedly left-leaning. ''The Nation'' has had writers identified as Soviet spies in the [[Venona project]]. Unsurprisingly, Victor Navasky, editor and publisher of The Nation, has criticised the Venona analysis, claiming the material is being used to "distort our understanding of the cold war". He has also referred to the files as potential "time bombs of misinformation."<ref>Navasky, Victor (July 16, 2001). [http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20010716&s=navasky ''Cold War Ghosts'']]. The Nation. </ref> |
| | The current Editor and Publisher is [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], succeeding the now "Publisher Emeritus" [[Victor Navasky]]. | | The current Editor and Publisher is [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], succeeding the now "Publisher Emeritus" [[Victor Navasky]]. |