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Founded in 1865, The Nation is America's oldest weekly magazine and the country's most widely read political journal.

2008 Awards for Journalism:

Print:

• Ellie National Magazine Award (our 12th Ellie!)
  -Public Service
• 2 George Polk Awards
  -Outstanding Investigative Reporting by a magazine: "How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits," by Joshua Kors
  -Book Prize -- Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Army, by Jeremy Scahill, based on reporting published in The Nation.
• Investigative Reporters and Editors 2008
  -"How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits," by Joshua Kors

Online:

• American Academy of Religion, 2008, First Place, Opinion Writing
  -"Muqtada al-Sadr's Power Grab," by Mohamad Bazzi
• Berlin International Film Festival, 2008
  -"Watch Your (Food)ometer," animated video by Molly Schwartz
• MinOnline's "Top 5 Political Magazine Websites' Campaign Blogs," 2008, "Campaign 08" blog ranked in first place

Published to inform the national debate on critical issues of the day, for over 143 years The Nation has been a champion of civil liberties, human rights, peace and economic justice by exposing abuses of power through its investigative reporting, thoughtful analysis and incisive commentary.

The Nation has a proud literary history as well, having published the work of W.H. Auden, Sylvia Plath, Henry James, Willa Cather and hundreds of other major writers. James Baldwin, Ralph Nader and Hunter S. Thompson published their first pieces in The Nation!

Proudly independent of political parties and corporate interests, The Nation speaks to an engaged, concerned and influential audience and explores issues often ignored by the mainstream media.