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Line 1: − + − ''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> + + + + + + + Line 13:
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early history
'''''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. It was founded by [[E. L. Godkin]], the editor from 1865 to 1899. It has gone through several distinct changes. It was founded by abolitionists and in the 1865-1875 period supported Republican programs of [[Reconstruction]] in the South. In the Godkin years it was [[Libertarian]], and supported conservative [[Bourbon Democrats]] such as [[Grover Cleveland]]. At that time ''The Nation'' was the most sophisticated intellectual magazine in the U.S., and published many serious articles in politics.
Since 1920 it has represented the left in American politics.
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]].
''The Nation'' publishes 48 weeks a year, printing letters to the editor (including responses by article writers), editorial positions, columns by regular commentators, book reviews, and the ''Nation'' cryptic crossword, which has been set by cryptographer Frank W. Lewis since just after the [[World War 2|Second World War]].
''The Nation'' publishes 48 weeks a year, printing letters to the editor (including responses by article writers), editorial positions, columns by regular commentators, book reviews, and the ''Nation'' cryptic crossword, which has been set by cryptographer Frank W. Lewis since just after the [[World War 2|Second World War]].
==Communism==
''The Nation'' has had writers identified as Soviet spies in the [[Venona project]].
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>
==Communist infiltration==
==Communist infiltration==
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, [http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?issueID=22&articleID=261 "Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900,"] ''Independent Review'' 4 (Spring 2000), 555-75, by two libertarian historians
*[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/i-f--stone--soviet-agent-case-closed-15120 I.F. Stone, Soviet Agent—Case Closed], ''Commentary'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes and Alexander Vassiliev, May 2009.
*[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/i-f--stone--soviet-agent-case-closed-15120 I.F. Stone, Soviet Agent—Case Closed], ''Commentary'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes and Alexander Vassiliev, May 2009.
*[[I.F. Stone]]
*[[I.F. Stone]]
*[[Anna Louise Strong]]
*[[Anna Louise Strong]]
==References==
==References==