The Nation’s 150th Anniversary

The Nation’s 150th Anniversary

From groundbreaking investigative journalism, to cutting cultural commentary, to unmatched political analysis, there’s a lot to celebrate.

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This year marks The Nation’s 150th anniversary, and we’ve got big plans to celebrate. We published a quintuple-length special issue, and there will be an Oscar-winning filmmaker’s documentary, daily excerpts from our 150-year-old archive, a college tour, and celebratory events live-streamed from cities coast to coast.

Explore Our History

Since its founding in 1865, The Nation has been a home for writers instigating, reporting on, and arguing about struggles for social and economic justice. We have held fast to our “Nation Ideals”— from racial justice to feminism, from a fair economy to civil liberties, from environmental sustainability to peace and disarmament—throughout our 150-year history. During our anniversary year, TheNation.com is highlighting one Nation Ideal every month or two. We’ll celebrate by asking prominent contemporary Nation voices to read and respond to important pieces from our archive. And we’re offering “Radical Histories”—interactive multimedia timelines that present the history of each Ideal, complete with archival photographs and video, as well as links to Nation coverage of important speeches, demonstrations, movement victories, and more.

Join us throughout the year for every Nation Ideal!

Racial Justice & Civil Rights: Radical Histories Part I (1865-1919), Part II (1919-1956), Part III (1957-1968), Part IV (1968-1990), Part V (1991-2015), plus Mychal Denzel Smith on James Baldwin

Gender, Sex, & Feminism: Radical Histories Part I (1851-1960) and Part II (1960-2014), plus Michelle Chen on the 1926 campaign for “Wages for Wives” and Dani McClain on the 1989 special issue on “Scapegoating the Black Family.”

A Sustainable Future: The Radical Histories timeline, plus Zoë Carpenter asks “In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to Bring Us All Together. What Happened?

A Fair Economy for All: The Radical Histories timeline, plus Sabeel Rahman on progressive economics for the new Gilded Age, Bryce Covert on feminism and capitalism, and Frances Fox Piven contributes a new introduction to her 1966 piece “A Strategy to End Poverty.”

Instigating Ideas

Waging Peace

Labor Solidarity

Protecting Our Freedoms

Take a guided tour through 150 years of Nation archives! On January 1, TheNation.com launched a new feature called The Almanac, a 365-day compendium of how America’s oldest weekly magazine has covered important people and events of the last 150 years. Highlighting a significant event from each day in history, The Almanac offers an alternative view of world history as seen through the eyes of Nation writers and editors. You can sign up to receive The Almanac in your inbox here.

Join Our Live Events

We’re planning anniversary events in twelve cities around the country! Find out if we’re coming to your city.

The Nation has been at the forefront of American politics and culture since it was created by anti-slavery abolitionists four months after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. From groundbreaking investigative journalism, to cutting cultural commentary, to unmatched political analysis, there’s a lot to celebrate as we continue to push for the change needed today more than ever. We hope you’ll join us throughout this year of celebration.

Support The Nation this Giving Tuesday


Today is #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that typically kicks off the year-end fundraising season for organizations that depend on donor support to make ends meet and enable them to do their work—including
The Nation

To help us mobilize our community in this critical moment, an anonymous donor is matching every gift The Nation receives today, dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000. That means that until midnight tonight, every gift will be doubled, and its impact will go twice as far. 

Right now, the free press is facing an uphill battle like we’ve never faced before. The incoming administration considers independent journalists “enemies of the people.” Attacks on free speech and freedom of the press, legal and physical attacks on journalists, and the ever-increasing power and spread of misinformation campaigns all threaten not just our ability to do our work but our readers’ ability to find news, reporting, and analysis they can trust. 

If we hit our goal today, that’s $50,000 in total revenue to shore up our newsroom, power our investigative reporting and deep political analysis, and ensure that we’re ready to serve as a beacon of truth, civil resistance, and progressive power in the weeks and months to come.

From our abolitionist roots to our ongoing dedication to upholding the principles of democracy and freedom, The Nation has been speaking truth to power for 160 years. In the days ahead, our work will matter more than it ever has. To stand up against political authoritarianism, white supremacy, a court system overrun by far-right appointees, and the myriad other threats looming on the horizon, we’ll need communities that are informed, connected, fearless, and empowered with the truth. 

This outcome in November is one none of us hoped to see. But for more than a century and a half, The Nation has been preparing to meet it. We’re ready for the fight ahead, and now, we need you to stand with us. Join us by making a donation to The Nation today, while every dollar goes twice as far.

Onward, in gratitude and solidarity,

Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editorial Director and Publisher, The Nation

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