Nation

From their website:

Founded by abolitionists in 1865, The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine, serving as a critical, independent voice in American journalism and a platform for investigative reporting and spirited debate on issues of import to the progressive community. Through changing times and fashions, The Nation and TheNation.com offer consistently informed and inspired reporting and analysis of breaking news, politics, social issues and the arts—never faltering in our editorial commitment to what Nation Publisher Emeritus Victor Navasky has called “a dissenting, independent, trouble-making, idea-launching journal of critical opinion.”

For 150 years, The Nation has uniquely chronicled the breadth of American political and cultural life and is often considered the “flagship” of the political Left. We don’t just talk about progress, we instigate it. The Nation has a proud history of connecting thinkers with doers, of seeking out and amplifying the best ideas and the most thought-provoking, engaging and talented voices—many of whom were ahead of their time.

The Nation’s writers shift paradigms, open minds, broaden public discourse and ignite debate. Throughout the decades, the greatest minds, the most gifted artists, and the bravest leaders of their day tackled the issues in our pages. This list of luminaries includes Henry James, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Frederick Law Olmsted, W.E.B. Dubois, E.M. Forster, Emma Goldman, Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, H.L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair, Margaret Mead, Mark van Doren, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bertrand Russell, Pearl S. Buck, Albert Einstein, I.F. Stone, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Harold Clurman, Edmund Wilson, W.H. Auden, Anne Sexton, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gore Vidal, and Toni Morrison. In fact, James Baldwin, Ralph Nader, and Hunter S. Thompson all published their first pieces in The Nation.

Nation readers regard the magazine as both lifeline and political compass, a like-minded community that helps them decipher the most complex issues of the day. Well-educated and economically diverse, Nation readers are a picture of civic engagement and cut a wide swath across America. From politicians and journalists to teachers, librarians, and civil rights activists, their dedication to The Nation is rivaled only by their commitment to their communities.

150 years later, this rich legacy offers a rare, historic and forward-looking view of our country and our world—one that few publications can claim. Today, The Nation remains a beacon of integrity and idealism, and a testament to the importance of a free and vital press. The spirit of informed dissent lives on in dispatches from the front-lines, unflinching exposés of political corruption and illuminating cultural reflections.