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'''''The Nation''''' is the oldest continuouslycontinuouly published weekly magazine in the [[United States]], and the most widely read weekly journal of [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to [[William Lloyd Garrison]]'s ''[[The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper)|The Liberator]]'',<ref>''The Anti-Slavery Reporter'', August 1, 1865, p. 187.</ref> with the stated mission to make an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/founding-prospectus/|title=Founding Prospectus|author=The Nation|date=March 23, 2015|work=The Nation}}</ref> It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenation.com/about-and-contact |title=About and Contact|work=The Nation|access-date=6 September 2011}} Mailing Address: 33 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003</ref> and associated with [[The Nation Institute]].
''The Nation'' has news bureaus in Washington, D.C., London, and South Africa, with departments covering architecture, art, corporations, [[Military|defense]], [[Natural environment|environment]], films, [[Law|legal affairs]], music, [[peace]] and [[disarmament]], poetry, and the [[United Nations]]. Circulation peaked at 187,000 in 2006 but by 2010 had dropped to 145,000 in print, although digital subscriptions had risen to over 15,000.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|author=Peters, Jeremy W. Peters| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/business/media/08nation.html?_r=1&ref=business |title=Bad News for Liberals May be Good News for a Liberal Magazine|work=The New York Times|date= November 8, 2010}}</ref>
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